Worth the Gamble

I want to share a short story today. (But it’s not very short)

Back in 2009, I was to appear for my Chartered Accountancy Inter exams(2 of 3 hurdles before you become a glorified CA) examinations. I had enrolled to take 3 out of 6 papers that term. Now, while I would not…

Retail Theatre

Supermarkets are the like the Broadways of retail theatre.

They are visually enticing like a piece of art. Every item is placed where it is after elaborate planning, rehearsals and assessments.

Execution trumps Ideas

The undisputed fact I know about myself is that I am a procrastinator.

I will sit on great ideas till either I stop liking it or someone else adopts it. However, once I start something I am quite diligent about it.

Cherish the absence

The worst temporary physical ailment you can get is a cold. You walk around feeling soulless for many days.

The only thing worse than a cold, is an ulcer (this is my personal observation; it may definitely be different in your case). I had one this last week and I…

A piece of time

A day has 24 hours or 1440 minutes.

We generally fail to look at time beyond the commonly known units- like seconds, minutes, hours etc.

When we club time in units that aren’t customized to suit our needs we either waste time or miss deadlines. Time…

Clear to Neutral

Clear to Neutral is a concept I read about almost 3 years back. The concept claims to remove procrastination from our lives. While I don’t think it does so 100%, I do believe in the merits of the system.

Mind Sweep

More often than not, when we are trying to achieve something we are not able to give ourselves entirety to the task. We do not experience the state of flow which is supposed to help us master the task as well as enjoy it. This happens because our mind is cluttered and clouded with thoughts and things that…

Journaling

I wrote my first journal entry on 18th November 2013. It was my last day a s a 24-year-old and I wanted to bring in Year 25 with a clear state of mind. I discovered the benefits of maintaining a journal in the months to follow as this was also the time I had taken my first sabbatical. At the time, it helped…

Sorry for the inconvenience

​Almost everybody we interact with have habits that cause us inconvenience, or at least annoyance at some point. The impact of each is different based on how closely we know the person and how much they influence our lives.