The Other Life

The Other LifeWritten about two and a half years ago. Published now. Based on a prompt! Image Courtesy - stayhereforu on Pexels.com The anxiety clings like a terminal disease refusing to lighten its heavy load even for a moment.  The eyes droop, and the shoulders slide every time the mind thinks of an uncertain future. …

The Image

The ImageImage Courtesy - Eric Torres on Pexels.com Who Am I? The one who is writing this, or the one reading this; maybe the one contemplating these words or the one observing these three or could be none of these but a part of every one of these, at times, observing the act, while many …

The First Step

The First StepImage Courtesy - Rido Alwarno on Pexels.com The eyes refused to move away reading every single letter over and over again, moving effortlessly from one end of the page and onto another, soaking up every word and the meaning, and looking up after finishing before beginning to read once again.   The trembling hands …

Let Go

LET GOImage Credit - Loc Dang on Pexels.com (A little weird expression of thoughts, please bear) The sunlight filtered through the white powdery cirrus before getting trapped in the thick foliage of the large tree, and finally making their way to the earth; a journey of a little over 150 million kilometres and ending in …

The Zeigarnik Effect – How incomplete tasks improve our memory or do they?

Image Credit - Mat Brown on Pexels.com Have you heard of the Zeigarnik effect? If not, then read on! It’s your birthday and deciding to give a treat to your friends; you take them to a fancy restaurant.  The place and the ambience are beautiful, and everyone soon gets comfortable in their seats. As you …

The Perfect Idea

If we produce 1000 ideas, 2 might work, but if we produce only 10 ideas chances of any of them turning into something big is greatly reduced. Even Picasso produced 1000's of painting during his lifetime but showcased just a few of them, his best ones, he could pick the best ones, because he worked …

Thoughtful Adventure

Are thoughts like seeds? Do they flower up into big trees and shrubs and take over our physical space as we nourish them in the right environment, provide them the just the right amount of light and use our experience to continue to improvise as we go further? Are our thoughts only ours? Or just …

Iron Nun – The Woman who conquered Ironman at 82 – Story of Grit and Perseverance

A nun looked outside her window on a beautiful morning as the cool breeze blew across on the streets outside as if inviting her to come out. She looked at herself for a while before taking the first tentative steps outside, feeling the warmth of the early morning sun on her cold face while breathing …

How Layout Change in a Hospital Cafeteria Reduced Soda Consumption– Role of Environment in Changing and Sustaining Habits

How does one home in Hungary became a Chess powerhouse with all three girls performing exceedingly well in that sport? What are the chances of ‘you’ gaining weight if most of your friends are obese, even if they don’t even live in the same city? How a café inside a hospital increased water consumption by …

Why Does my Queue always move Slower?

Have you ever experienced standing in a queue moving very slowly and then when you change to the quicker one, to your utter dismay and misfortune find out the one you were in earlier, becoming faster now? Or, you decide to buy a mobile and immediately after you have bought it, your friend/s shows off …

Attention Restoration Theory – How Nature Helps Us in Concentrating better

Crowded City Which one of the above two will you prefer to be in? Imagine, you are laboring on a task for an extended period and now mentally tired, need an urgent break.  You are given two options. Walk in the woods for 20 minutes.Walk for a coffee for 20 minutes within the city Which …

Getting ‘Unstuck’

Getting Unstuck Getting ‘Unstuck’ What do you do when you get stuck? Let’s look at what famous people used to do, when faced with such situations. Before that, I would like to talk a little bit about Cal Newport’s bestseller, ‘Deep Work’. Deep Work is an amazing book, built on solid anecdotes and examples.  The …

This will Shock you!

What will you do if you are asked to sit in a room alone for 15 minutes with a switch, pressing which can give you an electric shock? Do you know what percentage of time our mind just wanders aimlessly, a virtual vagabond during our waking hours? The answer to the second question is more …

Failure – The path to getting better

The Giraffe How many times will you continue to try again after failing? 1 to 10 times - Probably 11 to 20 times - Maybe, I might 21 to 40 times – Possibly a No 41 to 100 times – A No 100 to 500 times - Definitely a big No Most of us will …

Passion, Purpose, Pleasure

Today’s post of mine is not about any specific topic or even a story. I would like to take this opportunity to let everyone know how at times we feel unsure of our own decisions, scared of chasing our own dreams, tentative about our own abilities and hesitant to express ourselves. Although we all are …