Category: Health
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Don’t wait for the pain
I feel nature has assigned a disproportionate intensity of pain to teeth-related issues. Your heart, for instance, is so supercritical and yet so obedient (true stoic), it only raises a red flag when it nears a life-and-death equation. People die of heart attacks. It is sudden. But you can still live with all your teeth gone! Yet,…
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Objective lens to understand mental health
People usually struggle at three levels when they try to manage their mental health. I learned about this in Jonah Hill’s mental health documentary on Netflix. One of the tools that I could really appreciate and relate to was called the three levels of life force. The three levels are like a pyramid. The first…
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You always need a conflict
Growth only happens when you resolve your existing conflicts. Just recall all the movies that you have seen so far. Almost all movie scripts are based on a conflict. Here are the types of conflicts that are used in movie plots. Character vs. self (Joker)Character vs. character (Dark Knight)Character vs. society ( Rang De Basanti)Character…
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The root of all evil
Our careers and lives are shaped around the type of insecurities that we all harbor within ourselves. Our insecurities bring out the worst in us. When we are insecure we pick the extremes. Fight or flight. For instance, financial insecurity might lead you to choose a stable job with poor growth opportunities or a very high-paying…
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Just blame it on the environment!
The tallest mountain on Mars is called Olympus Mons. It is 16 miles (24 kilometers) high which makes it about three times higher than Mt. Everest. What makes it so tall? Lower gravity as compared to earth allows volcanic formations on mars to grow higher. Why I am even telling you all this? The environment…
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Are you a 7-11?
Are you a 7-11? Or Ram ki Bandi? 7-11 is a famous grocery chain that is open 24 hours a day. You don’t have to worry when it is open, it is always open. “Availability” is the keyword here. Stores like to be “available” that’s how they differentiate. If you are not from Hyderabad (India),…
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The value of a lie.
I visited this hair cutting salon for the very first time. There was just one customer who was having a haircut. One more was waiting for his turn. I asked the barber, there is just one waiting right? Are you the only one available today? There was a hesitance on my face that he read.…
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The fridge Vs Hyperlocal Delivery
A recent ad by Dunzo, a hyperlocal delivery app goes as “Ab Fridge ka Kya Kam hai” (what’s the use of the fridge now?) Time for a lesson on operations management. Here we go! Seems like the 10-minute delivery proposition erodes the utility of a fridge. It is a battle of inventory Vs JIT (Just in…
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Attention is a limited resource, use it carefully
Attention is a limited resource, use it carefully. If you are reading this, I have grabbed your attention for a few seconds. If not, you would have spent your attention watching or reading something else. If data is the new oil, attention is your spending power or currency. Every day you wake up with a…
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If we have a brain, we have a bias
7-year-old Aakash while riding his bicycle accidentally brushed the shoulder of 6-year-old Nidhi who was playing with her friends. Aakash lost his balance and fell down. It was a Sunday evening, people were taking their leisure strolls. Half a dozen people gathered around the scene including me. Aakash had a minor bruise on his elbow,…
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