Tanmay Vora’s Blog and Sketchnotes

If you try to catch two monkeys at the same time, you’ll miss both. If you are thinking about meeting a friend while studying, you are neither meeting the friend, nor studying. You are missing out on both. Do one thing at a time, and do it well. Multi-tasking is a myth.  53/366

To get anything done, you have to follow-up with yourself or other people who are getting it done.  Knowing what needs to be done (e.g. task lists) is a good start. But following up is the key to execution. It is the key to getting any job done. Create tasks but revisit them end of […]

As we grow, we tend to spend most of the time for Vitamin-M (Money). It’s necessary but not sufficient for living a good life.  We need Vitamin-N (Nature) too. Each morning, get some sunlight. Walk barefoot on grass. Build hobbies that help you stay close to nature (e.g. photography or hiking). Sit in the balcony […]

When we make a promise to someone else, we are more likely to keep it.  But what about promises that we make to ourselves? The easiest person to take for granted is your own self. We have a tendency to put our plans on a backseat the moment someone else out there starts expecting us […]

Stuck in something that you are not able to solve? Take a break. Step away. Take a walk. Listen to your favorite song. Talk to someone about something different. Take a nap.  When we step away to a place of calm, our sub-conscious mind builds perspective. It enables you to view the situation/problem through an […]

“I am not good at that” is a language of victim.  If it is your choice to not be good at something, say “It have chosen not to invest my time learning it.” If you intend to get better at something you are not good at, you can say “I am not good at that […]