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Ten powerful things I have learnt in 2021!

Well, 2021 has been a hard year for a decent majority of folks across the globe, and I remain no exception here. From being hitting my rock bottom to getting infected with Covid, especially when my emotional quotient was absolutely zero, to the financial struggle, which is quite a common…

Discipline

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Ten powerful things I have learnt in 2021!
Ten powerful things I have learnt in 2021!

May 9

Mossad has reasons for having fearsome history. Here’s one of them —

It was 17th Nov 1964, a sunny afternoon at the Rome’s Fiumicino Airport, Italy, two alleged Arab Diplomats arrived with a heavy trunk in which it was written, “United Arab Republic Embassy”, with a warning label of “Diplomatic bag. DO NOT OPEN!” This trunk was so heavy that the airport…

Mossad

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Mossad has reasons for having fearsome history. Here’s one of them —
Mossad has reasons for having fearsome history. Here’s one of them —

Mar 19

30 minutes of reading a day = 1,000 books in 50 years!

I was reading one of the tweets of Tim Urban. Tim basically a writer, illustrator, and co-founder of Wait but why (quite a famous website) where Tim writes from procrastination to artificial intelligence. You see, Elon Musk happens to be a fan of Tim’s writings. Tim wrote on this tweet…

Books

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30 minutes of reading a day = 1,000 books in 50 years!
30 minutes of reading a day = 1,000 books in 50 years!

Feb 13

First Principles Thinking

I've been done my engineering in Mechanical specialization, +2 with Physics as one of the majors, but unfortunately, in these six straight years of core scientific learnings, none of my faculties have neither taught me the "First Principles Thinking" in Physics, nor it's importance in the scientific world. Let me…

First Principles Thinking

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First Principles Thinking
First Principles Thinking

Feb 11

Let’s talk Mahabharatha, and the bonding of Arjun and Sage Dronacharya, to be precise.

Arjun impressed Sage Dronacharya in many ways and thus he was all worthy to be Dronacharya’s favourite student, viz; Arjuna was the only pupil of sage Dronacharya, who hit the exact target during the archery training, among the Kauravas, and the Pandavas. 2. The crocodile incident.

Mahabharata

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Let’s talk Mahabharatha, and the bonding of Arjun and Sage Dronacharya, to be precise.
Let’s talk Mahabharatha, and the bonding of Arjun and Sage Dronacharya, to be precise.

Feb 5

“Twitter is the television for intellectuals.”​ — Naval Ravikant

I was going through one of the oldest tweets of Naval Ravikant, which said, “Twitter is the television for intellectuals.” I started to take a deep dive on this tweet and my monkey mind couldn’t sit quietly knowing the depth of this tweet. I probably spent an hour or odd…

Wisdom

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“Twitter is the television for intellectuals.”​ — Naval Ravikant
“Twitter is the television for intellectuals.”​ — Naval Ravikant

Jan 21

What we can learn from Cristiano Ronaldo

This is Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the best footballers the world has ever witnessed. The above picture is of 35 years old Ronaldo! Yes, you read it right! The damn 35 years old guy with the original six-packs. Ronaldo, the 5 time Ballon D’or winner who is known for drilling…

Discipline

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What we can learn from Cristiano Ronaldo
What we can learn from Cristiano Ronaldo

Dec 8, 2021

Eisenhower’s Decision Matrix: A modern hack to boost productivity.

Eisenhower’s matrix can also be called an answer to poor time and task management. This decision matrix is named after Dwight David Eisenhower, an American Army general, who went on to become the 34th President of the United States of America from 1953 t0 1961. …

Discipline

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Eisenhower’s Decision Matrix: A modern hack to boost productivity.
Eisenhower’s Decision Matrix: A modern hack to boost productivity.

Nov 4, 2021

“The most powerful force in the world is the compound interest.” — Albert Einstein

You may be wondering what made me start my post with this quote from Einstein, but yeah, you guessed it right! This post is all about compounding. Here we go, So, I was speaking to one of my friends, David, over the phone and we bumped into the fitness topic…

Compound Interest

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“The most powerful force in the world is the compound interest.” — Albert Einstein
“The most powerful force in the world is the compound interest.” — Albert Einstein

Sep 19, 2021

What Chanakya Neeti taught me!

I was reading Chanakya Neeti today and came across these things! This picture shows a powerful lion attacking and taking down an African elephant.

Chanakya Neeti

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What Chanakya Neeti taught me!
What Chanakya Neeti taught me!
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