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Dhawal Sharma
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Dec 10, 2022

Why Indians love Brazilian football

A love affair that makes no sense — As the Brazil-Croatia quarterfinal in the 2022 World Cup went into penalties, I began to experience a mild unease. The team I was supporting, Brazil, were the favourites to win this game but somehow it had come down to standoff where the first one to blink would lose. Penalty shootouts…

Sports

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Why Indians love Brazilian football
Why Indians love Brazilian football
Sports

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Dec 5, 2022

The logic of emotion and how action unlocks it

How to feel your way to your goals — ‘Just Do It’ isn’t just a motivational slogan. It is also an immensely sensible one. Because when we take action we unleash a force that not only points us towards our goal but also pushes us towards it. This is a force we are all too familiar with: It’s called…

Startup

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The logic of emotion and how action unlocks it
The logic of emotion and how action unlocks it
Startup

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Aug 2, 2022

Why Drunk Shopping is Big Business

Amazon as therapist — Drunk shopping is bringing in the big bucks. By some estimates, people in the US alone spend close to $50 billion a year on shopping sprees they only remember the next morning. If you think about it, it’s not really that surprising. Shopping is an activity that tests our self-control…

Psychology

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Why Drunk Shopping is Big Business
Why Drunk Shopping is Big Business
Psychology

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May 11, 2022

Solve for freedom, and happiness will follow

Fly pretty bird, fly — The single most powerful factor that determines happiness is whether we can choose our actions voluntarily. All the comforts in the world cannot cure the restlessness that comes from knowing you can’t do what you want to, when you want to. So why do we do things we don’t want…

Motivation

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Solve for freedom, and happiness will follow
Solve for freedom, and happiness will follow
Motivation

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Mar 6, 2022

What can you achieve with manic action?

Unchaining the beast within — ‘A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.’ — George S. Patton People who undergo near-death experiences say they are changed forever. A glimpse of their mortality is enough to remind them that the universe doesn’t care about our plans. …

Motivation

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What can you achieve with manic action?
What can you achieve with manic action?
Motivation

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Mar 5, 2022

Life is reality filtered

We’re all filters. Whatever ‘true’ reality is we experience it through the filter of ourselves. The unfiltered world cannot be comprehended because reality is simply too massive for us to fathom. Our senses and our brains pare down this reality to make experience possible. Reality goes in one end, experience…

Life

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Life is reality filtered
Life is reality filtered
Life

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Feb 24, 2022

A secret is not what you think it is

Give it away to find it — Most people when they have a good idea try to be secretive about it. They behave as is they’ve found the map to a hidden treasure and others might beat them to it if they’re not careful. This attitude is problematic for multiple reasons. Firstly, the boundaries of a secret…

Advice

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A secret is not what you think it is
A secret is not what you think it is
Advice

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Feb 14, 2022

Act before you think

Make hindsight work for you — Think before you act. This is sound advice at the face of it. After all, this is literally what separates us from animals who operate purely on instinct. But sometimes this advice can be taken too far. The problem is that we need ‘something’ to think about, some basic premise…

Startup

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Act before you think
Act before you think
Startup

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Feb 13, 2022

The cult of change needs to end

All change is not born equal — It seems we’re living through a time where change is considered not only inevitable, but also unequivocally a good thing. Change is the only constant, we’re told. We can either accept this state of affairs smilingly, or be left behind. However, not all change is the same. And not all…

Technology

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The cult of change needs to end
The cult of change needs to end
Technology

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Feb 10, 2022

Listen to the quiet voice

The secrets you don’t know you know — Listen to the quiet voice inside you. Your body and brain senses far more than you know. You might struggle to articulate what you want, but deep down you always ‘know’ what you desire. Listen to the voice closely because it will not bargain with you. It will just tell…

Motivation

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Listen to the quiet voice
Listen to the quiet voice
Motivation

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