Repetition can be phenomenal To learn something very well keep learning the same thing each day.To make someone your friend repeat interacting with them each day.To build a new belief repeat referring to the same evidence that affirms the belief. In my second grade, I voluntarily learned the 7th tables by simple repetition. Since then …
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Demystifying yoga When I lie on a mat and stretch myself, I call it a stretching exerciseWhen I sit down and take a few deep breaths, I call it breathingWhen I close my eyes and observe myself, I call it meditationAll these can be the ingredients to a yogic practice but it is not yoga. …
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Agape Leadership Is ‘Love’ relevant in Leadership? In the book Trillion Dollar Coach, leaders often described Bill Campbell as someone who loved people. He gave bear hugs. He took people out. He generously donated his time. He held people accountable. Bill Campbell demonstrated Agape Leadership. To demonstrate selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love, is key in agape …
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Embrace our current selves We are constantly changing ourselves consciously or unconsciously. One day, our gradual changes become visible to us and others. We are quick to draw comparisons with our older selves, while others want us to get back to our older version. For Instance-We might say to ourselves, “I used to be someone …
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Feeling successful Even the most well-accomplished people can feel defeated. Why should someone feel so even after winning? It could be because(1) The price they paid to win in one area may be too high at the expense of other areas of life(2) They won but not on their terms(3) They had hoped to experience …
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Step away Recently, my struggle to finish the ThoughtLetter made me realize the importance of stepping away. I was trying hard to write and re-write the same thing in different ways but it did not help until I forced myself to take a short break and move from my desk to do something. Mental pause …
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Inner state Ambition is the outcome you want to achieve while aspiration is the kind of person you hope to become. However, there is another dimension to consider in your pursuits. It is the inner state you want to be in while you are pursuing your goals. They are your thoughts, emotions, or mental states. …
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FOPO We are living in FOPO: fear of other people’s opinions. It is evident in my recent interactions, both at the professional and personal levels, where people attribute why they do or do not do certain things. As I reflected, I realized it comes from a deep sense of insecurity about the loss of love …
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Spirit of true competition Federer and Nadal are fiercely competitive. However, Federer and Nadal are also good friends off-court. In a zero-sum game like tennis, such a relationship seems like a paradox. What makes it feasible is their spirit for true competition. They value the challenge from their opponent, which brings out their best effort …
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Create your situation You delivered a great presentation that wowed the client and you are now under tremendous pressure to repeat the same performance. The pressure to deliver brilliantly each time can be huge and overwhelming. One way to deal with it is to focus outward. Instead of attributing the outcome entirely to your abilities, …
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