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Here is a basic page layout with a right sidebarManage energy, not time – trick for getting more done with less stress
(Ideas from the chapter “Manage your energy, not your time” of the book “On Managing Yourself”, Harvard Business Review) When we have good energy, we get more done in less time and the work is of high quality. This leads to greater feelings of accomplishment and joy,...
Finding the purpose of life – why so hard?
“The purpose of life is to find its purpose.” “Finding the purpose of life is a life long journey.” I am sure you have heard of above statements and probably are having your own challenges in this area. I think here we got mixed up between discovery and invention. If...
Parenting without parenting – A nut goes about raising great kids – a short story
He was a nut with no mind of his own. Driven by his natural instincts of caring for offsprings, which all humans and in fact most species exhibit, he set out to be an ideal parent. He picked up a 'Parenting for Dummies' type book and jotted down the characteristics he...
Managing Oneself – on both professional and personal fronts
(This is based on chapter "Managing Oneself" of the book "On Managing Yourself", Harvard Business Review. The book focuses on professional career. I have extended it to include personal life and added my own perspective (2 cents!), here and there.) We are living in an...
Achieving moments of peak performance
(Based on chapter "Moments of Greatness" of the book "On Managing Yourself", Harvard Business Review) All of us experience times when we feel relaxed, full of energy and ideas. Those are the times when problems appear small and solvable and we get lot done in...
Is the number of breaths we take in our life time pre-determined at birth?
As per ancient Hindu philosophy, yes, this is how it is. But to me it always looked far fetched and obviously not a fact. However, it recently dawned on me that it might actually be kind of true, specially when considering what stress does to our lives. Here is how -...
Is slight stress necessary for peak performance?
It is a common notion that mild stress is not bad and in fact helps one become more productive and often necessary for achieving peak performance. However, this is not true. Mild stress is more like a short cut to 'near peak performance'! If you consider the highest...
Why practice being in deeper and deeper states of relaxation?
Stress causes 'Stress Response' - it is as simple. Stress response initiates numerous chemical, biological and hormonal changes in the body (details not important, but are well documented and available), which prepare the body for fight or flight but are generally bad...
Are you stressed? – a fundamentally wrong question.
Being stressed or relaxed are relative terms with no yes no answer. However relaxed you are, you can become more relaxed by effort, training and practice. At any moment, just by focusing inward, watching and centering your thoughts and setting the desired intention...
Nirvana Shatkam by Adi Shankaracharya – will be easier to visualize in future!
The basic message of Nirvana Shatkam is that our body and mind are not parts of us but rather they just belong to us. They are no different than the countless other possessions that we have like house, car, clothes and so on. People generally find this message hard to...
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