As a productivity coach for knowledge workers, I spend a lot of time talking about being organized at work. And when I say "organized," I usually mean organizing our digital world. A task. A document. A bookmark. A checklist. An email. A note. Most of what we work with [...]
“I will remember that.” Those four words have probably created more unnecessary mental load than we realize. We say them when we put something somewhere “for now,” when someone gives us a piece of information, when we notice that something needs to be done later, or when we tell [...]
When I stand on the balcony of my flat on the 17th floor, with just a metal grill between me and about 150 feet of empty space below, I still feel safe. I wonder, if there were no grill, would I be comfortable standing there? Probably not. The grill [...]
The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design by Richard Dawkins My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of my mentors once suggested that I read The Moral Animal by Robert Wright. Within the next hour, I had bought the e-book and started reading [...]
It’s perfectly understandable, it’s hard to complete REx course with the ongoing juggle in our lives. We don’t have luxury of time. In fact, we don’t even remember when we had it last! But learning cannot be stopped. It’s the 7th habit of Steven Covey’s The Seven Habits of [...]
I am a dreamer. Well, not in the traditional sense. What I mean is that I spend much of my sleep dreaming. I don't say that with any sense of pride—it's simply a fact. My nights are often filled with long, vivid dreams. So when this topic came up last [...]
One of the biggest mistakes we make is assuming our ability to think remains constant throughout the day. It doesn't. Our mental energy rises and falls. Yet we often choose tasks as though every hour is equally suitable for every kind of work. It isn't. Some tasks demand far more mental energy [...]
You know exactly what you should do. You even want to do it. Yet somehow you don't. Instead, you check your phone, rearrange your desk, make another cup of tea, or convince yourself you'll start tomorrow. Why? That is procrastination. But why does it happen? I have had my own struggles [...]
Imagine waking up on a rainy Sunday and wondering, "What exactly did I do with the last six months of my life?" Most of us can answer only in broad strokes: worked a lot, attended meetings, read a few books, spent time with family. The details have already evaporated. [...]
Lieutenant General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, currently serves as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. A distinguished officer of the Indian Army, he retired after a military career spanning more than four decades, culminating in his appointment as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command—one of the [...]