Pranay
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Pranay
I once read (in the Times) that a chronically late person (such as myself) tends to structure their day based on the belief that everything can be accomplished according to a prior "perfect day" wherein each task was completed either on time or early.
Always Late? Blame Your Time Personality.
Far more complicated than this I think. Many other factors at play but most common is executive functioning issues that make it hard to gauge time for tasks and plan departure times accordingly. Personality types in terms of people pleasing or self focus also make time more or less important.
Always Late? Blame Your Time Personality.
People who easily shift between tasks are also at an advantage when it comes to handling life’s messiness. “One of the benefits is that you have a realistic view of life, and so you won’t be distressed when things don’t fit into your time,” Dr. Ballard said.
Always Late? Blame Your Time Personality.
In the 1950s, the anthropologist Edward T. Hall coined the terms “monochronic” and “polychronic” to describe different cultural attitudes to time management.
In northern Europe and the United States, which Dr. Hall labeled “monochronic” societies, he wrote that people tended to emphasize deadlines and work sequentially, completing one task before mo... See more
In northern Europe and the United States, which Dr. Hall labeled “monochronic” societies, he wrote that people tended to emphasize deadlines and work sequentially, completing one task before mo... See more
Always Late? Blame Your Time Personality.
One of these days, you'll wake up and see that 90% of stuff on the internet really never mattered.
All the clickbait, all the rage bait...all of it.
Your health, your kids, your family, your spouse, your parents - all that deserved far more of your attention.
Dr. Julie Gurnersubstack.com
The root of people pleasing is not concern for others. It's concern for approval.
A fear of being disliked leads many people to put their image above their values.
A good reputation is not about being adored by all. It’s about earning the respect of those who matter most.
- Adam Grant
Creative people naturally produce false positives. Ideas they think are good but aren't. Ideas that other people already had. Mediocre ideas that contain buried within them seeds of much better ideas.
The key is to catch them early. And the only way to do that is by doing the work at least partly in front of an audience. A book should be an article
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Unless one does the math, compounding is difficult to visualize.
For example, for a monthly SIP of ₹25K:
- The first Crore takes 13.5 years,
- The next Crore takes 5 years,
- And next one takes 3 years.
It is tough to believe until you experience it yourself. https://t.co/emsC5lbw3d