My Undisclosed World Of Thoughts

(4 mins read)  In last week's article we talked about how you can build habits into your life.  But I often wondered if there was a way to go one up on that and build an ecosystem of habits to perform on a whole different level?  In this article, we will cover how some of these habits, coupled together, create exponential impact. Let's begin to understand this ecosystem beast slightly better. What is a Habit Ecosystem? An ecosystem is defined as an area where organisms(Plants, animals, other creatures) as well as externalities(weather and landscape), work together to achieve an end result (form a bubble of life). We will take this exact analogy and replicate what an ecosystem represents in habit terms. Let me take the liberty to define a habit ecosystem. A habit ecosystem manifests itself as a mental model(area) where a set of habits(organisms) as well as optimizations(weather) and processes(landscape) work together to form an achievement of expertise(bubble of life). S...

3 mins read I have regularly been intrigued by things that people are passionate about. It could be travel, photography, art, or something quite eccentric. Often times, I have dwelled on the extent to which people should project, showcase, dramatize or even monetize their passion(s). I feel there should be a certain way we deal with our passions. We should take it easy and not get carried away by influencer-speak. At the same time, I do acknowledge that this is easier said than done. Let’s explore this, shall we? Oh Passion, my passion! Passion can be many things.  Simply put, passion is a powerful desire for an activity, an object, or a concept. Passion motivates and inspires you to take action.  I'm a passionate person. I passion-hop (I might have just invented the term, Sahil ™) ! It's natural for me to be passionate about multiple things at once and to pursue these. Most people I know have passion-hopped throughout their lives. Almost everywhere - online as well as offlin...

3 mins read. Last year, around Covid and perhaps, even slightly before it, I took a conscious call to reflect and build some habits into my routine. Mediation was one habit I'd read a great deal about - particularly the fact that it helped regenerate grey matter and also made you calmer in the process. I thought, why not? Most top leaders recommend it, our forefathers sing praises of it so why not give it a shot?  Reflecting today, after a year of regular practice and as passionate as I have now become about the topic - I recommend people to try and see the benefits of meditation. While discussing with people on this topic, I have gotten some interesting questions/thoughts and my attempt below is to document these and provide my humble viewpoint.  What is meditation? Wikipedia defines meditation as "a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and ach...