The human mind is quite peculiar: it's brilliant at connecting ideas and generating interesting thoughts, yet it often struggles to remember them. If you want to act on those ideas later, you must develop the habit of capturing them in one designated place. This is especially important because we [...]
Digital calendar Apps are now ubiquitous and are critical for managing our schedules. Calendar Apps are easy to learn and use, but only if you use them with proper discipline, you could derive multifold benefits from them. It’s an irony but most people end up underusing and overusing the [...]
Last Friday, the 13th incidentally, I got a meme about Monday blues, which, I would say, captured the whole sentiment behind this phenomenon. It said, “FRIDAY THE 13TH IS STILL BETTER THAN MONDAY THE WHATEVER”. When I shared it back in Teams group chat, at my office, there was [...]
“…In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” - Benjamin Franklin Since the former sounds easier, let’s talk only about the latter. Anxiety starts mounting all over the world as the Tax return filing date approaches. Your CA starts asking all kinds of [...]
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 [...]
How time flies! Already the first month of the new year is coming to an end. The novelty of the new year has started wearing off. This is also the time when your new year's resolutions start going on the back burner, before becoming a shaming memory! New year [...]
Well, it's not the title of the next book by Chetan Bhagat! It’s the title of a virtual book that I have been writing for myself. It’s about celebrating every mistake that I make! Hold! This is not going to be some “be positive” fanfare, but a practical tip [...]
Come December and we start thinking about business diary for the new year. "What do I want to do about it in the new year?" "Am I going to continue the way I did in the ending year or do something different?" I always had one major issue with [...]
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 [...]