Here is a simple thought experiment. Imagine you have been hired as a proofreader for a set of essays, each about 10 pages long. You have three options: You can set your own deadlines and turn in each essay separately; You can hand everything in at the last minute before a final deadline You can […]
As per the Harvard medical journal, the placebo effect is all about how your mind can be used to cure diseases. Your mind can be a powerful healing tool when given the chance. The idea that your brain can convince your body a fake treatment is the real thing — the so-called placebo effect — […]
How many times do you come across people in your profession who lack competency but sound more confident? And how many do you come across who are competent but sound less confident? This isn’t just with others. It is very possible that others might see us as less confident inspite we are competent and vice […]
“The idea that future is unpredictable is undermined everyday by the ease with which past is explained” Danial Kahneman When I first heard about Covid-19 around Janurary, 2020, the new virus, Wuhan city lockdown, etc, naturally, my mind started searching for some answers. Was wondering what is going to happen, what will be the impact […]
Recently I just watched a video of progressive farmer Kavitha Mishra, from Raichur district of Karnataka, who has achieved what very few farmers have been able to do. That is to grow almost 2100 sandalwood trees, 1500 pomegranate, and another 10+ varieties of cash crops in what was once a barren land in the dry […]