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  • Guarding against Inaction Regrets

    Guarding against Inaction Regrets

    Daily writing prompt
    Write about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently?
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    The science associated with Inaction Regrets

    Guarding against Inaction Regrets helps you overcome regrets that you experience with increasing age. Not acting on the power of mindfulness at an early age is one regret that I have at the current time.

    In his book The Power of Regret the author Daniel Pink has highlighted how we start feeling guilty for not acting at the right time.

    This guilt has been scientifically proven to increase over a period of time.

    Hence armed with this insight let us take an oath to act now to ensure a regret free future.

    Please read this insight around the same topic, to know the details:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/act-on-inaction-regrets/

    Guarding against Inaction Regrets
  • FIVE things for a HAPPY LIFE

    FIVE things for a HAPPY LIFE

    Daily writing prompt
    What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?
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    Which are those five things that lead to happiness?

    Five things for a happy life have been enlisted below based on my own experience. These when practiced regularly can lead to a fulfilling life.

    These five things, listed below, is what I have learnt from books and validated from my personal experience.

    1. Run your own race -> NOT COMPARING with OTHERS and doing your BEST at WHAT you are passionate about.
    2. Being Optimistic -> Having full FAITH in GOD, TRUST the value system indeed works and hence be PATIENT with whatever we have.
    3. Stay away from Negative people -> TURNING a DEAF EAR to NEGATIVITY and NEGATIVE PEOPLE and maintain self belief.
    4. Remove the worry habit -> Overcoming FEAR by looking at FEAR eye to eye.
    5. Power of self compassion -> Being GOOD with Oneself if you have done my BEST, EXPECTING nothing in RETURN.

    In addition to this if you want to remain in flow by doing the work that you love, adhere to these five principles.

    Five things for a happy life

  • Being Unfulfillment proof

    Being Unfulfillment proof

    Daily writing prompt
    If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?
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    Why should you be unfulfillment proof?

    Being unfulfillment proof is your right and this blog post would inspire you to remove this word from your personal dictionary.

    In the modern day of hustle and bustle, the most common word that we hear from everyone is STRESS or ANXIETY. This is unfortunate but true since most of us come home from work feeling UNFULFILLED.

    As per me it is better to lead a short and fulfilling life rather than a long and unfulfilled life. Hence leading a fulfilling life is much better than leading a unfilled yet long life.

    As mentioned by Daniel Pink in his book When:

    Being Unfulfillment proof

    Unleash flow in your lives with the right mix of challenge and skill in your work.

    Next time you feel stressed or anxious, get yourself involved with work that leads to a flow experience and makes you feel energized.

    Read this blog post to know more:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/how-being-in-flow-can-reduce-stress/

    To know more about Simon Sinek’s work on fulfillment at work, please visit this link:

    https://simonsinek.com/stories/how-mastering-these-insignificant-moments-at-work-can-change-everything/

  • Lemon Water to Start your Day

    Lemon Water to Start your Day

    Daily writing prompt
    What is your favorite drink?
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    Why Lemon Water to kick start your day?

    My favorite drink is lemon water to start your day. The biggest benefits of doing the same has been mentioned in this blog post.

    This is the perfect recipe to rehydrate your body after you wake up. Aside from a wide variety of health benefits like improvement of immune system, it plays a big role in stimulating focus and motivation.

    Lemon water is your best recipe to boost your energy and improve your mood to fight challenges of a gruelling day.

    Physical revitalization to lift your mood is the perfect recipe you need to start your day.

    As you know our daily mood follows a pattern as mentioned in the following insight from Daniel Pink’s book When.

    Lemon Water to Start your Day

    To know more about our Daily mood pattern and how can uplift it by this regular habit mentioned in the post, please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/what-is-your-daily-mood-pattern/

    To know more about Daniel Pink and his work, please visit this link:

    https://www.danpink.com/

  • Perfect complement for TODO list

    Perfect complement for TODO list

    Daily writing prompt
    Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done.
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    To know your perfect complement for a todo list please read this blog post.

