Friction is another strong deterrent, it is one of the strongest forces in the universe. Make it easy for you to pick a book. Take the book with you in your bag, get a book on phone. Keep books next to you. Keep the book on bed table. It should be always accessible.

Friction

Like we take insta-scrolling breaks on mobile, take read a page break. When commuting flip through few pages. Waiting in a line, read a few pages. It can be a Game “Whack a page”

Procastina

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”

Take sports, you will probably spend an hour playing 🏸 but run away from gym because you and your mind enjoy the activity of playing not working. Read what you like. Take inspiration from your youtube history or series or movies you like. Science fiction, fiction, fantasy, productivity, history, biographies etc.

What To Read

Life is too short to read a bad book.

Lot of people I interact with keep telling me how they want to read but cannot do it. Lot of them rate time as one of the biggest factors. Others point out to the effort in reading, a lot of them…

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Un-official guide on “How to start reading today?”

Some one liners I collected from books, blogs, videos, conversation, observation and more..

Quick notes I have been taking on life

What we feed the body? <ol><li>Less Processed is better.</li><li>Seasonal takes the cake.</li><li>Diversify food on your plate like your assets. More color better it is.</li><li>Sugar is the enemy. I know the blueberry cheesecake. Have it. Don’t become a slave to it.</li><li>Salt? Anything in excess is bad.</li><li>Water. Stay hydrated.</li></ol>

What you eat?

It is your superpower. Sleeping helps consolidate what you have learned. Helps in forming long-term memory. The body needs its to share of rest. Healing. Protect it at all costs.<ol><li>Get a routine, stick to it.</li><li>Seriously, early to bed and early to rise takes the cake.</li><li>Darkroom helps.</li><li>Dim screen light at night.</li><li>Stay away from your phone when going to sleep.</li><li>Separate working and sleeping area.</li><li>Invest in a good pillow and mattress. You are going to sleep a lot in your life.</li><li>No tea, coffee, or nicotine late at night.</li></ol>

Sleep a little more

This is almost equivalent to cheating. So much knowledge distilled in a consumable form for you.<ol><li>Again, diversify like your portfolio. Read fiction, classical fiction, mystery, business, psychology, startup, self-help, rocket science, research papers, history.</li><li>Make a routine.</li><li>Make it easy. Read one page daily.</li></ol>

Health is the real wealth

<ol><li>Stop being too busy.</li><li>Ask the correct questions. Why you don’t have time for ‘X’? I like going to the movies but I don’t have time for them. </li><li>Take a walk. Walking solves problems.</li><li>Take thinking breaks.</li></ol>

Stillness is the key

<ol><li>Practice. No escape there.</li><li>Writing brings order to your thoughts.</li><li>Write your fears, likes, thoughts.</li><li>Write about what you are learning. Teaching is the best form of learning.</li></ol>

Write them a song

Just some notes from various books, blogs, videos, tweets, etc. I have been reading. I do not follow all of them. I do not endorse them. But, they surely have made an impact on my life. It is your…

Grow

Some Notes I have been Collecting

The goal in itself should be big enough to scare you but not of a scale that scares the shit out of you. The one where you feel maybe not today but just maybe with bit of effort and guidance I can make it through.Best time to exercise is morning, this way you will never miss. Mornings you have very low probability of running into a situation where you ned to miss on exercise. If you are in good health you can achieve more, be it studies or work or life in general. Evening exercise has its benefits too. After a stress-full day it can really help to blow off steam.

Rise from the slump

Earlier this year I started with a goal that I would write a minimum of 12 posts and 4 youtube videos. I managed to get in 6 articles pretty fast, even a video was in, on youtube Then came the slump…

Rising from the slump

How can we bring this knowledge in our practice of Pomodoro. Keep a diary or a page. Whenever something distracting pops up. Write it down and continue.When you write it down somewhere brain can let it go. End of the day our brain trusts the paper more than us. This is effective even without the pomodoro mode. Acknowledgment is the key.“I thought I’d solved a problem when really I was creating new ones by taking the path of least resistance.”― David Goggins, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/65082544">Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds </a>“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” — Parkinson’s law

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For the uninitiated, go take the stairs to the top. There are no shortcuts. Read more in the previous article. We will digging into small changes which can add rocket 🚀 fuel to our Pomodoro…

My published ideas

Learning how to learn is a quintessential skill.

Most important skill to have

How to Learn Better, score more on that tough paper and crack difficult exams - YouTube

Start investing today. We can differ on where to invest and how much to invest. But, no one can deny the fact that early you start better it is.“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese ProverbWealth is not made by making millions, you need to grow it. Like a tree, you keep watering it to be ready to give you fruits which you can pluck. How about planting more plants. Good to expand into more passive income streams. Stock market, real estate rental, your own published content, training others skill courses.Live below your means. No don’t sleep on a bunk bed. Don’t cut the heat supply. But spend money wisely. Starbucks coffee is not going to make you richer. Sure, once in a while splurge but be wary of little expenses which are not needed. Little holes can sink the ship.

