Life in Bangalore

“Success is a few simple disciplines, practised every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day” …Jim Rohn How much is 1% ? Not much, is it not ? but the experts think otherwise ….                                                                                            source: jamesclear.com   “In the beginning, there is basically no difference between making a choice that is 1 percent better or 1 percent worse. (In other words, it won’t impact you very much today.) But as time goes on, these small improvements or declines compound and you suddenly find a very big gap between people who make slightly better decisions on a daily basis and those who don’t. This is why small choices don’t make much of a difference at the time, but add up over the long-term.” ….. James Clear Why just focusing on the 1% produces results? “My professor said that in an attempt to understand the law—or, for that matter, just about anything—the key

Tim Ferriss in his book “The 4-Hour Work Week” defines the new age life-style of Entrepreneurship and the “New Rich”(New-age Entrepreneurs) . Through this book, Tim Ferriss provides a new DEAL for Living … D for D efinition, E for E limination, A for A utomation, L for L iberation….. So let us begin with the beginning : D efinition : Who are the New Rich? …They own the trains and have someone else ensure they run on time ! This is definitely contrarian running of  business...one where the owner’s time during the day is all sucked-up running the business! E limination: Tim Ferris chastises the 21 st century style of being “busy” as a form of laziness – Lazy thinking and Indiscriminate action….Instead the New Rich do Less with Less….Lesser number of Tasks (Pareto’s Law) in very Less time (incredibly tight deadlines) (Parkinson’s Law) A utomation: For those readers who are reading this blog post yet, you may wonder if this is possible at all…I too had big doubts a

As you try to wake up early morning , thoughts arise to tell us to sleep a little more… As you try to take a walk out, thoughts of “feeling sluggish” tell us to open Facebook  and record that emotion….. As you feel the urge to read for the upcoming exam, thoughts of how tough the chapter of that subject tell us to skip over it and instead chat with our friends… As you determine to save for buying an apartment, magnitude of the savings required dampen you and tell you instead to splurge on an unnecessary gadget… And this list can go on endless… The bottom line is that our thoughts determine the mood which in turn make a difference between action and inaction…Thoughts of discomfort and uncertainty lead us into distractions such as sleeping a little longer , watching the Television or just go out for mindless Shopping … and the outcome is Procrastination… So is there a solution? After reading Leo Babauta and James Clear  for sometime now, I recently am trying