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Voluntary Giving and Fulfillment

Daily writing prompt
What is the last thing you learned?
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The last thing I learnt is that GIVING results in fulfillment when it is done judiciously. Read this insight to know the relationship between Voluntary Giving and Fulfillment.

The rule of voluntary giving stipulates 100 hours in a year as the magic number. Though this comes to around 2 hours per week this never crosses our mind.

Read this insight below inspired from Adam Grant’s book Give and Take to know more about the magic number of voluntary giving. This also mentions that voluntary giving and fulfillment are related.

Read another such insightful post around Giving inspired from Adam Grant’s book Give and Take that will inspire you to give more.

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/givers-make-great-mentors/

To know more about Adam Grant, please visit this link:

https://adamgrant.net/

March 7, 2025
Slow Productivity is Healthy
Daily writing prompt
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.
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One question I hate to be asked is on the slow speed of progress. In this blog post I will let you know that Slow Productivity is healthy and in the long run can lead to fulfillment.

In the hustle and bustle of modern life more often than not we ignore benefits of slow progress.

Slow productivity is healthy and recommends three things:
1. Working at a natural pace
2. Doing fewer things
3. Obsessing over quality.
Read this blog post inspired from Cal Newport’s book to understand about this better.

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/do-you-know-the-benefits-of-slow-productivity/

To know more about Cal Newport please visit this link:

https://calnewport.com
March 6, 2025
Dip and then Succeed

Daily writing prompt
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?
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Failures are the pillars of success. The Dip Curve from Seth Godin is a perfect example of the same. Let us see how you Dip and then finally succeed.

The Dip Curve tells us that when we start we taste early success but subsequently we go through a DIP from where we need to get up and then get long term success in life.

Failing Early is not a bad idea at all as mentioned in this insightful blog post.

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/why-failing-early-is-not-at-all-a-bad-idea/

To know more about the author Seth Godin and his blog please visit:

https://seths.blog

March 5, 2025
Practitioner of Eternal Optimism

Daily writing prompt
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?
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While writing my autobiography, the opening sentence should mention about me being a practitioner of eternal optimism.

Optimism is the most positive human emotion that is known to enhance immunity and drive away anxiety from our lives. Hence I encourage all of you to become a practitioner of eternal optimism.

Constantly practicing optimism and having faith in God not only enlivens us it is sure to drive away negative emotions.

This would make our lives fulfilling to the core by eliminating the worry habit.

Read this post that elaborates further on the positive aspects of Optimism.

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/adopt-optimism-as-your-religion/

Simon Sinek is well known for his preaching on Optimism. Read about this from this link below:

https://simonsinek.com

March 4, 2025
Practice GREAT NOTHINGNESS for CREATIVITY

How can practicing GREAT NOTHINGNESS be your stimulant for CREATIVITY?

The practice of great nothingness encourages unlearning old things for learning new things thus acting as a catalyst for creativity.

Unless we are able to free up our mind to receive new thoughts creativity can never happen.

Hence it is very important to free up all undue random thoughts and start from a clean slate. This can only happen when we FOCUS on the NOW.

Read this insight from Joseph Nguyen’s book to know more:

For another insightful post from the same book please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/control-your-mind-speedometer/

To know more about the author Joseph Nguyen and his work please visit this link:

https://josephnguyen.org/?srsltid=AfmBOor6WG-4QGYJM9xUmqF0YyNinBzfq_kYnnNtQzsmCOx5xPbm3c_0

March 3, 2025
Control your MIND SPEEDOMETER

Why should you Control your MIND SPEEDOMETER?

Do you know why you should exercise control on your mind speedometer? This post will enlighten you how this can help in effective stress management.

In his book Don’t Believe Everything you Think, the author Joseph Nguyen has mentioned why we need to keep a check on this speedometer which keeps a count of thoughts per minute.

The more we think in terms of thoughts per minute the more we feel stressed up. This is when it pays to switch off your mind and completely FOCUS on the NOW.

Read this insight to know more:

For another such insightful post from the same book please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/the-perils-of-overthinking/

To know more about the author Joseph Nguyen please visit:

https://josephnguyen.org/?srsltid=AfmBOorOTwn8JPXHW4DyULI4NPn6r04ZL6MS8Rp3fqb_7SvpFr9it-fJ

March 2, 2025
Make Your Destiny via Deliberate Practice

Daily writing prompt
Do you believe in fate/destiny?
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They say that destiny is a choice not chance. I do firmly believe in this statement and hence the post will enlighten how to make your destiny via deliberate practice.

History bears ample testimony to that fact that all successful people have had lucky breaks. But it equally true that they have made full use of the chance because of their preparedness.

Read this post to know the essence of deliberate practice your secret weapon to preparedness.

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/make-deliberate-practice-your-lifes-mantra/

Another important post in this regard is this:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/what-is-return-on-luck/

To know more about the concept of deliberate practice I would encourage you all to go through this link:

https://jamesclear.com/deliberate-practice-theory

Also do not forget to read more about Jim Collins and his wonderful books wherein he mentions how preparedness has enabled great leaders to make their destiny via deliberate practice.

https://www.jimcollins.com

March 1, 2025
The PERILS of OVERTHINKING

What are the major Perils of Overthinking?

In his book Don’t Believe Everything You Think, the author makes a mention of this famous quote that aptly mentions the perils of overthinking.

Thinking beyond a limit as we all know is prone to anxiety and never does any good at all.

Read this quote mentioned in Joseph Nguyen’s book to guard against overthinking.

There are many wonderful insights that we come across in this wonderfully written book. This book is a constant reminder to realize the Power of Now.

For another similar insightful post from this book please visit:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/best-hook-for-inspirational-goals/

To know more about the author please visit this link:

https://josephnguyen.org/?srsltid=AfmBOopE6YJ73TFM1L5O_cPWAcRYIjHBYoVSAnHL3B_9pnBY-KCNmzAX

March 1, 2025
Best Hook for Inspirational Goals

Adopt this Hook for creating your Inspirational Goals

Any goal created by comparing with others is doomed to failure. In this blog post I will inspire you with the best hook for creating your inspirational goals.

In his book Don’t Believe Everything You Think, the author Joseph Nguyen inspires all of us to create unique goals that truly define us.

This is a far cry from those that are born my copying someone else’s goals.

As mentioned by the author when we do not have any fear, we are not bothered about money and fame is when we can create these goals.

For another such interesting insight from the same book, please visit this link below:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/overthinking-as-harmful-as-quicksand/

To know more about the author and his work please visit this link:

https://josephnguyen.org/?srsltid=AfmBOooYARlOnowXLGbHqHdh3iBMpeMI0e3g0giueQ11SHdys0IywaKw

February 28, 2025
OVERTHINKING as HARMFUL as QUICKSAND

Why is Overthinking as Harmful as Quicksand?

In case you are worrying beyond a limit this post is for you. Through this post I will let you know why overthinking can be as harmful as quicksand.

In his book Don’t Believe Everything you Think, the author has made a wonderful comparison to highlight the fact that thinking beyond a limit can be detrimental.

When in quicksand the most important tip is not to panic, focusing on the NOW is the solution for overthinking.

Thus listening to our inner wisdom can free us of any unnecessary thoughts.

For a similar insight from the same book please visit the link below:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/our-intuition-is-our-gps/

To know more about the author and his work please visit the link below:

https://josephnguyen.org/?srsltid=AfmBOooprmlNhDu0MiHjByjg4XK-XUybaOq_HDJnk75_iLn9hn_uER63

February 27, 2025