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Shape Your Environment to Shape Your Life
When I was last traveling, I downloaded the LinkedIn app since I did not want to open my laptop. And just with that one small action, my frequency of checking LinkedIn went up. On my laptop, I log out of LinkedIn when I don't want to use it but on...
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Beyond the Business Card
If you throw away your business card, whatever you have left, is truly yours, because nobody can take it away. We all derive identity and pride from...
Rewiring Fear
If you have had a toxic boss, their mere presence will make you anxious even after you have left that job. Why is that? It turns out that this...
There Are No Shortcuts in Life
Almost every startup (including unicorns) staring at 'death-by-cash-burn' did not start off this way. Most startups were based on solid ideas and...
Do One Thing, Do It Fully
Multitasking doesn't work. But if you are hell-bent on it, there is ONLY one scenario in which it (sort of) works. You can multitask two actions...
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Moderate Daily Effort
During one particular year in school, I became very complacent and whiled away my time. Suddenly, one day, I woke up realizing that I had only a few months left for the exams. So I calculated the hours required to finish the syllabus and came up...
Just Start the Journey
To be fit, you don’t need to be David Goggins or run 100-mile ultramarathons. To build a reading habit, you don't have to read one book per day. To start meditating, you don't need to be a Buddha-like perfect meditator. It is perfectly fine to be...
Why Mental Health Still Faces Stigma Today
Recently, Maharashtra politicians were calling each other names by saying things like, "XYZ might need to consult a psychiatrist." Another quipped, "You need to be treated in a mental hospital." Having to consult a psychiatrist has now become an...
Why Less is More
In my previous EdTech startup, ConceptOwl, I found one day that new videos were not showing up on our app even though we were recording dozens of them every week. Why? Manpower problem. We had too many people! I found that there were too many steps...