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Mar 25, 2021

Why Keeping Contradictory Ideas in your Head is Actually Helping you.

In his latest book “Beyond Order”, Jordan Peterson describes the phenomenon of self-deception and the contradicting ideas we tend to hold, which can go undetected for a long time and can bring a chasm into our inner world. …

Self

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Why Keeping Contradictory Ideas in your Head is Actually Helping you.
Why Keeping Contradictory Ideas in your Head is Actually Helping you.
Self

4 min read


Feb 14, 2021

Why you Should Always Strive for Simplicity

If you ever happen to look into some awarded websites that are highly praised for their design and smooth aesthetics, you will be heavily surprised. While some of them do achieve some artistic end that is pleasurable to the eye and they manage to combine information with a good presentation…

Life

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Why you Should Always Strive for Simplicity
Why you Should Always Strive for Simplicity
Life

5 min read


Feb 12, 2021

What it Really Means to Be a Good Listener

Most people know Time Feris for his extremely popular books “the four-hour workweek”, or “tools of titans”. They have sold many millions of copies all around the world and they all provide for the super-meticulous and methodological way of self-development that only Tim Feris knows how to manage. When I…

Life

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What it Means to Be a Good Listener
What it Means to Be a Good Listener
Life

6 min read


Feb 7, 2021

How the Whining Culture is Eating the World

Most people have probably been aware by now of the new sensation in Netflix, “Pretend it’s a city”. It’s 7 half-hour episodes, directed by Martic Scorsese per se, where there is only one person during the whole show talking and analyzing various happenings and behaviors of people in New York…

Self Improvement

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How the Whining Culture is Eating the World
How the Whining Culture is Eating the World
Self Improvement

6 min read


Feb 1, 2021

Constraints and Creativity

Reedsy prompts is a great resource for anyone who wants to try out and exercise his story-writing skills. It gives a new set of writing-challenges every week, all attuned in one particular theme chosen randomly on which you have the chance to write a piece between 1000 and 3000 words…

Creativity

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Constraints and Creativity
Constraints and Creativity
Creativity

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Jan 23, 2021

To Move on You Need to Change Your Core Desire

Writing can be tough at times. You need to be constantly reiterating ideas that make no sense, do prolonged research that might lead you nowhere, spend a huge amount of time on sentences and words just to make sure it is in a readable form and all that could very…

Self

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To Move on You Need to Change Your Core Desire
To Move on You Need to Change Your Core Desire
Self

6 min read


Jan 17, 2021

There is No Such Thing as Character in Stories

Here is a question for you, What is the voice in your head look like? I mean physically speaking, is it like us, or someone we know? Is it the same figure that everything emanates from, and remains constant through the course of our lives? Does the entity that speaks…

Writing

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There is No Such Thing as Character in Stories
There is No Such Thing as Character in Stories
Writing

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Jan 13, 2021

Why You Need to Get Your Feelings Dirty

For the last few months, I have developed a routine that I follow pretty much every day. At some point during the day, I will bring a halt to everything I do, bump the laptop screen down forcefully, and take a walk towards the only place in a walking distance…

Self Improvement

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Why You Need to Get Your Feelings Dirty
Why You Need to Get Your Feelings Dirty
Self Improvement

6 min read


Jan 9, 2021

What it Feels Like to Live With ADHD

‘Meet the Parents’ is a film made in 2000, where Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro got the chance to display their comedic genius. …

Adhd

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What it Feels Like to Live With ADHD
What it Feels Like to Live With ADHD
Adhd

5 min read


Jan 6, 2021

The Purpose of Drama

A few months back I began writing short stories in an attempt to cultivate my writing skills. …

Drama

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The Purpose of Drama
The Purpose of Drama
Drama

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