Who loses?

In the brilliant Knowledge Project podcast, Shane Parrish speaks to Tobias – founder and ceo of Shopify. And in response to a question, Toby says, “if Shopify wins, no one loses!” That is such a wonderful way to look at things, such a blesses...

Who am I?

It’s not who you are underneath but what you do, that defines you. – the Batman It all about who I am. Because I don’t even know what all I do. – everyone else? A brilliant piece by Captain Gopinath emerged yesterday, on Kingfisher Airlines....

Climbing 15 floors

I stay on the 15th floor and quite often climb up the stairs, after my morning workout.  And I love playing tricks with my mind.    Usually I climb up while looking down, thinking about something, not consciously counting the floors.    And then one time, I did notice...

The right posture

My tennis coach has been saying just one thing for the past 6 months. Get the posture right. He claims that with the right posture, the effort to hit the ball dramatically reduces. And I have felt it. Those rare moments when the legs, the hands, the racquet, the...

Our minds are judging us

Stayed at the Oberoi last night. The previous night at an OYO. And it was so clear, yet again. The only time we are truly awake, is when we are sleeping. The conscious mind knows the difference between an Oberoi and an OYO. It seeks to judge. To assign a value. A...

The stereotype

Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky invented a fictitious woman named Linda and gave her the below description: “Linda is thirty-one years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy. As a student, she was deeply concerned with issues of...