“All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily. Plumbers don’t get plumber’s block, and doctors don’t get doctor’s block; why should writers be the only profession that gives a special name to the difficulty of working, and then expects sympathy for it?” – Philip Pullman […]
“The best motivation always comes from within.” – Michael Johnson We have all been there before. We get motivated towards a task and we are ready to move forward. We experience intrinsic motivation to do the best work possible. Then we feel overwhelmed and riddled with anxiety and stress. We have too much to do […]
“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.”― Franklin D. Roosevelt This is part-2 of the 2-part series on taking massive action. You can read part-1 here. We have already discussed the following: 1. Ditch Analysis Paralysis and Overthinking: Make Choice Work For Your Massive Action 2. The Dilemma […]
“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” ― C.G. Jung Many of us want to take massive action. Most often, we also have the best intentions in mind. If you are like me, you have excitedly made plans and elaborate ideas on how to proceed further in your plans. It could be: […]
“The good life is best construed as a matrix that includes happiness, occasional sadness, a sense of purpose, playfulness, and psychological flexibility, as well autonomy, mastery, and belonging.”– Robert Biswas-Diener The pursuit and the accomplishment of a state of happiness is a major goal for most people. It would be an understatement to say that […]
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.” ― William Blake This is part-6 of the multi-part series on cognitive biases and how to get beyond them. Here are Part-1, Part-2, […]
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ― W.B. Yeats This is part-5 of the multi-part series on cognitive biases and how to get beyond them. Here are Part-1, Part-2, Part-3, and Part-4. Here are the biases discussed so far: 1. Confirmation Bias 2. Hindsight Bias 3. Negativity Bias 4. Impact Bias and […]
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“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.”- William James This is part-3 of the multi-part series on cognitive biases and how to get beyond them. Here are Part-1 and Part-2. Here are the biases discussed so far: 1. Confirmation Bias 2. Hindsight Bias […]
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.”― Aldous Huxley This is part-2 of the multi-part series on cognitive biases and how to get beyond them. Here is Part-1. Here are the biases discussed so far: 1. Confirmation Bias 2. Hindsight Bias 3. Negativity Bias Before we […]
