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How to read books for nothing but the sheer joy of reading?
My father reads newspapers every single day as a ritual for the past 50 years or so. Like clockwork, he sips morning tea and devours the just delivered…
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Deal with the devil
We have done the deal with devil and that devil has taken away one thing that we own and can control. Time.
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Gravity, The Martian, Art of resilience and victory of human will.
Yesterday, I watched “The Martian”. It’s a space movie where the astronaut Mark Watney gets left out in mars while on a mission and how he plots his way…
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In God we trust. All others must bring data – Building analytics in to the system – The Why and How
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#77 - You are the captain of your soul and master of your fate.
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Deal with the devil
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Monday April 15, 2013
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A new year wish from a Tamil cinema fan.
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#100 — What I learnt by writing 100+ posts in a year
When I look back, it seems I have written over 100 posts this year. When this year started, I didn’t have any lofty goal of writing 100 posts but I…
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#99 — Control how the days starts.
I am a morning person and I wake up around 5–5.30 AM every day. Within minutes, I switch on wifi and connect to it from my smartphone. Bam! There are…
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#98 — Practise ‘no internet’ day
Recently I visited my hometown which is a sleepy little town located in the southern coast of Tamil Nadu. I was not able to connect to internet for…
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#97 - Write the things that you’d savour anytime in your life.
I read this list by Leo babauta and had a smile after I was through with it. There are things in your life that gives you happiness or a high or…
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#96 - Questions to ask when you want to make decisions.
With decision making, how do you know when you are making the right decision? Has anything been helpful in helping with decisions? — when asked to…
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#95 - Be on Maker’s Schedule
The world operates on two times — maker’s time and manager’s time. Manager’s time is mostly filled with meetings, each for an hour. Their day is…
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#94 - Embrace the suck
At times, We might be anxious that our efforts are not reaping expected results. Lets pick writing as an example. You might be into writing and expect…
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