This week, I was asked how I stay so calm and if I would share some methods that work for me. I had to reflect on this question. One of the core elements that help me keep my Zen is ensuring I take care of myself. You can’t take care…

In today’s world, getting distracted by notifications, emails, and other interruptions is easy. But, as someone who values deep work, I know how challenging it can be to manage an inbox full of cold and marketing emails. While I appreciate the effort that goes into crafting these messages, responding to…

As someone who has observed real-time communication challenges in the modern workplace, prioritising asynchronous communication can lead to happier and more productive employees; the pressure to always be available and responsive can lead to unnecessary stress and burnout. People must be online and in as many meetings as possible to…

A new way to streamline your workflow on iOS, which you have yet to try. I love to tinker with hardware and software. Therefore, I have a lot of customisation on my iPhone. In the last couple of months, more and more people asked me how I set up these two specific hacks because they did not know it was possible. Keep your home screen…

A fundamental lesson of Stoicism to reflect on. Stoicism is a philosophy designed to make us more resilient, happier, virtuous, and wiser. Practising Stoicism will help us become better humans, parents, and professionals. Stoicism holds that the key to a good, happy life is cultivating an excellent mental state, which the Stoics identified with virtue and being rational…

I have been practising mindfulness for over five years now. I started with daily meditations to become calmer and more focused. But mindfulness and being mindful go much further than some lifestyle benefits. Being aware means realising specific things about the nature of your mind and being changed by these…

I wouldn't say I liked cold showers, and now they are my daily treat. I am sharing some tactics that worked for me to embrace the cold. Starting my day with a cold shower would never have crossed my mind. Besides swimming in the summer, I used to dislike cold water. Instead, I preferred to start my day with a hot and steamy shower that kept me toasty warm all morning. However, I knew that cold showers…

My system on how I keep track of whom I meet and what we talked about. My typical workday is packed with meetings and human interactions. Well-structured sessions should have the desired outcome and make it easy to derive tasks from them. My key learning is that you will need to be more structured in many conferences or run-ins with people. …

The new system I adopted gave me more time and peace of mind. I am a big fan of the book “Make time” by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky. It changed how I think about productivity and helped me get more value out of my time. One thing that struck me while reading the book was to reduce the amount of news consumption. …