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  • Unleash your Passion to avoid Stress

    Daily writing prompt
    If you had to give up one word that you use regularly, what would it be?
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    How can Passion enable relaxation?

    The One word that I use regularly and would love to give up is STRESS. Agree or not in our modern life of hustle and bustle the need to juggle among various priorities causes a lot of stress. Unleashing our passion is the right tonic to help us avoid stress.

    The power of passion to avoid stress has been aptly summarized by the below quote –

    Simon Sinek’s quote –

    “Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.”

    Hence to avoid stress it is imperative to pick a passion and pursue the same to feel fulfilled.

    For more Simon Sinek quotes, please visit the following link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=simon+sinek+quotes

  • Practice the ART of FORGIVENESS

    Daily writing prompt
    Are you holding a grudge? About?
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    FORGIVENESS is an ART

    If you are holding a grudge this post is for you. From my prior experience let me tell you that holding a grudge is like troubling your own self by putting yourself under a lot of stress. Practice the art of forgiveness to ignore such feelings and maintain your focus.

    Research suggests that when we hold a grudge, the chemical cortisol flows through our veins and puts you under duress. To make best use of your psychic energy and be in flow, it is imperative that you practice the art of forgiveness.

    Frederic Luskin defines Forgiveness as –

    “Peace and understanding that comes from lessening the blame of that which has hurt you, taking your life experience less personally, and seeing the cost of holding a grudge.”

    Before you hold a grudge next time around, practice the art of forgiveness, link below for reference –

    https://med.stanford.edu/survivingcancer/coping-with-cancer/cancer-and-forgiveness.html#:~:text=Frederic%20Luskin%2C%20Ph.,cost%20of%20holding%20a%20grudge.

    This would ensure you lead a fulfilling life by making best use of psychic energy, a concept popularized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book Flow.

    For more insights from Flow, follow the below link –

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=Mihaly+Csikszentmihalyi

  • Why BOOKS are our BEST FRIENDS?

    Daily writing prompt
    Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.
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    Books are our best Companion during solitude

    Many of us have to travel away from home for work related reasons. The farther we travel alone the lonelier we feel. These are times when I do realize that books are indeed our best friends.

    During any travel wherein I have to stay away from my country, I do ensure to carry with me motivational and inspirational books from my favorite authors like Simon Sinek, Daniel Pink, Seth Godin et al.

    The modern age of hustle and bustle has made travel a mandate in our work lives which is why embracing the habit of reading books is a very good habit.

    Please visit the following links to know about some of the books I have frequently read during long tours to the US away from home.

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=the+infinite+game

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=the+power+of+regret

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=dip+by+seth+godin

  • Build an Ideal Home encouraging Differentiation and Integration

    Daily writing prompt
    What does your ideal home look like?
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    An Ideal Home where all are in Flow

    In my opinion an ideal home is one wherein there is a subtle balance of differentiation and integration.

    By differentiation all members are encouraged to try out novel ideas based on their acquired career capital. Whereas integration would mean all members unite and integrate to achieve common and critical goals for the family as a whole e.g. taking care of a minor during ill heath.

    This fine balance of differentiation along with integration would enable the family members to remain in full flow, making it a delightful place.

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi enlightens us on this wonderful insight in his best selling book named Flow.

    For more insights from the book please visit –

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=Mihaly+Csikszentmihalyi

  • The Growing Importance of Right Brain Skills

    Daily writing prompt
    What brings a tear of joy to your eye?
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    Importance of right brain skills

    When I see my own daughter exceling in activities like ART, MUSIC, DANCE that demand a huge amount of RIGHT BRAIN SKILLS, it brings a tear of joy in my eye.

    As mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book A Whole New Mind, right brainers are going to rule the future since these skills are not replicable nor automatable.

    Hence if you have kids nurture their right brain skills to give them a better future.

    For more insights from A Whole New Mind, please visit the link –

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=A+whole+new+mind

  • Insights from Predictably Irrational.

    Daily writing prompt
    How are you feeling right now?
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    It’s Friday today, the day that heralds the arrival of a weekend. A weekend is one in which I have an habit of reading motivational best sellers to keep me inspired for the upcoming week.

    Hence feeling very happy and motivated to gain insights from my ongoing motivational book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.

    Here are some of nice insights from this book –

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=predictably+irrational

  • Make Mindfulness a Daily Habit

    Daily writing prompt
    What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life?
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    Mindfulness as a Daily Habit

    I practice mindfulness as a daily habit to stay motivated. Practicing mindfulness helps an individual remain in full flow, use one’s potential to the fullest. This in turn drives away all negative thought by making you aware of all the good things you possess.

    As Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi mentions in his famous book Flow, practicing mindfulness leads to an optimal experience. This in turn results in top performance by making full use of your psychic energy.

    For more insights on the book Flow, please visit –

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=Mihaly+Csikszentmihalyi

  • Learn to play the INFINITE GAME

    Daily writing prompt
    What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?
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    Recently I was searching online how to play the infinite game. James Carse’s concepts around infinite game have been extended by Simon Sinek in his work ‘The Infinite Game’ wherein he has highlighted how the infinite game applies to life and business.

    This wonderful book illustrates how an infinite mindset is needed to play the infinite game of life and business.

    So adopt an infinite mindset and keep better yourselves without worrying about competition.

    For more blogs around the topic, visit –

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/?s=the+infinite+game

  • My favorite recipe to play the Infinite Game of Life

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s your favorite recipe?
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    Play the Infinite Game with an Infinite mindset

    In the modern fast moving world wherein we need motivation to keep going in life or work, we all are in need of a recipe to play the infinite game of life or business.

    Be it life or business the first thing we need to realize is that there is NOTHING like WINNING. We need to play the game of life or business with an INFINITE MINDSET wherein the GOAL should be to keep playing.

    In short, the recipe to keep going on in this game of life or business is to keep competing with ourselves and pick up a worthy rival, learn by the day and nurture and infinite mindset.

  • DESIGN the CITY filled with FULFILLMENT

    Daily writing prompt
    How would you design the city of the future?
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    The city of the future that I envision is one wherein EVERYONE would COME BACK from WORK to HOME feeling FULFILLED. This I term as the CITY of the FUTURE filled with fulfillment. For this to be possible everyone should be motivated in their day to day lives.

    Hence its my constant endeavor to preach the mantra of motivation to one and all through my blogs so that one day we together can build a city wherein all of us will feel inspired, motivated and hence fulfilled.

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