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Everyday Stories, Lived

  • Online engagements and manipulations

    “Back in 2012, a year before Cambridge Analytica came on the scene, a group of scientists from the University of Cambridge and Stanford University began looking for a link between the five personality traits and the pages people ‘liked’ on Facebook. They built a Facebook quiz with this purpose in mind, allowing users to take Read more

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  • Removing distractions

    Highlighting the importance of removing distractions becomes implicit whenever conversations run around the theme of getting the work done. Admit it or not, most of us already know what those activities are that distract us. Identifying them is surprisingly easy. But it takes commitment to put them into light and take action to remove them. Read more

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  • Listening to people you’ve never met

    Of course, garbage in, garbage out. But for those of you who are fond of listening to people you’ve never met, you must have made a choice whether you will give someone the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps, what I offer is something that resonates with you. And at the same time, the things I’ve Read more

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  • Letter no. 14

    Dear reader from the future, I have heard so many times how people rant about the lack of systems. Their sentiments usually revolve around wishing for systems to be in place and provide a streamlined process for them to move forward. Admittedly, I find myself in the same circumstances and agree that you are not Read more

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  • The future of office space

    It’s been a year since I said goodbye to the office. But, perhaps, you did too. Not all of us had this flexibility to work from home, but to some of us who do (and enjoyed this new setup), we hope to have it linger and, eventually, stay for good. From Many people don’t want Read more

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  • Cashflows

    At some point in our lives, we wondered where did all our money go. And we also know that they didn’t just disappeared into thin air. So if you’re really determined to know where your money went (this time), you need to go the extra mile of jotting down the ins and outs of your Read more

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  • Presenting ideas vs. presenting information

    I think it’s easy to put up information in a PowerPoint presentation. All you need to do is put in all the data and analysis you did. Then, arrange them such that they are both aesthetically pleasing and understandable. However, it takes domain knowledge to actually make sense of them and present them such that Read more

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