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Cultivate Your Good Habits

Cultivate habits

Weeds on a farm grow by themselves. They don’t need a farmer. Seeds, on the other hand, if they have to be cultivated, need a farmer. This is a great metaphor for our habits.   Bad habits creep up inside us insidiously Read more…


ROI Of A Book

ROI of a book

I love reading books of all genres. I also love collecting material that presents information in interesting ways. Last week, I came across this powerful infographic describing the ROI (Return on Investment) of any nonfiction book based on how readers Read more…


Don’t Break The Chain

It is a scientific truth that water becomes steam when it is heated to 100 degrees centigrade. Now imagine we put some water in a container and put it on a stove, and just as the water is heating up, Read more…


The Irony Of Our Habits

The life we experience today is a lagging measure of our habits, both good and bad. Putting it differently, the life we desire in our future will be a function of our current habits. Your financial position today is a Read more…


The Science Of A Habit

Its day 184 of the year 2020. As I write my 184th blog dedicated to sharing my lessons on personal growth, I reflect on how I have managed to do something that seemed impossible one year back. Many people have Read more…


Inefficiency By Thousand Cuts

“Did you cancel the subscription?” This was possibly the nth reminder from my wife. A couple of years back, I was very interested in following some Technology related trends and I registered with an online content platform. My interests since have Read more…