Tanmay Vora’s Blog and Sketchnotes

Common perception: You burn out when you work too much, too longer. That’s a simple burn out.  Reality: You also feel burned out when you ignore your inherent skills/gifts to do work in environments that are unfulfilling yet well paying. It stifles your creativity and creates a void inside. That’s a compound burn out.  93/366

When you are constantly distracted by digital devices, notifications and by your own fear of missing out, you are never fully present.  When you try to focus on one thing, you feel like you are missing on countless other things happening on the internet.  This means you are never able to experience, enjoy and engage […]

“Ask and you shall get”, they say. Clarifying what you need to the world is an essential skill for success.  Many years ago, I struggled with this. The fear of what others would think paralyzed me from asking for what I needed. I underplayed my potential, till the time I saw one of my other colleagues […]

We avoid fear, and yet overcomign fear is exactly how we grow. Yesterday, my wife was scheduled to visit a national television studio for recording her interview on nutrition and women’s health. She prepared for it with zeal but on the morning of the recording, she was fearful and anxious.  I told her that having […]

We think fuel burns the fire. Fuel is our ability to work hard tirelessly.  But remember – fire does not happen without oxygen. Oxygen is our ability to stop. Take rest. Rejuvenate.  The secret to doing interesting creative work is not to focus simply on more input. You have to factor rest, boredom, wandering, exploration […]

Life is like grains of sand that you hold in hand. If you squeeze it tightly, the grains will slip away. But if you open your palm and hold the gains, they stay.  The secret to living a good life is to not squeeze it tightly. Not to remain eternally busy. Not to be fixated […]

This I learned today.  Small regrets of today can snowball into big regrets later in life. The little things you neglect today can compound into bigger problems later in life. So, when you hit your bed and if you are feeling: I could have eaten cleaner today. I could have worked harder today. I could […]