Layers of self doubt

  1. You are confident of yourself.
  2. Others are not confident of yourself.
  3. You start doubting yourself.
  4. Others magnify that.
  5. You step back, and after a lot of hard work, get self confidence back.

And then you realise, the best way to deal with self doubt is to create your confidence in isolation without worrying about what others think of you.

And that’s awesome 🙂

Is it a New Year?

Of course it is!

So are other 364 days as well.

Provided you don’t lose enthusiasm over yourself like the rest of the world does.

Every day is a day to form new habits, create a new system, and make yourself proud.

Only if we choose to do it.

Meeting with my boss

Yesterday I had a usual meeting with my boss, and he told me to not worry about work.

He also offered to back me up for my work, and was glad I took some time to reflect.

I, in fact, offered to do some work today since I was offered in the evening, and he refused.

Bestest boss ever!!

Startup idea

An Uber/Ola comes to your place, and then you self-drive.

The cab waale Bhaiyas press brake without pressing the clutch or reducing the gear.

Almost every ride is a roller coaster ride.

Bro, this is how you do it:

  1. Press the clutch
  2. Simultaneously reduce the gear
  3. Then press the brake.

In case of an automatic car, start from step 2.

It is such a simple exercise of driving with finesse, that a lot of people happen to skip it out.

It’s easy bro, super easy!

5 signs you are superpowerful

  1. You wait till reaching the luggage belt, to turn on your phone from airplane mode.
  2. You have no interest in stalking your ex. (or y or zee).
  3. You let go of people whom you thought were friends, when they proved you wrong.
  4. You go out and do your own thing, not to put anyone down – because who you would be if you were not you?
  5. You care. I mean really care.

Signs from the Universe

A call dropping off is a sign from the Universe that you don’t need to call back 🙂

A friend not talking is a sign of the Universe that you are not friends anyway.

A tight tee is a sign from the Universe that you need to lose more than the weight.

Signs are simply intuitions coming to life.

Intense need of a blog

I’m going through a lot of emotions right now, so best to document them here:

  1. If a friend takes a serious revenge on a friend’s prank, it is time to reconsider that friendship.
  2. The best way to avoid gossip is to avoid gossip.
  3. It takes just one conversation to drain your energy for the entire day. It takes spending time nurturing yourself to be away from that conversation.
  4. If you do not deal with what’s troubling you, you will figure out a way to blurt it out. Deal with your mess.
  5. Forgive, without being asked for. Because you need peace in your own life.

Resisting sugar craving

This morning I had an undeniable urge to eat sugar. Chocolate cake + cold coffee to be precise.

With only one problem: Had I baked the chocolate cake, I would have to eat it daily.

Not that eating it is a problem, rather I’d love it!

The only problem being, it is not good for the health, baby 🙂

So I made myself a chocolate shake, and sipped it with a laddoo.

Sweet for the day, and no sweets for tomorrow. Win-win!!

Struggling with two book titles

As on date, I’m having roughly 3-4 book ideas.

I was struggling with which one to pick. 2-3 had great potential on selling THE moment I picked them up. One, which is the closest to my heart, will sell way better than these, if I market them right.

Guess which one did I pick?

The quick sell one or the huge sell one close to the heart?

Weird moods these days

Sometimes I get happy with good things happening.

Sometimes I get upset with not-so-good things happening.

Don’t like this contingent part of mine.

Will get there soon. To be at ease.

I am, btw, at ease for most things that used to disturb me, and that’s an achievement.

You are a rockstar NG, and keep that up 🙂

Marathon without training

I asked my therapist, “What if I tell myself that it is okay if someone responded in a bad manner? They might as well be suffering, right?”

She said:

Of course, it is a good thing to run a marathon.

But the best runners, train themselves before the event.

However, if you go haven’t trained yourself at all and you get up one day and go run, can you imagine what all pain will you endure?

And now imagine how long have you been running this marathon!

So the way to be actually able to run that marathon is to train our brain, to understand our emotions first, and why we feel in the pain.

Otherwise, it is only a continuous run of pain, not a marathon in reality.

Something really deep to reflect upon.

I got goodies!

Have you seen those celebrities showing gifts given to them by merchants – in their Insta stories?

I also felt the same, when a client sent me his protein shake, hot chocolate and tea as a token of gratitude for our working engagement together.

Mazaa aa gaya 🙂

However, beyond that, there were some cool customer relationship things that I learnt:

  1. Nothing was wrapped in plastic. Everything in perfectly-sized cardboard boxes with their name and branding.
  2. Every pack had a small satin bag containing 2-3 discount cards as well as dhoop batti with a wonderful aroma. Talk customer care.
  3. They cater to the premium segment and have based the entire packaging around that. While someone may argue that it is not worth the price, however, price is not only the product. Price is an experience. And they took wonderful care of understanding who their customer is.

On that note, protein shakes are being consumed by yours truly after workout and hot chocolate will be used for baking cake. And since it is pre-ready masala tea (containing milk powder as well) – which my Mom doesn’t like, so offered it to a friend who also loves such premium products.

Win-win 🙂

It’s all about psychology

Writing good content is understanding psychology.

Winning at a game is understanding psychology.

Eating less is understanding your own psychology.

Life is psychology, but we don’t admit it because we don’t understand psychology. Pure psychology 🙂

Before you…

Before you decide to keep someone happy, make sure your happiness is aligned…

Before you decide to get angry at someone, make sure you have let go of your anger on yourself…

Before you choose to judge someone, make sure you are understanding that you aren’t doing a right thing either, by putting yourself on a higher pedestal…

Before you decide to eat one more mithai, make sure you are living a healthy lifestyle already…

Before you decide to stay up late, make sure this is a rarity…