108 Conventional and Unorthodox Ways of making Choices and Decisions (2)

For those who are more open to unorthodox ways of making decisions, for those with an open worldview, and for the curious, here is a follow-up article on ways for making decisions. This is the continuation on my first article: 108 Conventional and Unorthodox Ways of making Choices and Decisions. If you are open to experimenting,Continue reading “108 Conventional and Unorthodox Ways of making Choices and Decisions (2)”

108 Conventional and Unorthodox Ways of making Choices and Decisions (1)

Our life is made of our choices and decisions. There are plenty to make, and plenty of ways to make them (probably more than 108). In this article, I would like to share a few ways of making choices and decisions. I do not make a distinction between these two notions for the sake ofContinue reading “108 Conventional and Unorthodox Ways of making Choices and Decisions (1)”

10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (4)

This article is the follow-up of “10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (3)”. 10) Writing “Writing is powerful. Writing is magic. Writing is gold.“ Reading is great, but there is a point where you need to shift. You need to shift from absorbing information and knowledge, to creating, producing, and offering it.Continue reading “10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (4)”

10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (3)

This article is an expansion of the ideas developed in my previous article “10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (2)”. 7)   Taking naps and mastering sleep time Naps changed my life for the better. I have always been very cautious about how much I sleep. I am fortunate to have the abilityContinue reading “10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (3)”

10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (2)

This article follows  “10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (1)” 4)   Becoming Vegetarian/Vegan I was studying in Singapore for a semester. Some of my friends were British Hindus, and one week per year, they were to be fully vegetarian. I loved to experiment with new things and habits, so as a challengeContinue reading “10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (2)”

10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (1)

This article is an expansion of the ideas developed in my previous article “On Self-Discipline and the Power of Routines.” 1)   Meditation If I had to name only one habit that completely changed my life for the better, that would be meditation. Back in 2012, I made an intriguing encounter. I was living in LyonContinue reading “10 Routines, Practices and Habits that changed my life (1)”

On the virtues of scarcity.

Scarcity is a gift. We usually don’t see it that way, because we usually equate “scarcity” with “lack”. Scarcity sounds like we don’t have enough. Scarcity sounds like the desert. To speak about the virtues of scarcity means to speak about the virtues of the desert. Wise men from the past used the desert asContinue reading “On the virtues of scarcity.”