Archive for February, 2008

How to take a walk
Monday, February 18th, 2008

I am just back after my walk.
It was still dark when I started this morning. As I turned right, the street lights went off. That made me alert. As I started looking at things keenly, my hearing too sharpened.
I noticed several new things. First is the chirping of birds. It seemed as if the crows [...]

1 great joke and an idea
Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Bahadurjee Merwanjee is a Parsi Bawaji.

Like every other parsi, Bahadurjee Merwanjee was bragging to his boss Mr Ayer one day,
‘You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just
name someone… anyone, and I know them.’
Tired of his boasting, his boss Mr Ayer called his bluff, ‘OK, Bahadurjee, how about Tom Cruise?’
‘Sure, yes, Tom and [...]

How to kill procrastination in 1 day
Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Here are 7 steps to kill procrastination in one day.
1. In the next 10 minutes prepare a detailed list of all the things you have wanted to do but never acted on them. Do not worry about how long the list is.
2. Next run through the list and ask yourself this question: “Do I still [...]

Procrastination is the thief of 6 months
Friday, February 15th, 2008

My last post was in October 2007. And I am now in February 2008. What did I do for the last 5 months?
Did I not have ideas? Did I run dry? Was I too busy? What is the reason why I did not get to writing my blog, in spite of regular reminders from Hasslebot [...]