Dr. Rick Hanson, neuropsychologist and author of “Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence”, writes that we humans share ancestors with “bats, begonias and bacteria that go back at least 3.5 billion years.” Hanson describes these ancestors as living in a world of carrots and sticks. Carrots are rewards (food, sex, shelter), and sticks …
So I mostly caught a virus of some kind. Which means, cancelled meetings and calls, a bit of work pile and the headache and fever to top it up. Is it just me, or are we witnessing a never-ending cycle of infections? I don’t remember falling sick so often…its like there is always something wrong …
Watching a seedling grow, Is an exercise in patience, determination and grit… It may seem natural, but no It takes a lot of work and effort to just help nature along it’s course… A strong wind a bit of extra rain can cause the heart to skip a beat as one watches the seedling reach …
I have been following the Foodpharmer for quite a while now. In fact, ever since he started his campaign against Bournvita in 2023. He does sound a bit sensationalist at times, but he does take up very important topics. Stuff that we don’t think about but affect our health in ways we understand, but do …
So two things happened today. One – our license in GIFT City, India came through. Finally! Second – I bought something materialistic – those close to me know what it is. The first news was received with more relief than excitement, the second seemed like a culmination of something, but not really “I looked forward …
I had written this a little under a year back. The end of January – and we are already into the last fortnight of December. Time flies, and flies faster as you grow older. Wait – that is actually true – research shows that time does indeed fly past faster as we grow in years. …
Every time I fall a bit sick (which isn’t a lot thankfully), I recall this poem that I wrote a few years ago. Maybe a bit too much for a simple cold, but it does make a good read for me and helps me re-focus on what matters. Here it is: Fall down seven and …
Well, I had an interesting weekend, at least most of it. The party started on Friday evening itself, where I found myself inadvertently conforming to my unspoken and unwritten rule of falling a bit sick in the final month of the year. I have been (reluctantly and with vehement protest) keeping up this tradition from …
The midnight library of 1929, where I ate cold mezze and sabotaged my throat… Read More »
Status-quo bias – The tendency for people to stay committed to current situations, for fear of changing to the unknown. Status quo bias is also caused by laziness, aversion to complexity, unnatural learning style demands, reading small print, etc. A few months back I read the book – Nudge – by Richard H Thaler and Cass R Sunstein. The crux …
And today is the day when a birthday celebrates it’s Rajinikanth:) The release of a movie of Rajnikanth is a festival in itself…from the announcement, to the first look, the decked up theatres, the fan frenzy, and now of course the craze on social media as well. It’s apparent that people buy into the mania, …
