Hey Reader! ๐ I like watching bloopers. It tells me that nobody is perfect and that it took multiple takes to get to that lovely final shot. Read the full article Whatโs your favorite blooper? Let me know by replying to this email. ๐,Swapnil
Hey Reader! ๐ Itโs July 2022. Remote work is no longer a rare phenomenon. Less commute, access to global opportunities and talent, flexibility to work at your own schedule โ the pros outweigh the cons. Read the full article How do you deal with loneliness? Let me know by replying to this email. ๐,Swapnil
Hey Reader! ๐ This is a self-reflection post on diving deep into what makes me tick. Read the full article What are you most curious about? Let me know by replying to this email.๐,Swapnil
Hey Reader! ๐ Iโve been struggling with sustaining a writing habit. Not that I havenโt written anything yet, but Iโm finding it hard to do it consistently. Read the full article Is there something you'd like me to write about? Let me know by replying to this email.๐,Swapnil
Hey Reader! ๐ Today evening, I hosted a session with Kabir who is a Senior Software Engineer and has been operating remotely from a village near Dharamshala for over 2 years now. He talked about his journey from being a working professional in a metro city to becoming a digital nomad working from the mountains. At the end, we had a Q&A to help folks who are thinking of transitioning to a remote lifestyle. Watch the recording ๐,Swapnil
Hey Reader! ๐ I launched a podcast with one of my friends where we talk about our journeys so far, why we chose this path, and that going slow is a luxury. Listen to the full episode If you liked it, let us know by tagging @goingslowpod on Twitter. If you didn't like it, let me know by replying to this email. We would love to know what you'd like to hear more of. Note that future episodes won't be sent out here - if you'd like to get notified, there's a subscribe section in the above link....
Hey Reader! ๐ People set goals too high and then get disappointed. We should encourage setting small goals and keeping promises to ourselves. Setting the right goal is half the battle won. A minimum viable goal (MVG) is the smallest goal that you have yet to achieve. To arrive at a MVG, I encourage you to use the slice-and-dice approach. Read the full article Whatโs your current MVG? Let me know by replying to this email.๐,Swapnil
Hey Reader! ๐ I always like to be someone who takes backups. As well as backups of backups. Thatโs how I keep my mind calm. You need to stock up for emergencies to avoid being wiped out completely.The term โantifragileโ was coined by Nassim Taleb, one of the leading philosophers of modern time. I've curated some of his core ideas here. Read the full article Did you resonate with any of these ideas? Let me know by replying to this email.โค๏ธ,Swapnil
Hey Reader! ๐ I grew up with a zero-sum mindset. This is the saddest thing about our education system. It teaches that if someone wants to be successful, they need to make others unsuccessful. This always kept me on the lookout for others trying to bring me down.Three years back, I read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho which flipped my mindset. Its central theme is pronoia, the opposite of paranoia. Instead of feeling that everyone is out to get you, pronoia is a feeling that the Universe is...
Hey Reader! ๐ I'd love to share a mental framework used by Richard Feynman to give life meaning and purpose. In his own words, "You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems constantly present in your mind, although by and large they will lay in a dormant state." Every time you hear a new trick or a new result, test it against each of your twelve problems to see whether it helps. Every once in a while, there will be a hit, and people will say, "How did he do it? He must be a genius!" In...