Apr 13, 2020
This is Part 1 of the Voluntary Discomfort Series. Part 2 is about my own experience and takeaways doing three days of voluntary discomfort. *Check out Part 2 here. What Is Voluntary Discomfort? Voluntary discomfort is precisely what it sounds like, to submit oneself…
Apr 9, 2020
This is a collection of the best music to listen to while working or studying. Enjoy the extra productivity. CINEMATIC SOUNDTRACKS Interstellar Soundtrack The Grand Budapest Hotel Soundtrack Westworld Soundtrack The Witcher 3 Soundtrack…
Apr 8, 2020
The Productivity Equation In his book, “Deep Work,” Cal Newport provides us with the productivity equation as follows: Work Accomplished = Time Spend x Intensity The amount of work you get done is dictated by how long you work for and at what intensity. The more…
Apr 5, 2020
Since most of us are having to stay at home due to the pandemic, we’re all left with a lot of extra time on our hands. It is up to ourselves how we want to use that time. According to google trends, the search term “what movies to watch” has hit an all-time high. We…
Apr 1, 2020
For a summary of the best ideas from Man’s Search For Meaning By Viktor Frankl, read it here. You can buy the book here. On Suffering “Without suffering and death human life cannot be complete.” – Viktor Frankl “Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be…
Mar 23, 2020
Ever gone to the kitchen only to forget what you were there for? Or at the grocery store trying your hardest to remember what’s on your list but just can’t remember? Or study really hard for an exam only to forget a big chunk of information right when you needed it?…
Mar 14, 2020
For a collection of the best quotes from Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, read it here. Man’s Search For Meaning The author of this book, Viktor Frankl, was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. Before he was arrested and…
Feb 17, 2020
Success, like most things in life, is a subjective thing. For a seven-year-old, success might mean staying up late after bedtime and getting away with it. For a father of five in Tanzania, success might mean growing good crops for the year so he can afford to feed the…
Feb 9, 2020
One of the greatest tools the ancient Stoics gave us is Premeditatio Malorum, the premeditation of evils. Unlike the ever more popular positive visualization in today’s self-help community, Premeditatio Malorum is quite literally the opposite of that – negative…