Mindfulness
You may have noticed that young children are naturally optimistic and they bounce off setbacks very quickly. But as we grow into our careers and life, we see so many failed efforts and dysfunction, that cynicism quietly seeps in our…
Communication
Concise communication is a super power. Subtract words until you can subtract no more. Conciseness requires clarity. Clarity requires thinking. Thinking requires writing down your thoughts. The more you practice writing, the more concise you learn to be.
Mastering Ambiguity
Ambiguity is a silent killer. It kills ideas, aspirations and projects. Too many choices are a source of ambiguity. Jargon, complexity and muddled thinking are a source of ambiguity. The need to lay down all the steps to reach the…
A Letter On Love
Love is hard to explain in words. But it can be felt through mysterious mediums. When I thought about writing this post, I found my stream of words so inadequate that I gave up. And then one day, I came…
The Pendulum Of History
The way we teach history in school is mostly useless because it focuses more on information and less on insights. One quickly develops an aversion to history when forced to remember a succession of kings and empires and dates to…
From Small Scale Lies To Widespread Lies
In our modern world, it's astonishingly easy to start an outright lie, morph it into a disputed combination of half lies and half truths and then into almost-truth that many people readily believe in. Why does this work? Because the…
Spinning The Wheels
Why do so many people work so hard in life but still get nowhere? Our instinct is to think that more hours mean more productivity and progress. Sometimes we apply the same rule to decisions and think that the longer…
Tiny Thoughts on Money
Money helps you gain freedom and then lose that same freedom in pursuit of more money. Everyone starts out going after money because it helps gain freedom of doing what you want, where you want and when you want. Somewhere…
Living A Life of Action
Newton's third law of motion states "For every action, there is equal and opposite reaction." This law can be extended to human behavior. In the physical realm the reaction to an action is often immediate but in case of human…
The Selfishness Spectrum
If one proceeds with an act that accrues no personal benefit but does great harm to another, that's psychopathic. If one is willing to cause major inconvenience to others for a minor benefit for oneself, that's highly selfish. If one…