Depression is a modern-day plague. There are shops, establishments, and organizations in the business of curing depression. Depression is a multi-billion economy. Books, therapy, yoga, mindfulness, good eating, exercises are on sale. Few of us do need clinical help, psychotherapy, and medicines. For the rest of us depression is a modern-day self-created epidemic. There could …
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People
Socrates, Plato, Ben Franklin all had one thing in common. They all mentioned the importance of people around us. People foster the growth of a commune, a society or an organization. The interpersonal relationship trumps over organizational or project affiliation. Screaming over Twitter about the hiring problem and employee attrition will not help. Finding the …
Affiliations
Man is a social animal. ― Aristotle Humans have common constituent: blood, bones, meat, gut, brain, and trillions of micro-organisms. But we are all different. What we like, what are our virtues and vice. As humanity progressed so did our afflictions. * Neanderthal to Homosapeiens. * Germanic to Celtics. * Native to barbarians. * Native …
The power of habit
I was reading deep work (blog link) and the power of habit for some time. The book narrates the importance of our habit in our life and self-development. In short, the cycle of cue, routine and reward results in habit formation. We get engulfed to our habit and end up practicing it without any cognitive …
Socrates Qualities
I am not literate enough to talk about Socrates. While going through my notebook, I found these written notes. These are a few of his qualities. I don’t remember from which book I got them, just for future reference I am adding it as a blog note. Socrates qualities : 1. Freedom (as opposed to …
Rational
What happens if everyone becomes rational? We will turn Vulcan (star trek) and will have to deal fewer errands. What will happen to our emotions, feelings et all? We will become robots. That will save Earth? Who knows, it might. We will start using our consciousness. We will become unbiased. Emotions will have no role …
Deep work
Reading “Deep Work” made me realize I am wasting my precious time. We are wasting time in the hyper-connected app-driven world. It is making us less productive. The author recommends allocating time in chunks for Deep Work. Productivity and deep work are proportional. He gives his example in practicing deep work and being super productive. …
Limited
Something is wrong with me? My social circle has shrunk. The meetups, events, and gatherings have reduced. My consumption and interaction with the virtual world are also limited. I have started to live most of my time with myself. Self-introspection gave some answers: Participating in subjects I have control over will make me saner. My …
Silence
I have been a non-stop talker. My friends close to me are aware of this. I am working on getting this fixed. I have realized silence and listening to others is more relaxing. It keeps brain saner. Listening to others helps in keeping a check on biases. It powers independent thinking. Let see how many …
Problems
Fighting with barista for making frothy cappuccino is easy. What is difficult: having some empathy. Keeping calm and registering complaint. Our problems are prime and the world or people around us should resonate with it. We have the least clue or concern about others. Why would it matter if my apartments security guard has been …