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YOUR Self

The other day I went to Sandeep Maheshwari’s office, to record a video for his channel.

Amongst the multiple question that were asked to me, I asked Sandeep what was his daily routine like.

In the broad outline that he shared, he explicitly mentioned how he spent 2 hours every morning and evening working on himself, contemplating, thinking – basically nurturing himself.

He sleeps 8 hours everyday. Out of the remaining 16, 4 are spent on himself.

THAT is the secret! The secret is to work on yourself, do things that energise you, before you go on and give to the world.

Once you have given to yourself, whenever you go out into the world, you will be a forever giver. That’s the most beautiful thing about being selfish :)

Parents

It is one of the strongest bonds that we look forward to, as kids.
However, while growing up, we dilute that relationship. Because we do not feel ourselves there. We don’t feel seen.
And then, to get back to loving them, because you have too little time left with them.

Your parents will go away some day.

You might not love being around them. But you certainly will hate them not being around.

The time to not have regrets is now. Because love and time don’t wait.

What happens when a player retires?

What happens when a legendary sports player retires from the game officially?
What do they take away with them?
What do they leave behind?

As Roger Federer announces his retirement today, I get into a reflective mode. It got me thinking:

  • The game continues. It always does.
  • There will be players better than him, worse than him, but no one like him.
  • His dedication to the craft, the sacrifices he endured, the body of hard work he built – were his and his alone. And now ours, to draw inspiration from.
  • However, the reason he could rise to such exemplary levels and create multiple records without setting out to create them, was because he focused on what he could control: his game.
  • That is what we all get to control: our game. Nothing else. Not that of the competitors. Nor of anyone else. Just our own. And that is, more than enough.

Here’s to winning our own game. Because we choose to play it. Just like Roger. Roger that :)

The secret you are looking for

Seth Godin knows the market he writes for.
So does Gary Vee – for his videos.
So does Bhuvan Bam.

The big thing about the big shots is that they never focused on getting big. They focused on their smallest viable audience, and never stopped doing their small things in the grandest manner.

The secrets we are looking for are having a big break that changed everything.
The secret we must know is that you have the power to create your own small break, and with time, it will change the biggest of things.

The smartest people ask questions

They ask questions because they are curious.
They ask questions because they genuinely want to know.
They ask questions because they are okay appearing dumb in front of others, instead of staying that dumb forever.

Go, ask the question you want to ask. Because, you want to ask!

Asking isn’t a fad. Asking is what will keep you from being mad.

You don’t need to be productive 24*7!

The beautiful thing about time management is that you do not have to be productive 24*7.

You may choose to be productive just for 3-4 hours of the day. And that is enough.

However, to get there, you need to understand your relationship with time.

To understand your relationship with time, you need to track your time.

In order to track your time, you need to be more disciplined.

Discipline creates awareness. Awareness leads way to order. That order lets you decide how much you decide to be productive.

Productivity needn’t be pervasive. But the desire to get there must be.

I sold my soul for money

Whenever you choose to deliver mediocre quality work
Whenever you think it is okay to slack in your work
Whenever you think it is okay if no one sees it but you in your heart knew you just ticked a box but did not put in your best work,

It always helps to put a note on your desk: I sold my soul for money.

If you are not doing great work and not getting better with time, it is time you sit down with yourself and get super clarity on why are you doing it.

Like-s?

A great hack if you want people to like you:

Repeat what they said, back to them.

“To make sure I heard you right, you are saying XXX (repeat what they said)”

Helps in 3 ways:
1. They feel heard
2. They respect your listening skills – the mirroring helps.
3. They know you are interested in the conversation.

Always works. Never fails!

Repetition of what people say makes people fall in love, with what you say.

2 principles of work

  1. Do not do anything you hate.
  2. Show up every day, no matter how hard.

Great work does not have to have a gospel as long as a Constitution.

Simple works. Because it tells you the truth straight in your face.

Exams

“How to deal with exam stress?”

It is something that I took as a medicine, in my school/college days.

Life is a wonderful gift, and you must focus on learning.
If you take that pain of small time and learn to deal with it as a medicine, you will enjoy the process of learning.

Which is the most beautiful thing about life.

Exams, come and go.
Learning stays.

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