Not all pain is bad.A relative of mine had an accident. He got knocked down by a bus while he was waiting to cross the road and fractured his wrist. Being afraid of expensive treatment, he went to a traditional medicine man who helped set it back but left it misaligned....Jan 3, 2023·2 min read·149
Changing your opinion != WeaknessChanging your opinion when presented with evidence is a trait that defines your growth. It's very easy for our opinions to be coloured by our biases. And it's impossible for human beings to not have biases. It's something that has been ingrained into...Jul 8, 2022·1 min read·132
Environment > IncentivesInducing desired behaviour/changes requires creating suitable environments. If you want people to learn, make sure they don't have to be afraid of failing. If you want people to learn faster, make sure they don't have to be afraid of talking about th...Jul 5, 2022·1 min read·127
Help Others to Help YouIf you need help, make it easy for others to help you. For example, if you are raising some money for a cause, make it easy for people to donate. Everything else being equal, you have more chances of raising money by sharing a UPI QR code than by sha...Jun 20, 2022·1 min read·163
Leaders are People tooA good way of knowing how complex something is going to be, is to look at the number of variables and how much of an impact those variables have. This is probably the number one reason why designing high performing and resilient systems is difficult....Jun 6, 2022·1 min read·131
Prime Directive for Life?Have you heard of retrospective prime directive? An important element of Agile is having retrospective meetings after a period of time (sprint/iteration). The facilitator of a retrospective meeting usually starts the meeting reading out the prime dir...Jun 2, 2022·1 min read·134
Slippery Slope of NegativityThe more you dislike someone, the easier it is for you to dislike them even more. The lesser you trust someone, the easier it is for you to trust them even less. The inherent negative bias of our brains combined with a primitive desire to see the w...May 31, 2022·1 min read·115
