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It is evident that after one year that the second wave of the COVID pandemic is striking across the world. The death toll and the number of positive cases are spiking but I truly believe that most of us have not yet become COVID positive victims. One of the major reasons for that is, of…

I was reading an article in the HBR (Harvard Business Review) on the repeatability of businesses. The sustainability of the business we do, whatever kind of business it may be, absolutely depends on the repeatability of the quality factor which you showcase as your unique selling point (USP). It’s a simple observation but I found…

Art forms have always been a reflection of society from time to time. Art and its politics and purpose are complete when it takes part in social transformation and cultural evolution. From poetry to drama to cinema, painting, sculpture – all sorts of art forms have influenced and played great roles in the evolution of…

We are celebrating many agricultural festivals across India and South-East Asian countries which are connected to the sun’s equinox and its significance to farmers. It was always been a wonder to me how our ancestors calculated all these planetary movements and scheduled their time to sow and reap thousands of years back with such great…

I have many friends in my circle who can keep their cool and a few of them keep it ultracool. I happened to have a conversation with an ultracool friend of mine. My question was straightforward, “Bro how you stay cool in challenging situations, unexpected circumstances?” He told me the secret – you have nothing…

I happened to go through some notes I scribbled in my diary from a sales workshop I attended over 8 years back. The trainer was a globally acclaimed coach and author. He differentiated between the tactics and principles of sales. Tactics are more manipulative and have a short shelf life whereas principles are based more…

Many times we feel that we have been hustling our whole lives. We are able to understand our hustle when we pause and look back at the whole journey, look into ourselves for that matter. I happened to come across a very beautiful line of thought today. It was very simple – “give yourself some…

Some people exhibit a tendency of overestimating their ability to control the events happening around them. The American psychologist Ellen Langer names this non-real feeling or state of mind “the illusion of control.” From examinations, to driving to investments to gambling, in almost in every aspect of life some people tend to exhibit this behaviour…

Entropy is a term primarily used in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics which denotes the degree of disorderliness in a system. The higher the entropy the higher the disorder in the system. What I truly feel is that when we look at the universe, especially at the particle level of matter, there is much disorderliness in…

Recently I read a perspective on life and lifestyle from one of my masters. It said that we should invest and indulge in life and life processes but not much in lifestyle because the enhancement of lifestyle is dependent on our financial well-being. If we depend more on our lifestyle, if that is what we…