    In his book When the author Daniel Pink mentions the important of having a BREAK LIST to make our TODO list more effective.

    Very frequently in the heat of having a lot of todo items, we forget to take breaks to relax ourselves to get the items in the todo list done.

    Hence break list is something I am trying to work on to get all my pending actions addressed.

    Most scientific way of taking breaks has been mentioned in the book When as follows:

    Perfect complement for TODO list

    Hence once your learn the art of taking breaks rest assured your todo list will get addressed.

    To know about Daniel Pink and his work, please visit this link:

    https://www.danpink.com/

  • Build your Daily Mood Tracker

    Build your Daily Mood Tracker

    Do you know your daily mood pattern?

    To know how simple it is to build your own daily mood tracker read this insight. This insight has been inspired from Daniel Pink’s book When.

    After knowing about this you would be able to related to and understand the best time of the day that works for you.

    If you are an early riser or a late riser, chances are that you will have the following mood patterns.

    The crests and troughs will vary by your sleep patterns. The crests being the points which are the best times of the day.

    Thus depending on your sleep patterns i.e. early riser or late riser you can build your own mood tracker.

    Build your daily mood tracker

    For a similar insight again inspired from the same book of Daniel Pink, please visit:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/does-your-performance-dip-in-the-afternoon/

    If you have not already read this wonderful book, grab a copy of this today.

    https://www.amazon.in/When-Scientific-Secrets-Perfect-Timing/dp/0735210624

  • Sleep Pattern influences your Mood

    Sleep Pattern influences your Mood

    Do you know that your Sleep Pattern influences your Mood?

    To know how your Sleep Pattern influences your Mood, read this insightful blog post inspired from Daniel Pink’s book When.

    In this book Daniel Pink mentions how waking up early (Lark) or late (Owl) can influence our mood patterns throughout the day.

    Read this post to understand about this mood pattern curve and how is varies between early risers (Larks) and later risers (Owls).

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/what-is-your-daily-mood-pattern/

    The mood curve has been illustrated below as well:

    Sleep Pattern influences your Mood

    To know more about Daniel Pink and his wonderful books, please visit this link:

    https://www.danpink.com/

  • Benefits of Properly Managing Regret

    Benefits of Properly Managing Regret

    What are the Three Benefits of Properly Managing Regret?

    To know about the three benefits of properly managing regret please read this insight inspired from the book The Power of Now.

    Daniel Pink’s book is indeed illuminating and enlightens us on making good use of an otherwise negative emotion like regret.

    As mentioned by the author the following three are major benefits that result when we are able to handle regret properly.

    Benefits of properly managing regret

    For another similar insight from the book The Power of Regret please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/how-is-regret-born-in-humans/

    To know more about the best selling author Daniel Pink and his wonderful books please visit this link:

    https://www.danpink.com

  • Unleash Peak Productivity

    Unleash Peak Productivity

    How to Unleash Peak Productivity?

    To unleash your peak productivity you need to first find out whether you are an early riser, late riser or a third bird. If you have found this out the blog post will illuminate you on the time window that is perfect for you.

    In his book When, the author Daniel Pink has mentioned about the daily pattern of owls (late risers), larks (early risers) and third birds. Knowing this pattern would help us understand the time of the day when we are most productive.

    For another similar insight on the same topic please visit this link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/when-do-you-feel-most-productive/

    To know more about the author Daniel Pink, please visit the link below:

    https://www.danpink.com

  • ACT on INACTION REGRETS

    ACT on INACTION REGRETS

    Why you better Act on your Inaction Regrets?

    Based on evidence from research, as we grow older our inaction regrets multiply. Hence this blog post would inspire you to act on your inaction regrets.

    In his book The Power of Regret, the author Daniel Pink has mentioned about the research done on the same, the regret that we feel when we do not act on something.

    Please find below the insight inspired from Daniel Pink’s book to know more about what research has to say. Knowing this equip yourself to act on these to make your upcoming life more fulfilling.

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

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/have-you-invented-the-benefits-of-regret-yet/

    To know more about the author Daniel Pink, please visit this link:

    https://www.danpink.com