Sakthitharan Subramanian
Not all weeks are created equal—especially when your schedule doesn’t follow the standard Monday-to-Friday routine. In my case, each day of the week isn’t tied to its name. Instead, I work with a day order system, where classes and routines are labeled as Day 1, Day 2, and so on. If there’s a...
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The way you reward performance defines your culture. The culture around you. The work culture you want to nurture in your team. Reward individuals, and you create competition. A system where personal achievements matter more than collective success. It drives high performers but also breeds...
Sakthitharan Subramanian
It is not your boss’s fault — and certainly not yours. If you work better, you get appraised. You get promoted. If you again prove yourself in your new position, then you’ll be promoted again. You get promoted, because you aced in the current position. What if someone stay in...
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Whatever the work is, do it well — not for the boss — but for yourself. You make the job; it doesn’t make you. You are not the work you do; you are the person you are. Words stolen from Tony Robbins. Every time I revisit these highlights in Readwise, it will resonate with me for at...
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You lost your most successful idea — just because You forget that (after a few days) You rejected it because it looks stupid to you You didn’t complete it (in your thoughts) You didn’t proceed further to action You’re afraid that it is going to fail You’re not ready to invest...
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Most talented people are perfectionists. They won’t delegate — out of fear that the other person might perfect it. They want to do everything by themselves. But if they invest their time spent on non-core tasks they will accomplish much greater outcomes. Perfection is the enemy of...
Sakthitharan Subramanian
The following single-word prompts are suitable for text-generative AI services like Google’s Gemini (formerly Bard), ChatGPT, etc to rewrite your ideas better. How to use the following single-word prompts. Just use any one of the following prompts followed by your content. The syntax to...
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Growth is change. Progressive change. In Japanese, “Kaizen” translates to “improvement”, or “change for the better”. Kaizen as a philosophy is all about improvement. No matter where you are now, how you perform, or where to reach. Forget the perfection; Aim for progress. You...
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1. Murphys Law Anything that can go wrong, (if you give the chance) will go wrong. The more you fear something, the more likely it will happen. focus on the path; not the hurdles. 2. Kidlin’s Law If you can write the problem down clearly, then the matter is half solved....
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The good and bad stress Pressure creates stress. Expectations, deadlines, or anything the task demands is the pressure. The pressure makes you work faster, better and pushes you to cross your own limits. Until a particular point. Beyond that point, it starts to become bad....
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Productivity is all about progress. Not about completing tasks —at least for me. Completing things will keep you at the same level. Progress takes you to the next. There are two types of productive people One, who wants to feel productive. Another who really wants to be...
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Echo. Shout “hello”. You get back the same “hello” — multiple times. Echo Chamber is an environment (usually, a meeting room, friends group, or team you are working with) filled with people you rely on —especially in the process of decision-making. In the echo chamber, you only hear what...