It was last year… as the world was amidst the pandemic.. deaths mounting… no end in sight.. No news of vaccine.. at least for the common people like me. When hope was scarce, I got to witness an act of honesty. from a total stranger. During the Pandemic I had created a course on Agile Thinking. A 4 plus hour course on how to be … Continue reading 107/365 Honesty of Unknown People
There are things we thought we could never do in our life and then we start doing it. We feel good… We also start translating that to other things in life. Things move on… When I was a kid, in order to give me company, my dad also joined me for Karate. He was probably in his 30s back then. We used to have these … Continue reading 90/365 Staying Healthy | Part-2 | Pushups
To be correct always is not possible; To always be wrong is also impossible. The only practical option is to continuously learn and unlearn. But who cares.. everyone just wants to be correct…. all the time…. I think we human beings have this constant struggle to be correct. From younger age we have been told so…. from home to classrooms to examination halls. Getting something … Continue reading 88/365 The struggle to be always correct
Stress is a word I started hearing more when I got into my thirties and from then on, it is a word that I have often used and heard in both my personal and professional life. I also don’t remember my parents having a chat with me about it. Did we stress less back then? But today things are different and these are conversations we … Continue reading 86/365 Talking about stress to Kids
I feel like saying something today. tomorrow I might change my stand and people might say you are contradicting your past stand. In a world where contradiction is seen as a very bad thing… is it ok for people to contradict what they say? Contradiction means ‘deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite”. But what is Truth and according to whom? Aren’t … Continue reading 83/365 Can I Contradict Myself
So cheating is bad… But can some cheating be ok. Now don’t start thinking about all the kind of cheating you have done in life. Because we use the word cheating in a lot of different ways. As of now I am cheating. I started this project 80 days back and the plan is to write daily. But this is not written today, but yesterday … Continue reading 81/365 Can some types of cheating be OK?
I keep talking about continuous learning, but then when someone asks me what are you learning, I might have to think. Do books I read count? Does Articles I read count? What about conversations? Videos.. movies?.. just work…? Learning needs a structure I agree and so I am thinking I should pick a topic for a month and then delve deep into it. Use all … Continue reading 80/365 How about learning something New
There is the creator economy. I am not sure if it is for everyone, but I think everyone should create. Becoming a Creator is not about having a million followers. It is much more personal and valuable than that. I have been creating content in the sense of the word since 2005 with this blog, which was back then on blogspot and then moved to … Continue reading 78/365 Why Should We Create
Suspended straight jacket escape is one of the most famous Houdini trick. Yesterday I felt that writing did such a trick for me. It helped me tremendously… to get out of a mental space I was stuck. Not just that I also learned a few things interesting about me. If you remember my post yesterday, it was a weird piece as I was pouring out … Continue reading 77/365 Writing is a Houdini Trick
There are feelings that are tough to explain in words. I have such incidents at times. It is weird but I will try to explain it here. or attempt to put it in words. There are certain parts of my life that is more like a maze and I sometimes wonder where my space in it is. We all thrive in niches but we also … Continue reading 76/365 My space in a Maze
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