These four, if practiced together, are genuinely a lethal combination that will kill procrastination. — You don’t lack time. You just waste most of it on useless busyness. Sooner or later, you’re going to have to accept this. An average user spends two and a half hours daily on social media in 2022. As of 2020, Netflix users watched an average of 3.2 hours of…

I made two new friends for life. — “I felt a bit lonely so I decided to watch some TV and there was this show on it called…” my mother went on in a conversation I was having with her. But I was caught off guard because a rather undesirable yet perfectly normal aspect of my mother’s human…

You don’t just want to remember the Serenity prayer in difficult situations. You want to embody it. — God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. — Serenity Prayer Rubin Carter, at the height of his boxing career, was wrongly accused and convicted of three murders. However, after going…

It will stunt your inner growth, and your readers will realize that sooner or later. — I started writing with the aim of making an extra 100$ per month. “That, plus the money I get from my father, would help me take care of my expenses for the month,” I thought. However, after starting to write online, to my delightful surprise, I realized that there’s much…

The principle is that different types of wisdom must be recognized, absorbed, processed, and used differently. — I’m an obsessive note-taker. And to maximize the effect that any given book has on my life, I’ve tried various methods of note-taking. I’ve tried Ryan Holiday’s Notecard system. I’ve also tried the advice on the Farnham Street blog. And several others. …

Learn to turn your vague emotions into specific mental models. — I went on two back-to-back trips recently. Koh Tao, Thailand. I did my PADI Beginner Open Water Scuba certification there. Kashmir, India. I went on an 8-day trek called Kashmir Great Lakes Trek. Both trips were extraordinary, to say the least. In Thailand, I began my journey as an underwater…

Will I see you there? — Writing is holy to me. If we look at it superficially, it’s helped me build a small following of 10K on this platform. And it has also helped me make a decent sum of money every month. But those are not the reasons writing is so important to me. Writing…

It’s important to feel a sense of control over your own life. — The North Star of your life matters a lot. Initially, ‘Happiness’ was my North Star in life. However, I soon realized that happiness was never sustainable. It was a fleeting feeling. It was never possible for me to be happy for long periods of time. Because highs were always balanced…

#1: Learn to develop an architectural understanding of a book — I’ve witnessed a major self-transformation. Earlier, a lot of my life was about things. The stuff I’d buy. What my house would look like. How fast my car would be. But now, I don’t care about all of that nearly as much. Now, I only care about what my mind…