Mini essays on interesting things....
In disagreements, your goal becomes to prove the other person is wrong and you are right. Would you agree that it does not often work in your favour? What if you instead focused on what you two agree upon first and tried to drive that narrative home as much as possible? Try to establish the fact that you both want the same thing but only the methods differ. To do this well though, you must put…
Most of your advice misses the core. "Stop being envious" or "Get rid of your resentment about that". You could do with a more powerful reframe. For two main reasons, 1) the person you are speaking to makes his/her own decisions and acts on them 2) he/she trust the words in their heads more than the words spoken at them. A better reframe could be: "the best way to guarantee a life of misery would…
Inverted thinking flips the script upside down. It challenges your natural direction of thinking - forward. It unlocks a new perspective that helps you identify and remove obstacles to success. If you are stuck and do not know how to solve a problem, you can improve your chances of success by simply avoiding the common ways of failing. So, instead of aiming directly at your goals, you should think…
When we want to procrastinate, the part of our brain that lights up when we experience pain gets activated. Soon after, our brain attempts to push us onto something less uncomfortable (watching youtube for example). If it is successful, we are temporarily happy and free of pain. Brain's mission accomplished! How to tackle this problem: Try the pomodoro technique. Pomodoro is simple: 25 mins of…
Currently, I don't know how to code and am learning how to build my own personal website from scratch using AI. I am documenting everything I learn about building a website using AI on this blog. First thing I am covering is Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP is a universal connector that made scaling simpler. Before 2025, if we wanted to connect our database, files, an app, etc. to an AI tool, we…
Asking these questions improves our gratitude over time: What have you been given today or already have in your life that you are grateful for? Why do you think you received this gift or goodness in life? Do you think this was something that was owed to you? What does it feel like inside? Is there a way you want to show appreciation? Does it make you feel like sharing your appreciation to someone…
There are two big shifts that take place when we practice gratitude. The first one cuts through the noise and gives us perspective. It confirms that there is good in this world. It does not negate the bad and the suffering, but it confirms that there is another side worth experiencing. The second one makes us realise that a lot of good in our lives comes from outside ourselves. Out of our control.…