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If you had an urge, a surge in mood, a longing to pen down your thoughts and you shied away. Let’s see what we can change in the mindset to cross the barrier. First of all it is is not easy to write, at least for me. Heck it is difficult to start anything new. The amount of resistance is immense. Let’s hack together at some of them.Start small: Lets’ just write down a few sentences. Lets’ cap it to 3 sentences. Remember those mini assignments “Write 5 lines on cow”.Book a slot for writing. Start your calendar app and book a recurring slot for writing. This would be a dedicated window for writing. Bring it in your routine.<ul><li>Writing phase: Dump your thoughts don’t enter into the edit mode. Just keep writing. When you stop for editing you break the thought flow. Modern day editors are also not helpful with distracting red lines and auto correct suggestions. No wonder lot of artists are seen with typewriters or pen and paper to write in the movies.</li><li>Editing phase: Edit like you have not written it. Go over the documents mercilessly, removing what is not required. Remember all the good tools you learned while reading. Bring them here.</li></ul>

How to start writing

I got lucky last year, not the best year to get lucky. But, I got myself two books on writing. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott and On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft…

Un-official guide on “How to start writing today?”

<ol><li>Sleep well: Give your mind and body the rest it needs to bring out your superpowers. Have a strict routine for sleep. Remove distractions, ditch that phone. Been there done that. Go to the next level, get a good mattress/pillow.</li><li>Workout: Yes, sweat it out. No, tomorrow is not a good day to start. Today is the day. Pick whatever you want sports, yoga, running, gym. Whatever suits you/your routine. Don’t have time to do the 7 minutes. Don’t have 7 minutes. Do the 4 minutes.</li><li>Meditate Wooooh! Haven’t tested this but all the masters say this is the way. You can carve your own way. But give it a go. You don’t have to take everything in at once. Take one step.</li><li>Gratitude: Every day takes note of what you are thankful for. Thanks for them doodles Google. There are a ton of apps to help you document this. You will be surprised.</li><li>Deep Work: Boy! so much to do, so little time. How to get the most out of it. Here is a link to something I prepared a while back. Most of the content is from Learning how to learn, Deep work, and how to learn anything in 20 hours. <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uZtiuATeNd6ATYb6lJFbjE-tY_gxMff78rHK7VpcS_k/edit?usp=drivesdk">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uZtiuATeNd6ATYb6lJFbjE-tY_gxMff78rHK7VpcS_k/edit?usp=drivesdk </a></li></ol>

Little guide to improving life

I have not written in a while. Was going through drafts. There is one on hooks, one on motion layout. But, I think this will be the post that will make it past the barrier. The thing with change is…

How to improve by x% today

Before we go further, let’s draw the line. Somethings your love for those you will manage something or at-least you will feel the longing. The tasks we are discussing here are for those of us who don’t like exercising or reading or writing or maybe spending time on meditation 🧘‍♂️ . We like the idea of us doing it but are not doing it.See the trend? Let’s do some basic maths. 1 Pushup daily * 365 Days. 1 page * 365 days. 5 lines * 365. Somedays we can even get lucky and pull twice of that and on some days we might feel like doing it three times. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves but what about five times. Maybe? Somedays!Get up-&gt; Search for the specs-&gt; Do one Pushup -&gt; Read one Page -&gt;Do the Scroll of doom on phoneThe prize at the end keeps us motivated to go with the flow. Brain is excited to reach the other side and salvage its prize. Suddenly, when the prize and task association is formed we will start looking forward to it.

Little changes big gains

Time Management

A lot of us run away from the concept of reading, studying,. or exercising. Some of us are too busy for them. Some of us are overburdened at the office. Some are crumbling under the house chores…

How to Read more, Write more Exercise more and Procrastinate Less

<ul><li>Decide on a task you would be working on, typically in a 25-minute window</li><li>Take a 3- 5 minutes break post that</li><li>Hit another session of Pomodoro, repeat until 4 Pomodoro</li><li>Take a longer Break 15–30 minutes</li><li>Repeat</li></ul>When we set up a small goal like 25 minutes, it becomes easier to hit. Imagine a 20-page report. Can you write it in a 25-minute sprint? Probably not. But, it will get you started. You will knock off a few pages. The cognitive load to work is suddenly shifted from writing a 20-page report shifts to just staying with the task for 25 minutes.The mini-breaks help in regaining focus, like the breaks between exercise circuit. While we are working the focused state kicks in. On break, it lets us take a step back. Kicks in the diffused state of mind. You can take a deeper look at this on the <a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn">Learning how to Learn Coursera course </a>or a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WG8KrpuhYU&t=3s">summary video on the topic </a>. It’s like taking a step back before taking the jump.The big break is the big carrot. It’s the prize. Give your brain and yourself a well-deserved break. The dopamine rush it deserves after all the hard work. It also trains our brain to like the process. Building a habit to work and get rewarded at end of the cycle. This is where the fun kicks in. For Some people award can be an episode of Anime, we can take it a step ahead and replace it with manga or gaming session or catching an episode.

Be more productive with Pomodoro

You might have seen this famous picture as well, maybe. Pomodoro in Italian means tomato. Cirillo used this kitchen timer while he was a university student. It is a productivity tool, or better let’s…

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Friction

Un-official guide on “How to start reading today?”

Quick notes I have been taking on life

Some Notes I have been Collecting

Rise from the slump

Rising from the slump

Supercharge your Pomodoro, Animedoro, MangaDoro, GamingDoro, SeriesDoro 👀

Supercharge your Pomodoro, Animedoro, MangaDoro, GamingDoro, SeriesDoro 👀

Most important skill to have

How to Learn Better, score more on that tough paper and crack difficult exams - YouTube

Sunny Aditya
@sunnyaditya