We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit – Aristotle Every night for the last few months, I used to crawl into my bed and open my iPad to binge on something. This had become such an autopilot activity, it was seamless. I had no control and many a time I was up until 1 AM. My morning routine took a big hit due to this. I made a subtle change a few weeksmore
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“Stop making debt and going broke and calling that “living”. That’s not living, it’s lying.” – Michelle Walker-Wade Personal finance is one of the important aspects of our lives. If you have to be successful in your life, then you would have to take care of your finances. Often many people neglect this part of their lives and only in their later half of livesmore
“The things you own end up owning you. It’s only after you lose everything that you’re free to do anything.” – Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club. It’s that time of the year. The most celebrated festivals in India are upon us. But they are not the ones we are looking forward to. What else then? We are eagerly waiting for the Great Indian Festival sale and The Big Billion Daymore
“Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” —Dolly Parton, singer You come home from the office after a long day. You barely speak to your friends or partner. You again open your laptop and immerse yourself in office work. Sound familiar? This is most of us today! Never have been an instance in human history, that our personal and work lives are so intertwinedmore
“A healthy mind in a healthy body”. – Roman Poet Juvenal We have all heard of this age-old adage. We all know the benefits of regular exercise. But why is it that we still do not live by this practice? I struggle with this. Whenever I go to the gym, I feel more energetic throughout the day. But I don’t do it consistently. I am consciously trying to change this and be moremore
In this post, I talk about the dangers of a victim mindset and how we can take steps to come out of it.
The start of this year, I wanted to lose a few pounds. At this same time, my colleagues came up with a bet amongst ourselves – whoever hits the agreed-upon goal, wins the bet and the loser has to pay the winner 1k. This was just the motivation I needed. I went ahead and paid for a 3-month gym membership and started my goal enthusiastically. 3 months rolled by and we all lined up to checkmore
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step – Chinese proverb This is probably one of the oldest and meaningful proverbs we have all heard. If you ever tried to run a half marathon or a full marathon or even asked an athlete who has done it, “Did the distance seem daunting at the start?” and you would have received “Yes” more often than not. But once theymore