Introducing my free, 10-week email course — So you think you are smart? Then you must be making the best use of your time and money. You must be as wealthy, as fit, and as happy as you can be. Are you? If you’re smart, what’s holding you back? The reality is that most of us underutilize…

In my early days of learning programming, my teacher gave the class an assignment. Write an algorithm to generate the Fibonacci series. This was pre-google days. I got back with a 50 steps logic. My teacher shrugged and showed me how to do that in seven steps! Then he said…

Not too difficult, not too easy Not something that makes them queasy Let it enthrall, let it be a delight Choose a book for your child That’s just right. Thanks for bearing my cheesy poetry 😜. Here are five tips that continue to help me choose books for my kids…

7 tips to unleash the writer inside you — Writing and running have more in common than one might think. When I find myself stuck while writing, I look up running strategies for answers. Get a push from the runner within you to become the best writer you can be: Gearing up the night before If it’s a morning run, you’d prep the running…

Yes, there are productivity takeaways from Wordle, the fun word puzzle. In case you don’t know about the game yet, you need to guess a five-letter word in six trials. It’s free. It’s web-based. It’s loved by kids and adults alike. Here are some ridiculously simple but highly effective productivity…

How to quickly reboot yourself and others? — ‘I’m not good enough’ is a sick feeling. It’s triggered when you fear losing something that you badly want or when you lose something you thought you never would. Setbacks or sometimes just the fear of setbacks can throw us far from our expected life trajectory. …

When you’re feeling stuck, lost, low, angry, and more. — Not all of us like to talk about it when we are feeling stuck, lost, or low. Some of us just want to be left alone until we can make sense of things. To make sense of things in such times and to bounce back, I compiled this cheatsheet over…

When you want it to focus, the chatterbox won’t shut up. When you want it to come up with creative ideas, it’s blocked. Mind is like a mischievous child who’s always running in the direction opposite to where you want it to go. As most of us are knowledge workers…

Some of these tools bring clarity to your thoughts, some calm your mind, and some are fun! In their unique way, each of these tools can help you beat overwhelm and boost productivity. #1 — Your browser window, a nifty notepad I agree that the browser window is a strange choice for a writing pad 📝 . …