Last night, I received a WhatsApp message from my daughter. Short. Direct. Sounding urgent. “teach me GTD tomorrow morning i think i might need it im forgetting things” She’s deeply into art—paintings, sketches, mixed media (and the last I heard, she was experimenting with linoleum). She makes calendars, decorates [...]
मागे वळून पाहिल्यावर असं जाणवतं की आमच्या बहुतेक सहलींची सुरुवात काही ना काही गोंधळानेच होते. एकदा अंदमानच्या प्रवासात, विमानतळावरील सुरक्षा तपासणीदरम्यान मी आमच्या बॅगांच्या चाव्या ट्रेमध्येच विसरलो होतो. परिणामी, चेन्नईला रात्री पोहोचल्यानंतर आम्हाला संपूर्ण शहरात फिरून चावी बनवणारा शोधावा लागला. या सहलीलाही असाच एक नाट्यमय प्रारंभ झाला. पुण्याहून दिल्लीला [...]
In hindsight, travel drama seems to announce the beginning of many of our vacations. Once, during an Andaman trip, I forgot to collect the keys of our luggage at airport security, resulting in a late-night hunt for a key maker in Chennai. This trip had its own opening act. [...]
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. - Francis Bacon Francis Bacon once observed that some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Looking back at my reading this year, [...]
We all want to learn something new — yoga, singing, strength training, coding, public speaking, tennis, anything. And every time, the same question quietly appears: Should I hire a coach or can I learn this myself? In today’s world, options multiply faster than clarity. We have YouTube tutorials, recorded [...]
A few years ago, a little online puzzle called Wordle unexpectedly became a global ritual. Even if you never played it, you probably saw those green-and-yellow grids everyone kept sharing. The puzzle itself was simple — guess a five‑letter word — but what really hooked people was something even [...]
Planning is where every successful project begins — and the Gantt chart remains one of the most powerful ways to bring order to complexity. It helps teams see the big picture and keep projects on track. But what happens after the plan is made? That’s where many projects lose [...]
You have to send an important email tomorrow — maybe it’s a proposal, an update, or a follow-up. So you tell yourself, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” And technically, you’re right. The sending has to happen tomorrow — which really just means you’ll be pressing the send button then. The [...]
In today’s global work environment, email and instant messages are the lifeblood of collaboration. On any given day, you might check them from your laptop, tablet, or mobile device — between meetings, during a commute, or while making coffee. You might glance at a message, instantly understand what’s being [...]
At first glance, certain uses of time look unproductive. But if you zoom out, they often turn out to be among the wisest investments you can make. Breaks That Push You Forward Consider breaks. Stepping back from a problem can feel like stalling. Yet how many times has clarity [...]