Everyone needs creative ideas all the time to solve tough problems in life, both personal and professional. One of my ex-colleagues, a voluntarily retired Indian Army General, said quite often, that he got his best ideas when he was at three B’s. I never asked him about what those [...]
I remember a sleepy afternoon, about 45 years back when my teacher, during my visit to his house, unexpectedly asked me if I collected newspaper clippings. When I shook my head no, he pulled out his stash of newspaper clippings and advised me to acquire this habit! Then and [...]
Shravan appeared much relieved when I said, “No. Don’t worry. It happened with me too.” Whenever I talk to Shravan, my pal, we always end up talking about memories from our childhood. His pain came from the fact that however vividly he remembered inconsequential and mostly useless details of [...]
It's fascinating to see the way people learning the ropes of GTD methods are pleasantly surprised by the power of the "Two-minute rule". The Two-minute rule is indeed a profound idea. If you haven't heard about it, read on. Also, don't yet go away, if you already practiced it [...]
"You know, I do my work generally quite well. I have a problem with just those tasks that I don't enjoy". This is one of the most common productivity complaints that I hear. Some don't enjoy accounting, submitting travel bills, and the like. Some don't like documenting their work. [...]
HARO is a free service you can sign up for. Every day, about three times a day, they will send you a batch of inquiries from journalists. You can respond to the ones that are relevant to you and that you are qualified to comment on. This is one [...]
November 20th is my youngest brother’s birthday. Over the last few years, sparked surprisingly by our mom, wishing each other exactly at midnight has become an unspoken tradition in our family. And it’s not just a simple text; it’s about the thrill of getting it right—no matter the time [...]
Call it pandemic or endemic, remote work is not going to go away in hurry! Remote work may look like an interesting proposition as no one is breathing fire on your neck and you get flexibility at work. But it is not that it does not have its own [...]
Our fond memories now get captured digitally in photo or video form. But it wasn't so till ten to fifteen years back. So most of us still have loads of shoeboxes full of photo prints - invaluable memories but locked up somewhere and unavailable to share with others. There [...]
People who have their act together don’t get easily distracted by trivial things. Yet, even they sometimes struggle to focus. The primary reason they lose focus is the overwhelming thought of all the work they’re not doing. The world around us is constantly changing in both predictable and unpredictable [...]