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  • Treat Diet as a Doctor

    Treat Diet as a Doctor

    Daily writing prompt
    What are your best healthy eating habits?
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    Why should your Diet be Healthy?

    In this blog post I would inspire you to treat your diet as your doctor. Gut health plays a very important role in our overall well being and hence the need to eat healthy in order to stay healthy.

    Steve Jobs very rightly mentioned the following 6 as our best doctors. He also mentioned that if we do not treat diet as medicine very soon we may have to take medicine for diet.

    1. Sunshine
    2. Rest
    3. Self Confidence
    4. Friends
    5. Exercise &
    6. DIET

    Whatever food I have, rest assured will be something that is healthy to the core. I consider Diet as one of my Doctors and hence Doctor Diet is one of my priorities.

    Treat Diet as a Doctor

    Read this insightful post with some invaluable moments from Steve Jobs’ last memorable speech.

    https://medium.com/in-fitness-and-in-health/steve-jobs-last-words-were-excellent-health-advice-cf1a2e925168

  • Life Hacks to Relax your Brain

    Life Hacks to Relax your Brain

    What are some life hacks that you practice?

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    How often do you Relax your Brain?

    Life Hacks to Relax your Brain mentioned in this post when practiced regularly would go a long way in helping you reduce stress in your lives..

    When a habit forms in our brain it operates in auto pilot mode. Hence it is very important to develop good habits especially for mundane and regular tasks for optimal utilization.

    The life hack I would recommend is developing an auto pilot schedule for mundane tasks would ensure that we can focus on more creative and processing heavy tasks.

    Inspired from Cal Newport’s book Slow Productivity

    For another interesting insight on how development of good habits can help, please read the below post:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/did-you-know-good-habits-help-relax-our-brain/

  • Blink Judgements Improve with Experience

    Blink Judgements Improve with Experience

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?
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    Blink Judgements Improve with Experience and age as mentioned by Malcolm Gladwell in his book Blink.

    I have had first hand experience of this fact from my life experience. Having noticed patterns I am able to take a lot of decisions in the blink of an eye and yet succeed. One such example is of choosing the locality where I live in.

    Malcom Gladwell mentions the same concept in his best selling book titled Blink.

    He argues that the power of snap judgements improve with age and experience since we are able to see more patterns.

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/role-of-experience-in-blink-judgements/

    Nothing explains the philosophy behind such judgements than this insight mentioned below:

    Blink Judgements Improve with Experience
  • Practice Karma Yoga

    Practice Karma Yoga

    Daily writing prompt
    Do you believe in karma?
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    The Art of Karma Yoga

    I am a firm believer of Karma and more so Karma Yoga. If you strive hard and do good work with the best of intentions, benefits of doing so, in some form and shape, will be visible sooner or later.

    In the book The Power of Now, we are enlightened on this concept from Bhagavad Gita. Practicing Karma Yoga means doing work the best you can without being obsessed about results.

    This not only helps you focus on the current moment, but also drives away and anxiety and fear from your lives, as mentioned below.

    Practice Karma Yoga
  • State of Flow is Self Care

    State of Flow is Self Care

    Daily writing prompt
    How do you make time for self-care?
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    Be in Full Flow for Self Care

    The more you remain in the state of flow, the more you realize that it is self care. This is something I have realized ever since I got enlightened on the concept of Flow.

    As mentioned in the iconic book Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, I have understood that the best tip to remain happy is to spend more time with self doing things that lead to fufillment.

    These are moments when you remain focused on the present moment without worrying about the future or regretting the past.

    As mentioned in this insight inspired from the book, these are the characteristics that enable flow in our lives thus ensuring self care.

    State of Flow is Self Care

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

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/flow-experiences-enliven-us/

  • The Power of Right Brain

    The Power of Right Brain

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s one thing you wish you had started doing earlier in life?
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    Do you practice Right Brain thinking?

    The importance of the right brain is something I learnt at a late age. I wish I knew about this secret at an early age. This is because though most of us are left brain oriented with proper training and habit we can change our orientation.

    The importance of Right Brain thinking was wonderfully illustrated by Dan Pink in his book A Whole New Mind.

    He mentions at length about the following skills that would rule in the new age namely:

    1. Design
    2. Story
    3. Play
    4. Empathy
    5. Symphony
    6. Meaning

    As you can see none of these skills can be replicated by an AI model and hence assume huge amount of significance in the modern era.

    So if you are still young, this blog post should inspire you to start training your brain on these skills.

    This insight shows how our brain has evolved over ages.

    The Power of Right Brain

    For another interesting insight from the same book of Daniel Pink, please read this post:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/right-brain-skills-are-the-dearest-skills/

  • Relive the Present Moment

    Relive the Present Moment

    Daily writing prompt
    If you could relive one year of your life, which one would it be?
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    The Gift of the Present

    If I were asked to relive any moment of my life, I would simply relive the present moment of my life.

    Knowing that the present moment is a gift is an awakening that needs to happen in us.

    Very often we keep dwelling about past regrets and future worries. In doing this we forget to enjoy the present moment gifted to us by God.

    Once we live in the now and exhibit mindfulness most of our anxiety and worry would reduce.

    Another very important aspect along with this is to practice gratitude for whatever God has gifted.

    Visit this link to understand the importance of living in the current moment.

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/it-is-now-or-never-2/

    Finally a wonderful insight from the book The Power of Now:

    Relive the Present Moment
  • Exhibiting Integrity needs Courage

    Exhibiting Integrity needs Courage

    Daily writing prompt
    What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever done when no one was watching?
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    Muster the Courage of Integrity

    Exhibiting integrity needs courage and this is the bravest thing you can do even when no one is watching.

    As mentioned by C S Lewis integrity demands bravery.

    Exhibiting Integrity needs Courage

    To know more about Simon Sinek’s definitions and work around integrity read this insight by visiting the below link:

    https://viewpointsunplugged.com/pride-of-integrity/

  • Allocate time to DO NOTHING

    Allocate time to DO NOTHING

    Daily writing prompt
    Share a hobby you’ve picked up recently — what got you into it?
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    The Art of Doing Nothing

    The one thing I have started practicing regularly is to allocate time to DO NOTHING. This may seems weird but when done in short bursts regularly can trigger your creative buds and relieve stress and anxiety.

    If you block some time of the day as small as 15-30 minutes per day to not think about anything and just focus on the present moment it will rejuvenate you by pressing your reset button.

    This is very much needed in the modern age if hustle and bustle to relieve your mind of anxiety and stress by letting go all tension.

    This is one step closer to being more mindful which results in a fulfilling life.

    This insight from the book The Power of Now is very insightful.

    Allocate time to DO NOTHING
  • Dealing with UNCERTAINTY

    Dealing with UNCERTAINTY

    Daily writing prompt
    How do you deal with uncertainty?
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    How to deal with the UNKNOWN?

    Deal with Uncertainty can be really nerve racking and we need to be fearless enough to face the challenges associated with it.

    Planning for unknown times is an advise we receive from most but is something that seldom works when we are faced with associated challenges.

    I love this quote from Simon Sinek on plan and planning. This is a constant reminder to all of us to not obsess over planning.

    We need to be courageous enough to deal with unexpected situations in life by focusing on the present moment.

    The best way to plan your goals is to set short term goals and sub-goals which are measurable.

    Simon Sinek