To be productive, you need to develop the ability to focus and concentrate. Focus and concentration are two different things. Focus can only occur when we say ‘yes’ to one option and ‘no’ to all other options. Concentration is when we can […]
Back in September 2021, my writing life turned a corner. I was writing online for almost three years. I had published a book, written over 300 articles, and experienced burnout. What was killing me, ironically, was not the writing, or the vast […]
I am a gardener cum librarian. Confused? These are two of the four archetypes of note-takers. Before deciding which note-taking app you should choose, you need to know what is your note-taking style. Anne-Laure Le coffee, the founder of Ness Lab, gave […]
We think of motivation as an example of Newton’s Law of Inertia. You better keep pushing that motivation ball or it’s guaranteed to slow down and stand still after a while. As a mental model, it’s a disaster. It implies that our […]
When I started writing online, I didn’t want to share my personal life too much. I wrote about what I was learning. I wrote about the interesting things I read. I wrote about the challenges I set myself to make life interesting. […]
I started my first journal at thirteen. It was an old hardback notebook that belonged to my father. I started collecting quotes, little anecdotes, and bits of writing that inspired me. As my collection grew, and I had a bit of money, […]