I think the phrase “fake it till you make it” has a deeper meaning than what most people would think. The common interpretation is that you have to pretend to be something that you’re not until people start believing you, in order to get somewhere. It’s seen as a strategy for tricking people. What I think it means is that we all have the poten... Read more 09 Aug 2016 - 1 minute read
An old adage that many people often hear is “quality over quantity”. Given a scenario where one has to choose between something of high quality, and something of high quantity, one should choose the thing of high quality. In many cases, this is true. But does this apply everywhere in life? In the book, Art & Fear: Observations on the Peril... Read more 02 Aug 2016 - 4 minute read
Multitasking wastes more time than we think. I had this terrible habit once of having at least 30+ tabs open on my web browser, always having a YouTube video playing in the background, while messaging people on Facebook. It used to make me feel productive because I was working on a dozen different things at the same time, while I was listenin... Read more 26 Jul 2016 - 2 minute read
When we look at successful people, whether they be Olympic athletes, or successful entrepreneurs or scientists, we often only see the final product, and not the work that was put into getting to where they are now. More importantly, we don’t see the failures or setbacks that they experienced along the way. Even on a daily basis, we experience... Read more 19 Jul 2016 - 2 minute read
We’ve all experienced this in one form or another. We find motivation in ourselves to finally start the project that we’ve been meaning to start, or to finally start exercising regularly again. Using this newfound motivation and momentum, we keep at it, going strong for days. And then it happens. We suddenly miss one day of exercising, or we... Read more 14 Jul 2016 - 1 minute read
In his book, The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg explores the idea of keystone habits. Keystone habits are good habits which, when practiced, tend to lead to other good habits, often unintentionally. For example, in a study that was done on weight loss, participants were asked to keep a food journal, where they tracked what they ate throughout t... Read more 12 Jul 2016 - 3 minute read
If you haven’t already, check out part I of this series on dealing with information overload. In a previous post, I wrote about what to do when you have too many tabs open. It is very easy nowadays to feel overwhelmed at the amount of information that is available to all of us. We now have even more things to distract us from the tasks that ... Read more 07 Jul 2016 - 2 minute read
Like reading, exercising is a habit that many people wish they had, but never get around to developing. It goes without saying that exercise is important, not only for our general physical health, but for our mental well-being. Regular exercise has been shown to combat stress and anxiety, as well as improve our focus, memory, and imagination. ... Read more 05 Jul 2016 - 4 minute read