Nothing Vs Something

We generally think it is good to have something than to have nothing. That’s why it is hard to leave a job even though you may dislike it. Because at present you are earning but after leaving the job you will be unemployed and without money, it’s difficult to survive. So it’s good not to... Continue Reading →

Abundance is curse

We rarely care when we have something in abundance be it time or air or money or water. We start to deeply care only after scarcity signals are raised. Scarcity is of more value be it gold or bitcoin or air quality in Delhi. Humans have the trait of valuing things that are scarce or... Continue Reading →

How to teach a kid compounding?

On the leap year day of 2020, I wrote about the eighth wonder of the world. Do check it out. Thereafter, I read a fascinating book on compounding, The Joys of Compounding(JoC), which is by far the best book ever written on compounding effects. But how do we explain to small kids the power of... Continue Reading →

Deep-sea creatures

Are you interested in swimming? Maybe you are but sadly during these tough times, we can’t swim. But it’s a great opportunity to know more about underwater creatures. I knew nothing about the deep sea creatures until today. The deep-sea creatures live below the photic zone. Wondering what’s the photic zone? The photic zone or... Continue Reading →

Stimuli ~ Actions

After a stimulus, we react in a certain pattern. While feeling happy, our facial expressions change. Having a notification beep makes us open the smart device, mobile. There are many more activities that we do during the day based on stimuli. We can reverse it too. Faking your expression to being happy, will send signals... Continue Reading →

Locations effect on habit

Mostly when we travel our habits are impacted. Moreover, when we move from one location to another we face challenges to continue older habits since we lose the previous flow suddenly. In fact, it’s a great opportunity to begin fresh and break the previous chains. How can we continue the habit smoothly while traveling? First... Continue Reading →

Fool’s Day

How did April fool come into existence? Let’s scratch the history to know about it. In 1582, France switched to the Gregorian calendar from the Julian calendar. However, the information didn’t spread as quickly as information spread today. France used to celebrate the new year around April 1st just like the Hindu’s new year is... Continue Reading →

Magic of Placebo on Hotel Maid

Image Credit During the day, I came across an interesting read-up, which discusses the research of Ellen Langer on Hotel Maids. The maids do certain physical activities at the hotel be it carrying luggage or cleaning. The maids far exceeded the U.S. surgeon general’s recommendation for daily exercise more than required physical exercise but it... Continue Reading →

Swiping != Quitting

I spoke with one of my cohort members who was facing challenges to continue the habit happily. Though, he still managed to push himself for 8 days consistently to do the habit. It speaks that he is interested to do the habit. However, he was doing it with a burden. To simplify the process I... Continue Reading →

Significance of colors

Image Credit On this auspicious day of Holi, I took a look at one of my articles on color, where I discussed how color speaks, especially in the natural world and in the digital world. Be it anything, we speak in terms of color. Observe your surrounding you will observe the variety of colors. Only water is... Continue Reading →

A world without gadgets

Recently, one of the cohort members was facing challenges to perform the habit timely. He had a prior belief that there is no way to do something without gadgets especially when you are alone in a room. After a few minutes of conversation, he started to come up with answers and was easily able to... Continue Reading →

Content Curation

I had a fruitful discussion with Abhash and Dhruv today. I connected with those guys through the slack community, ajvc. Thanks to Aviral for setting up such an amazing community. The discussion revolved around content. Both Abhash and Dhruv has been into podcast and newsletter. They discussed a variety of podcasts and newsletters they have... Continue Reading →

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