How much of Smartphone use ?

I read this interesting article of impact of tiny little devil (Smartphone) and the apps.

The predominant time killers are

• Quora
• Whatsapp
• Pinterest

You read a lot of information but again its not in context of current focus. The determination and focus while listening a lecture on youtube that does not last more than 20 minutes. While watching a movie the focus remains for the duration of 120 mins.

Its better to timebox and limit usage of applications no more than 20 minutes. Starve your distractions, Feed your focus. Daily retrospective of tasks accomplished in work, relationships, focus, progress everything matters. Life is just a series of connected events. The more the events are connected and predictable then it means we know our processes and it is repeatable.

The lesson is

• Limit social circle
• Focus more
• Kill your distractions

Happy Focus on Passion and Ambitions!!!

Keep Adding Positivity to Life

Happy Adding more Life to Days !!!

Stay Blessed!!!

Passion

Read Roman Saini's answer to Is it better to be obsessed with one passion or to be obsessed with several passions? on Quora

"If you want to be really successful in anything you do and your goal is ambitious, you need to have a fairly high degree of obsession/passion towards achieving that goal"

"Your passions are yours and only you can understand them"

"You can give up on anything, but not on your passions. They are what they are."


Happy Learning!!!

Positive Day - Positive Life - Keep Going

Miles to go before I sleep, Miles to go before I sleep !!!

Good One - Forgiveness

You say sorry because you value relationship more than being right!!
Life is short, We don't know how long people will be with us!!
Forgiveness is path for Happiness!!!

Spread Kindness, Happiness, Positivity !!!

Quotes

Have cleaned up my Quora profile. Some quotes I had bookmarked. Sharing it in this post

• “When you choose to care you see good and god in your deeds”
• “Your moment is dying right now, Focus on your life this moment, feel the time you have now to feed your ambitions” - Fight Club
• “Artist of Life" who lives by his own judgement and who is willing to stand alone against tradition and popular opinion” - (Source - Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts Book)
• "A good life is not difficult. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. Those people do not share your values, and will rob you of your happiness" - Keinosuke Johan Miyanaga
• "*I hope to be valued for my integrity, because when death comes knocking at my door (inevitable right?), then I don't won't to look back on my life with regret, but to look back for inspiration..." - Abida Mian
• “If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness.” — A phrase that was carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner
• Salary is the little bribe they give you to give up on your dreams - From another quora user (Ankit)
• “Suppress people long enough and they will be trapped in that suppression. They will have no chance or choice” - Always keep learning else you will feel trapped in the system.

Keep Smiling, Stay Humble, Be Kind, Work Hard!!!

Learning Continues

There has been a lot of positive effect in terms of learning, experimentation and being more open to new challenges. If I look back the value from experience is more important than the money associated with the challenges. We may not succeed in everything in life but the amount of learning and experience obtained is key to succeed.

Few more things to consider

• Time box your priorities
• Have a threshold set to move into next set of challenges
• Take more risks
• Stay Focused
• Keep Learning

Have a Happy Day!!!

Tips for finding Right Partner

1. List down your daily work schedule, List down your partner daily schedule. Understand and identify similar / non-similar things
2. List down your holiday schedule, List down your partner holiday schedule. Understand and identify similar / non-similar things
3. List down your hobbies. Ask your partner to list down her hobbies. Both indoor and outdoor hobby
4. Have honest conversations on opinions on level of transparency in relationships
5. What is loyalty or limits of loyalty in relationship
6. How much time each one is willing to share on common chores
7. What are your financial goals ? Does it look similar ?
8. How do you handle cheating in marriage ? Whats their opinion ?
9. Check if any medical issues related to kids or parenting. Be open about it

When the fundamentals are not same, the less likely it will succeed. These are few directions to understand each other perspectives.

Happy Finding!!!

Food for Thought

A bit of Self realization leads to learning and transformation. The transformation that starts from self has purpose, direction and cusiosity.

A good list of articles and curated the thoughts from it

Article1 , Traits to live by - Humble, curious, apathetic people

I loved the summary of the three lines

Humility is the soul. (Always be humble)
Curiosity is the mind. (Learn, Listen and Grow)
Empathy is the heart. (Develop Kindness)

Humility says how you value yourself.
Curiosity explains how you value your others.
Empathy is how you value the bonds between yourself and others.

Next Article is building connections

Summary is connecting with people helps us build perspectives, makes relationships stronger. 

Happy Learning!!!

