mindset

discussion

Changing your mind is a GOOD thing

ou are not the same person you were 10 years ago. Heck, 10 days ago. Change is the only constant. Be true to yourself. Follow your intuition. Question everything. Including your stances.

ArvTraining

Two reasons to NOT strength train

Strength training, over the long term, will reduce the chances of injuries happening. And you want to put on muscle. Yes, really!

framework

Understand and replenish your energy

Understanding my energy levels, paying attention it, and then setting my "best" for the day has made a big difference. It has led to the larger goal of self-kindness be more effective.

framework

Consistently Intense is your path to burning out

Sprinting with inadequate recovery leads to reduced performance. And if you do not rest enough before your next sprint session, you will eventually injure yourself. You think a cheetah can sprint 10 kilometres?!

challenge

10 tips to ensure you hit your 2023 goals

Wanna improve the probability of hitting your 2023 fitness and health goals? I have 10 tips for you!

guilt

On visceral reactions and understanding them

Ideas are useful. Ideologies are restrictive. Useful. But restrictive. My opinions and previous learnings are ideas. They are a torch to find a path. They are not the path itself.

framework

How much is too much?

Having too much is a confounding method of copping out from figuring out what I need to be doing.

challenge

Weight loss isn't the hard part. Weight maintenance is.

There is a limit to how much time we can hold our breath underwater. We need to come up for air. There's a limit to how much time we can do something unsustainable.

coaching

The bane of weighing yourself

But the association of how good a person you are, how good you should feel about yourself, how much you should berate yourself, how much harder you should work at the gym, how much starvation you are going to endure - that's all coming from somewhere inside of you.

habits

There's a cost to everything, including passion. Especially passion.

There is a cost to everything we do. Knowing the cost is important. Knowing our values and our end game, equally so. And then, we can start working on ensuring that we aren't fucking ourselves up while narrowmindedly going towards a goal that does NOT encompass all of us.

discussion

On why we are bored and dissatisfied

One is to keep accumulating new experiences. There are infinite options out there. This intuitively sounds silly. If you got bored with the first 20, the next 200 will lead to the same end.

discussion

To stand still against the current

Recently, I had the chance to do something interesting - to eat by myself. I thought I could do this anytime. But that's because I did it while reading a book, which for some reason I didn't think was the same as a distraction like watching TV. It is, as much of a book snob, as I might be.

coaching

Books, Challenges and Tools

Hacks and ShortcutsWe want insights. We want hacks. We want shortcuts. We want packaged knowledge. Books are a great example of an attempt to impart knowledge and wisdom. They encapsulate the author's journey in understanding something. And their attempt at putting together the learnings.

discussion

Zooming out and a sense of time

One limitation in our progress is our handicap of looking at time. Using one hundred years as a lifetime, we tend to focus on short durations. The disruptions we are producing i.e. the variables in the system we are affecting are unbeknownst to us.

challenge

Is it possible to quit your favourite thing?

It is a tool and a tool you can use to learn a deeper skill. That you can deprive yourself and be comfortable with the discomfort.

life

Hustle Hustle Hustle

I think we get confused between hard work and application versus the constant craving and desire for more.

life

The Stuff of Miracles

The gap between what you know and what you do. That is the real issue.

framework

Do First, Understand Later.

The lesser room one gives for their ego, the easier things are. Do first. Understand later. Asking questions is mandatory. But do first. Until you know better questions to ask.

coaching

The Particle and the Wave

The world around us wants to divide us. And because we need to be here or there, we pick an extreme. Or worse, we choose inaction. Because deep down, we don’t agree with the extremes. That’s great. But we need to use the complementary theory here to dig deeper into our perspective.

framework

The Hardware and Software of it

As the software improves, the outcomes improve. And then, you will see a spurt in the hardware improvement.

coaching

How to find the right direction for yourself

We are all searching for something. Deep down, something does not feel quite right. We know what brings us joy. But too often, a quick glimpse is all we can afford because there are a zillion things to do, and there's rarely a moment to pause.

dont quit

The Most Important Thing

Don't forget the power of compounding. Warren Buffet made 95% of his wealth in the last 15 or so years.

life

A wake-up call

I think we are all being pulled down a bad path. It is on each of us to reject it and fight the current. Swimming upstream is awfully hard. Or get out of this river and find another one.

quotes

Friday Thought: Relaxed Concentration

Finding Flow, or being in the zone is a heady feeling. Not while it is actually happening but later, when you reflect on it. Was that really you? And how do you do that again?!!?

mindset

Friday Thought: Stupid Ideas

Sometimes, stupid ideas are stupid. But many times, follow your gut. Coz your stupid ideas might be genius.