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The science of building a habit
Habit formation happens in 21 days? WRONG. If you understand the science behind it, you can build any habit. And here it is. For a drug like cocaine, some people can get hooked in just one dose – others may take longer but still, it can be less...
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Aim before you shoot
Once a renowned fund manager told me that for two years, he made no investments at all. The US markets were overpriced and good deals were hard to...
The Magic of the Present Moment
As a kid, every summer, we would visit my native village in UP. In the burning June month, without electricity or amenities, it was a veritable...
Excellence is not perfection
In 2009, when I moved back to India, the first thing I did was to buy a car. And in the very first week, in the parking area, a big coconut fell on...
The Lessons of Struggle
In 3rd grade, once our Social Studies teacher gave us a project to build a model of an object that helped humans survive. I built a really ugly...
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Pushing Our Limits
About three times a week, I run 10 km in the morning. The distance feels just right to me -- long enough to give a huge endorphin rush, but not so much as to cause any injury or pain. And I have happily been at this ‘10 km plateau’ for a long time....
Passion comes from mastery
Before my MBA program started, Wharton sent us a self-assessment test on business and finance to see if we needed some extra classes to handle the course-load. While taking the test, I realized I didn't even know the difference between revenue and...
Beliefs, Habits, Routines
Years ago, one Saturday evening, I went to Rockefeller University in New York City to witness a piano competition. To my untrained ears, each of the half-a-dozen performances I listened to, were equally mesmerizing. And yet, from all these...
Life is an adventure
When I and some of my friends got into the Civil Services, many of us said, "Now, our life is all set." But this was not the first time I was hearing this. Years earlier, when I got into IIT, my teachers also had said the same thing -- "Now your...