In all sincerity, we want to obey our dentist and change our toothbrush every three months, but very soon we lose track. The brush does not show any signs of wear, so we just go on with it till when we finally change and then get reminded about how [...]
Have you been in a jewelry shop at the time of their closing for the day? It's quite dramatic. There is a sudden spurt of activity and in that hustle, all the valuables from the displays, get checked, packed, and moved to the vault (I guess), and soon the [...]
Recently one of my friends said this on LinkedIn in response to my post on the to-do list - ”I have been using a spreadsheet and it's working well so far. (I) Am getting peaceful sleep unlike earlier when it used to always bother me that am missing something [...]
You might be thinking, Why should I bother with a system for birthdays and anniversaries when I already have Facebook or LinkedIn doing the job for me? Here’s the thing: not everyone is on social media. And what if you decide to take a break from it? You could [...]
We like to stay current on various topics of our interest by keeping a tab on web sources. Google Alerts is a free tool that could help us with it. Google Alerts, in its own words, “monitors the web for interesting new content”. Don't worry if someone tells you [...]
Do you know how Jeff Bezos starts his day? Well, I don’t know. Frankly, I don’t care also. All of us have different body clocks and different profiles, no one knows you better than yourself, and so you are the best judge of when and how you start your [...]
We always have a published or unpublished spec of the quality of our deliverables, with which our stakeholders are satisfied. Checklists help you to remain consistent with that spec. The second benefit is that your mind is no more trying to remember this knowledge, the next moment you capture [...]