Gathering thoughts…
In every task you do, know that no one owes you anything.
The reviewer doesn't owe being nice to you. Your customer doesn't owe it to be nice to you.
Once you click 'Submit' or press 'Send', your work is not only 'yours'. It is open to the world.
So, let it be. Let go.
You'll be surprised by the results in the longer run.
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It is difficult to really 'enjoy' coffee at home. Compare having coffee at home v/s having coffee in a cafe. The latter is always a more enriching experience. Why? Expectations and context-setting. You go to a cafe and see people enjoying coffee. You keep your phone on the side, take a sip and actually 'feel' what you're having. You focus your attention 100% on the cup of…
I love Neil Pasricha's approach on 'being happy first'. Be happy first, then your best work will come. It doesn't work the other way.
There are many productivity gurus out there who talk about automating things as much as possible. I don't think that would fly with me. Just today, I realised the 'confidence' that small tasks - like cleaning the house, doing laundry - bring to you. Small tasks compound to big tasks. There is an American colonel (retd) who talks about making your bed to start the day. He wrote…
It is important to intervene when you get into a negative self-talk rabbit hole. It happened to me today: "It's 5 pm! No haven't been 'productive'" "What are you doing? The client is billing you!" In these times, you need to ask the sergeant to relax. I call this alter-ego, the Sergeant. Intervene in the following ways: - Disconnect from the situation - I went for a yoga class…
We're always optimising that we lose the ability to really enjoy any moment. We are always trying to see, "How can I get the most of this moment". If you look at Efficiency as a formula = Value out of this moment / Time spent on this moment. Then we have begun to optimise for both = Getting most value, whilst spending the least time. Unfortunately, sometimes, this blurs the…