Bliss of Life

Sometimes Life is pretty good when we stick to our beliefs in tough times

• When you are kind you may be hurt but you would be stronger in  course of time
• You become wise because you have been fooled in the past
• You become strong because you have been broken in past
• Empathy, Compassion, Kindness comes from deeds not just from words
• Deeds speak more than words, Choose kindness, Choose Hope Live Well!!!

Keep Walking!!!

Relationships and Happiness

Childhood has provided us with unconditional love and affection from our parents. We have received everything we wanted and we never had to adjust ourself. Adulthood the relationships is very different. We tend to look for same childhood experience unaware how to bridge the two expectations. Romanticism has skewed the real meaning of a relationship. Life goes beyond what is portrayed in movies. We tend to go back to what broke us because we haven't had the experience dealing with broken things in life. Even we move forward in professional aspects of life sometimes our personality doesn't get adjusted to move forward. This is the primary reason why breakup leads to regret and grief.

We are not taught dealing with Emotional issues, In fact, the biggest strength is life is mental toughness. However loyal and truthful you can be you will still be tested for making wrong choices in life.

Learn to understand people how they are not how you want them to be, Sometimes selfishness comes before loyalty. In such situations, the impact of the other person would be painful. Learn to understand the situations and navigate with a balanced state of mind.

Live every day with Less Regrets!!!

Aha Moments!!

Life is all about the 'Aha moments'

The minute you solve a technical problem you have been working for hours
The minute you feel your learning has completed a logical project
The minute you feel someone responded the way you liked them to respond
The minute you feel the Biryani is super nice
The minute you feel to sleep a little longer on a week day
The minute you feel you have learnt a concept you struggled for long
The minute you feel happy for random acts of kindness

Life is only lived well in those Aha moments, For that moment to happen sometimes it takes hours, months, days and years!!!

Happy Living!!!

The State of Mind

Looking back after several months of stormy winds, wrong decisions, mixed priorities. It took a while to clear the clutter and make it more meaningful looking at

• Emotional Learnings
• Personal Self Realisation
• Steep Professional Learning Curve
• Professional failures vs Professional Lessons

If everyday was supposed to teach something new, make it less regretful, then I achieved the same 100%. Life beyond comfort zone and when you embrace the learning's it rewards with richer experience. 

Everything in life happens for a reason, Stay positive, Stay truthful, Stay hopeful and Be Alive. Make a dent, Be a positive change in life. Keep Going, Keep Rocking!!!

Stay Happy!!!

Travel Perspectives

Every travel, every conversation provides us with a new perspective on life. Trying to sell an idea, showing ROI, competing with the best is a good learning, failure doesn't mean you have really failed, It means you have tried and you need to learn to go forward. Going down is growing up. A lot of learnings, new people, new perspectives.

As always it gives a new dimension of you. Know more, talk less, do more, Live well, Learn more...

Happy Learning and Happy Living!!!

People and Opinions

I met an interesting person during my stay in Mumbai. He worked in House Keeping in ibis Mumbai Airport. His name was Subrato. While having a conversation about him. He has been staying away from his home past 4 years, On further conversation, he shared he lost his loved one 9 years back. He is living in her memories. He shared his moments of not being able to move as he couldn't see anyone in that place. He shared his perspective on money is not just everything in life.

Happy to meet such people who see the value of life, values and work at peace every single day. A beautiful memory and a great relationship do live even if it dies for whatever reasons. Finally, he left saying, he was happy to have the conversation. Wishing him the best!!!

Keep going!!!

Fail Fast Fail Soon

In Life / Work / Startups / Relationships it is best to fail early, fail fast. Because only early failures will help us change our strategy / approach, learn from failures.

I have failed several times in my startup dreams, pet projects, understanding relationships. I always believe there is a lot to learn and as we keep learning and keep going forward we will add more meaning and clarity to life.

Keep Failing, Keep Correcting, Keep Learning, Keep Growing!!!

Quotes for Life

Happy Living!!!

Breakdown

A breakdown is a very real bid for a sign of growth. It is the start of a process towards self-understanding and Self-discovering.The breakdown is the process of getting well. The lessons of breakdown are embedded in pain. A breakdown is an opportunity to learn. We have not flexed our thoughts so much and emotionally we hear it to yourself. The crisis is the appetite of growth. Yet, In the middle of a breakdown, we behave madly, search for logical reasons. Breakdown helps us build more authentic and sincere effort to understand yourself and grow better.

Happy Learning from Crisis!!!

Perspectives

Read Sivaram AK's answer to If you had to write a letter to your future girlfriend/wife or boyfriend/husband, what would you write? on Quora



Read Sivaram AK's answer to What kind of relationship do you want in life? on Quora


Happy Learning!!!

Kindness

Be Kind, Be Hopeful, Keep going!!!