As a part of my 2017 New year’s resolution, I’ve decided to pen down everything that I learn during the coming year. This will help me increase my retention and hopefully help somebody else looking to get started on these various topics. So the number 1 thing, I am currently learning (alongside my office work) from… Continue reading Smart Passive Income Podcast
2016 is coming to an end. It has been an eventful year, in which I’ve learned a lot of things, wasted a lot of time and finished some new projects. I’ve also managed to read a lot of books but thankfully, been able to avoid productivity porn. Most of the below resolutions are things that… Continue reading Resolutions on Productivity
I read a lot of books in 2016. Not as many as I would’ve liked to, but still plenty enough. Two of the most influential books I read this year are Harry Potter and the Methods and Rationality and From AI to Zombies, both written by Eliezer Yudkowsky. To me the books represented a kind of wake up call.… Continue reading Becoming a more rational thinker
I’ve been writing on and off for quite sometime now. Whether it be this blog, my personal journal, emails or just simple conversations, I’ve felt that my expresiveness and capabilities have improved over the last few years. And yet, the improvements have been incremental at best. I still get confused about the manner in which… Continue reading Improving my writing skills
One of my biggest learnings this year, has been the concept of “Opportunity Cost”. I’d always known opportunity cost was a thing. I knew that the time I spent in doing X meant I couldn’t use it to do Y. But knowing about the concept and actually understanding what it means are very different things.… Continue reading How I learned about Opportunity Cost
We have all been there. It starts with a bored feeling. You decide to stop whatever you’re doing and start ‘surfing’ the internet. Amidst the plethora of cat videos, duck mouths and selfie shots, there will be this one article. This one article generally comes with an impressive headline (9 things all successful people did… Continue reading 8 stages of self-help
Your past achievements. Festivals. Special occasions. Anything that gives you happiness and lets you reconnect with the people around you. In life we often become too focused on our personal goals and work matters, which lets us to ignore our relationships and health. I am sure, you would’ve heard the top complaints of dying people.… Continue reading Celebrate
You can’t give your 100% every day , every time. Rest helps refresh our minds. So take a break and don’t feel guilty about it.
Fields unrelated to your own. Geographies far away from your home. Cultures very different from your own. It is fooldhardy to expect different results by doing the same things. Same old thoughts will lead to the same old results. There’s a ton of stuff out there on how to expand your horizons and do things… Continue reading Explore
Because that money ain’t gonna flow through the door by itself. Because at the end of the day, you and only you are responsible for your own fate. And because its a lot more fun to be the one giving tips rather than the one taking them.
