Category: Blog
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We think that the people we meet daily will remain where they are or that we will be around them forever. But once somebody chooses to change their environment, say for career growth that your circles won’t overlap anymore, you’d be confronted by the reality of meeting people and parting ways with them at any…
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What is the “3-2-1” backup rule? Have three (3) copies of your data where two (2) copies are stored in separate devices and one (1) is stored in a different physical location. But how much should we invest in storage these days so that we can afford to have this redundancy?
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If you find yourself deeply engaged doing something, you’ve probably felt what it’s like to be in the zone. When you are in the zone, you’re so captivated by what you’re doing that it excites you to get it done. And so you put in more hours without grumbling about staying up late for something you enjoyed…
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When we have an urgent, important task that requires our focus and time to get it done, we want to shortcut the reward system in our brain so that we work on not-urgent but important (often requires less focus and time) tasks instead. Finishing them feels rewarding, but we never made any progress on what…
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Overcoming self-imposed limitations begins with saying, “I can.” When babies are still learning to walk, you never hear them say, “I can’t walk, might as well stop learning how to walk.” Instead, they take steps to make it happen, such as standing up and putting one foot in front of the other. They may fall…
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Gaming allows us to immerse ourselves in new experiences and challenges (with less cost to none) and disconnect from real-life obligations by offering control, achievement, and temporary escape from our responsibilities. But if we consistently spend our waking hours playing computer games, like everything done in excess, it could result in problems like: 1. Neglect…
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Just because you can’t see the mess you’ve hidden in the dark doesn’t mean you did not take part in hiding it away, nor it ever existed. It’s better to do things right rather than double the effort of making things right, the ones you could have done right in the first place.