One fundamental tenet of life is that you cannot extract value without creating it first. E.g. nobody’s going to pay you if you don’t offer something of value in return. It applies in every sphere of life. If your presence, your advice, your thoughts, your blogs, your tweets, your Instagram stories, your Facebook posts, your emails, your products, your services, your work, your job doesn’t create any value for someone, then you can’t expect to extract value in return. ...
Almost every communication tutorial will tell you to speak less, and listen more. Be a good listener, they say. So you try shutting up. And try to listen. You try to be a good listener. Only to be distracted by your brain that starts fidgeting, trying to instantly judge every sentence, trying to form responses to every argument made, waiting impatiently for its turn to finally speak; to finally tell the other speaker how she’s wrong, how you don’t agree to her opinions/observations, or how you agree completely to her perspective but have a few more intelligent points to add to her statements. ...
Lately, I’ve realized that I have read a lot of material on two topics viz. a. How to stop procrastinating b. How to be productive And I was wondering if it would make sense to share my progress with the world so that I get more inputs & suggestions from people who’re trying something similar. So here’s the plan: I will keep sharing life hacks, tricks, tools, utilities, apps, habits, daily regimes, factoids, scientific findings and everything in between on how to be more productive in life. ...