What is it? Every efficiency means what you can do with what you have. Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash If you think about productivity in terms of tasks, the more tasks you accomplish in the lowest time possible, the more productive you are (or seem to be). My...
Today I received the sad news of losing a dear friend from a heart attack. It’s devastating, but I knew him well and he lived his life to the fullness. The best word to describe these moments shouldn’t be “loss”, but thanks. Thanks for the time we have and...
Remember Einstein. His genius didn’t come from knowing a lot, but imagining simple things and have a curious and resilient mindset to pursue revolutionary ideas. The key element is imagination. How can we stimulate our imagination? “The human mind is an...
While reading the last posthumous book by Stephen Hawking on “Brief Answers to the Big Questions” I began thinking about our life’s relational depth and where can we find it. “When I was younger, the rise of technology pointed to a future where we would all...
… paying attention. It is so simple and so complicated these days of frenetic connectivity. Being mindful means total presence in the present. The attention we give is the sense of belonging to the present we receive.
…the more you create. The idea researchers explored is simple. When we spend too much time creating something our mind gets fixated on it and is less able to create. We don’t switch because we get stuck, but precisely to avoid running out of ideas, or the...
Reading comes in two kinds. The writings you love and those you hate. Everything else is not a waste of time, but simply not for you. Photo by Aaron Burden at unsplash It’s easy to read the things you love. Ideas that drive change or intrigue you. Examples you can...
Time has an arrow, and it points forward. There’s no way back. If you lose the pace in what you want to achieve when you begin learning something, there’s no other way but picking up the pace again. I can think of several reasons to lose pace while you learn. Because...
It is likely to be the best and most difficult thing to achieve with anything you learn. Photo by Amy Treasure at unsplash When you’re autonomous, you do anything by yourself. You do not copy or let others do it for you. When you’re autonomous, you’ll...
We cannot change skills but develop them. And we all have skills. But such development depends on our behavior. Therefore, to develop some skills we need to change our behavior. Consider a college student. Anyone entering college has the ability to succeed. However,...
