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My experiments with human flourishing
🎯 Focus & Productivity
- Momentum > Velocity > Speed 27 Oct
- Think on paper 26 Oct
- Do it today 21 Oct
- 12 questions 27 Jul
- Don't watch the news 24 Jul
- The Law of Forced Efficiency 27 Jun
- The Epiphany toilet. Let your mind wander. 8 May
- Single tabbing 9 Feb
- Your to-do list is your enemy 12 Jan
- Be bored. Everyday. 2 Dec
- The first two hours 24 Nov
- Deny autopilot. Change the default. 13 Nov
- The power of deadlines 30 Oct
- A day well spent 18 Oct
- 1300 characters. 12 Oct
- Multi-tasking = Multi failing 11 Oct
- Shutdown your messaging apps 6 Oct
- Work on your priorities, not other's 4 Oct
- "Will it make the boat go faster?" 27 Sept
- Movement ≠ Accomplishment 15 Sept
- Choose your inputs 5 Sept
- The focus question 16 Aug
- Velocity > Speed 25 Jun
- Monday 7 Jun
- Mind tabs 27 May
- Less but better 23 May
- Concentration 21 May
- Productivity = Intentionality + Focus 16 May
- Don't say "I don't have the time". Say "it is not a priority". 14 Jan
- Do you know your hourly rate? 11 Jan
🧘 Mindfulness & Peace
- Resolving conflicts, internally 25 Feb
- The CEO of you 25 Oct
- Happy Diwali! 24 Oct
- This too shall pass 11 Sept
- Normalise Kindness 19 Jul
- On focusing on the present and not dwelling in the past 20 Feb
- Regret and anxiety 7 Dec
- Unhappiness 20 Nov
- Some days you are the pigeon 13 Oct
- Life is a single-player game 24 Aug
- Somebody's greatest dream is your reality 16 Aug
- Internal vs External exploration 13 Aug
- Self compassion 29 Jun
- Anger 15 Jun
- The story of the bushman and the baboon 27 Feb
👥 Leadership & Teams
- Milk packet marketing 4 Aug
- 10x your team's output 28 Jul
- How to build high-performance teams? 18 May
- The surprising theory behind motivation 6 May
- The most important role of a manager 4 May
- Influencing without authority 20 Jan
- Encouragement 29 Nov
- How to give good feedback? 17 Nov
- The top goal of a leader 27 Oct
- Incentives vs Motivation 5 Aug
- MMM #7: Jobs to be done 17 Jul
- MMM #6: Insights 15 Jul
- New podcast episode: Rajan Singh 13 Jul
- MMM #5: Media Planning 10 Jul
- MMM #4: Understand your customer deeply 8 Jul
- MMM #3: Growth 7 Jul
- MMM #2: Brand building 6 Jul
- MMM #1: Definition of Marketing 5 Jul
- The importance of a 'drumbeat' 4 Jul
- Correlation vs Causation 23 Jun
- 2 jobs of a manager 11 Jun
🌱 Growth & Mastery
- The 40% rule 16 Sept
- Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication 8 Sept
- Professionals ship. Amateurs make excuses. 10 Aug
- 'World-class' in one thing > 'Good' in many things 24 Jun
- Get curious 14 May
- Beginner's mindset 8 Feb
- Where to build your career? 19 Jan
- Career peaking 18 Jan
- The '4 minute mile' 11 Dec
- Grit = Focus + Persistence. 18 Nov
- Your Personal Board of Directors 16 Nov
- Strong opinions, loosely held 28 Sept
- Amateur vs Professional 7 Aug
- Figure out what works, and do it 3 Jul
- 10000 cycles 1 Jun
- Don't break the chain 19 May
- Luck is probabilistic 9 Apr
- How to find your passion / purpose? 9 Feb
- A mistake made more than once is a decision 6 Feb
- 'Follow your passion' is terrible advice 6 Feb
- Mind upgrade 6 Feb
✨ Purpose & Meaning
- Beyond Comprehension 18 Mar
- You are a miracle 23 Apr
- If you don't have a map, use a compass 14 Mar
- Conscious creation and conscious consumption 31 Jan
- A celebration of human ambition 30 Jan
- No new resolutions, but a new theme 6 Jan
- How will you measure your life? 19 Nov
- Make good art 20 Oct
- The most important realisation 6 Aug
- Sincere vs Serious 24 Jul
- Always say what you mean and mean what you say 21 Jul
- You can have anything 19 Jul
- Memento Mori 18 Jul
- Why do I write? 14 May
- You can't find your voice if you don't use it 12 Mar
- You are where you are for a reason 6 Mar
- Virtues 6 Feb
⚡ Courage & Action
- You can't read the label from inside the bottle. 3 Apr
- A full-bodied yes 27 Feb
- Power = Speed of thought to Action 24 Feb
- The power of getting started 2 Nov
- Every action is a vote 29 Oct
- From Worrier to Warrior 14 Sept
- The Centipede's Dilemma 21 May
- Make your work 'un-icky' 25 Apr
- Don't negotiate with yourself 9 Mar
- Trust the soup 10 Feb
- Failure is an event, not a person. 18 Sept
- Procrastination = I need more clarity 26 Aug
- Constraints drive Creativity 20 Aug
- Commit and then figure out how 10 Aug
- If this were easy, what would it look like? 25 Jul
- Just start 11 Jul
- Difference between a hero and a coward 3 May
- Be like Ooblek 15 Apr
- Don't Save Anything for the Swim Back 12 Apr
- The Immediate Next Step 9 Mar