Do Habits Change Occur Differently in Disciplinarians and Free Thinkers

Are soldiers better at adopting new habits compared to creative people like writers, filmmakers, painters or even cartoonists?  Does our occupation and personality play a role in deciding our flexibility in trying out new patterns?  I have been working as a Trainer for more than 13 years now and my father was in Army for …

Work from Home – What the Wife Expects and the Husband Actually Do

The new table and comfy chair completed the latest set-up for work from home.  Akash was excited and clicked pictures of his new workplace while his wife waited, seeking his help to set up her own office too.  The 1 bhk house carefully divided in two workstations resembled competing kiosks in a mall, except the …

What Triggers Nostalgia – Story of Me & the Fruit Orchard

What images strike your mind when you think about your childhood?  Do you miss the fun at school, the goofy behaviour with your siblings and cousins or the lazy mornings during summers?  We all have our favorite moments of childhood that stir up as we come across old pictures, songs, movies or even advertisements on …

Willpower – the Surprising Ingredient that Sustains Our New Habits

Imagine you have promised yourself to read every day.  The book you want to read has been lying on your shelf for the past 3 months; however, you have not touched it even once.  Your motivation to read is suddenly triggered after attending a training session at office, where the trainer glowingly quoted from books, …

Are you ‘Adhir’ – Regaining Attention and Focus Using Mindfulness

Adhir, working in a MNC is now more than 1.5 years old in his current job.  Although, he worked hard, the results never matched up to the expectations of his boss. His manager though aware that Adhir is a hardworking employee was frustrated with his silly mistakes, which were getting too frequent with each passing …

What Warren Buffett Thought of ‘Priorities’

 This incident involves one of the richest man in the world, Warren Buffett and his pilot Mike Flint, who wanted Buffett to buy a new jet with more advanced features and capabilities.  He however, used the opportunity to teach him a valuable life lesson.  Although, Flint himself was an experienced pilot having previously flown four …

How Incremental Improvements Help in Developing Habits and Achieving Goals

Vicky was watching a thriller on TV and was awestruck with the way the hero had maintained himself so well, although in his 50’s, anyone could easily pass him off as a 30 year old.  His eyes then focused on his own paunch, prompting feelings of self-pity and misery.  Just in his late 20’s, he …

One Thing, You Would Like to Improve About Yourself

Let me start with the story of Svetaketu.  He went to a gurukul (Vedic school system) and after finishing his studies, returned home.  His father though was not happy with his arrogance after his return and ordered him to go back and learn what ‘could not be learnt’.  Svetaketu surprised, decided to go back and …

‘7’ Ways you can Develop a Growth Mindset

‘A person’s true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity.’ Daisaku Ikeda The quote is a beautiful reflection of how we as humans put a great significance on people who excel when the chips are down.  We tend to compartmentalize our own race into different groups of individuals.  On the one side, people …

Why Being Responsive to Change is Important While Building Habits

A man tried saving a snake stuck in the thorny bushes and as he did that, the snake bit him repeatedly.  He however continued with his efforts trying to ignore what the snake was doing to him until he was able to pull him out and set free.  Another person watching him do this from …

Six Ways You Can Identify If You Are a – PIC or PNIC

We generally get what we look for.  Miners find diamonds where everyone else sees black coal.  Every situation we face in life also carries both diamonds and coals contingent upon what we try to find.  The current situation no doubt is challenging and we can’t ignore it by acting like ostriches digging our heads deep …

‘9’ Interesting Things About English Language

Humans evolved approximately 5 million years ago and we took about 3.5 million years to develop and start using language.  It played a key role in ensuring our survival and in accelerating our development.  Steven Pinker and Paul Bloom theorize that a series of calls or gestures evolved over time into combinations, giving us complex …

‘10’ Easy to Develop Habits to Manage Finances

Job loss, Leave without pay and salary cuts are becoming the buzzword since the advent of corona crisis as we witness an increasing number of people desperate to get employment.  According to a report by LinkedIn, most of the hiring is limited to customer service and home delivery personnel and in healthcare.  Rest of the …

How Planning and Journaling Help in Developing Effective Habits

86,400 seconds is what we get every day and how we use this time decide whether we achieve our goals or not.  The first few seconds after we wake up and the kind of activity we immerse ourselves in, largely decides the tone for the rest of the day and therefore it is important to …

‘2’ Ways I developed New Habits While Working From Home

Most of us keep delaying our passions for when we have enough money and resources and end up losing the opportunity altogether before even making a try.  Someone rightly said; “The best time to start was Yesterday.  The next best is Now.” Unknown The quote beautifully sums up the price we pay for procrastination and …