Ever since I read Daniel Pink’s book A Whole New Mind, I have tried approaching my work in such a way that I enjoy every bit of it. Play in work or life adds more meaning to our lives and removes distress and anxiety.
Play is an essential aspect to turn any boring or mundane work to meaningful work that leads to fulfillment.
Research shows that people who treat work as play lead more meaningful and fulfilling lives free of strife and tension.
To understand how play makes us more efficient at work read this insightful blog post:
In this blogpost I will let you know how avoiding life’s major problems reduces your happiness.
In his book “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck”, the author Mark Manson illuminates us as to how avoiding life’s problems can in turn reduce happiness.
You would be fascinated to know that our self awareness is like an onion. The more you peel the more you unravel hidden secrets.
In his book “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck”, Mark Manson aims to enlighten you on the different layers of self awareness. The three major layers have been illustrated below:
Knowing these will go a long away to unravel hidden secrets about our personal self. This will help us take corrective action and course correct where ever needed.
This blog post aims to help you know more about your self awareness onion.
Know more about yourself
This book from Mark Manson is indeed a true self awareness masterclass. Though there are numerous insights, the one mentioned below should be able to make you more aware of yourself.
This book of Mark Manson is a follow up to The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck and is another masterclass. Grab a copy of the same and get illuminated.
Over the past one year or so I have longed to play the infinite game of life with an infinite mindset. I would motivate you all to adopt the infinite mindset for life.
Simon Sinek in his book The Infinite Game, has explained the merits of adopting an infinite mindset to play the infinite game of life in the best possible manner.
Listed below are the five principles which need to be constantly nurtured to adopt the infinite mindset:
Define a Just Cause which should be your guiding star in life
Constant endeavor to Build Trust at home and family.
Learn from Worthy Rivals without comparing with others.
Prepare for Existential Flex to course correct whenever needed.
Daniel Pink very rightly mentions in A Whole New Mind that our economy is moving to a stage wherein we need to master the six most important right brain senses. Hence learning these skills is something I have taken a stab at recently.
As our economy moves along, left brain skills are being overshadowed by right brain skills.
Listed below are the six right brain senses which assume utmost importance in the modern day:
I still remember the first day as a blogger, not sure of what to write and as expected very nervous and jittery. As time has moved on I have indeed realized that you get better through practice. Along with this I have realized the numerous benefits of blogging.
Seth Godin and his blog to me really stands out. Seth has inspired people around him and encouraged all of us to start blogging as a habit.
Read this blog to understand why blogging is indeed a good habit to inculcate.
