how to eat more vegetables
I grew up in Madras (and I live there today) in a vegetarian household. Our meals were rice, lots of it, and some vegetables. I didn't eat the vegetables much, except if they were roasted and fried potatoes.…
on the fear of crashing/falling/failing
Let's not fail by not starting. Let's not not fall by not getting on the bike. Failure is always an option. It is never permanent.…
on forward progress
anything works for 6 weeks. Even most silly, nonsensical things. The jolt to your system is crazy. If you are going from eating a giant candy bar 3 times a day to once a day, we are talking 14 giant candy bars lesser a week.…
cleaning out your pantry
The next time you feel that commitment towards that goal, or you feel annoyed with yourself for not taking it seriously enough - seize that moment of resolve. Get rid of all the junk food. Yes, literally! Give it away or throw it away.…
on finding your wolf
Like the wolf, there are certain habits that have far-reaching consequences in our lives. In Charles Duhigg's wonderful book, The Power of Habit, he talks about these as keystone habits. These habits cascade into the rest of our lives, well beyond what we compute as the output.…
on over-complication and understanding
We tend to over-complicate things. The simple or the obvious sometimes seems too simple and/or obvious to be true.…
a simple drill for listening
I am thinking of a response even as the other person is finishing a sentence. To prolong the conversation, to say something witty. Or whatever. I've stopped listening fully.…
on one rep at a time
There are many lessons that I did not learn, or completely missed the point on. Either they were too abstract for me, or I was not ready for it, or I did not have enough wisdom and/or context to understand them. Viewing them though the lens of strength training clarifies much larger lessons.…
on giving feedback
the point is to present my perspective. With my prejudices and experience. As long as I am cognizant of my irrational choices or knowledge gaps, I can build that as part of my feedback mechanism.…
on procrastination
I have identified and called myself out as a procrastinator. From studying the evening prior to an exam, to finishing a task a few hours before the deadline, that has been me for all of my life. Almost.…