A few months back, I published this guide on how to remember everything you read.
Re-sharing it here for anyone who finds these protocols useful.
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8th Pay Commission is the most talked about salary reform in India right now.
50 lakh employees. 65 lakh pensioners. Lakhs of crores on the line.
But before you celebrate or criticise, here is the full picture - the good, the bad, and the uncomfortable truth. 🧵
Things to teach your kids;
- Chess
- First aid
- Resilience
- Astronomy
- Persuasion
- Adaptability
- Self-respect
- Self-defence
- Cooking skills
- Assertiveness
- Managing time
- A good attitude
- Public speaking
- Problem solving
- Self-awareness
- Gardening skills
- How to volunteer
- How to negotiate
- Living off the land
- Basic home repair
- Starting a business
- Money management
- Good communication
- Don’t watch the news
- Emotional intelligence
- How to manage stress
- Basic car maintenance
- How to make a decision
- How to influence people
- How to be a great mother
- It’s okay to feel your emotions
- Mental frameworks for thinking
- Understanding healthy relationships
- Building others up, not tearing them down
- Problem-solving over memorization
- Exploration over conformity
- Creativity over rote learning
- The value of hard work.
- How to be kind to everyone.
- Why failure is the path to success.
- How to think, not what to think.
- How to adapt, not conform.
- How to lead, not follow.
- How to create, not consume.
- Taking care of animals.
- Good use of language.
- Opposite sex relationships.
- Healhy food choices.
- Music, listening and performing.
- General culture.
- Foreign languages.
- Leadership.
- Stoicism.
- Fasting.
- Sports.
- Video games.
- Spirituality.
- Travelling.
- Copywriting.
- Drawing.
- Self love.
What would you add?
Things to teach your kids;
- Chess
- First aid
- Resilience
- Astronomy
- Persuasion
- Adaptability
- Self-respect
- Self-defence
- Cooking skills
- Assertiveness
- Managing time
- A good attitude
- Public speaking
- Problem solving
- Self-awareness
- Gardening skills
- How to volunteer
- How to negotiate
- Living off the land
- Basic home repair
- Starting a business
- Money management
- Good communication
- Don’t watch the news
- Emotional intelligence
- How to manage stress
- Basic car maintenance
- How to make a decision
- How to influence people
- How to be a great mother
- It’s okay to feel your emotions
- Mental frameworks for thinking
- Understanding healthy relationships
- Building others up, not tearing them down
- Problem-solving over memorization
- Exploration over conformity
- Creativity over rote learning
- The value of hard work.
- How to be kind to everyone.
- Why failure is the path to success.
- How to think, not what to think.
- How to adapt, not conform.
- How to lead, not follow.
- How to create, not consume.
- Taking care of animals.
- Good use of language.
- Opposite sex relationships.
- Healhy food choices.
- Music, listening and performing.
- General culture.
- Foreign languages.
- Leadership.
- Stoicism.
- Fasting.
- Sports.
- Video games.
- Spirituality.
- Travelling.
- Copywriting.
- Drawing.
- Self love.
What would you add?
In 1905, Einstein published special relativity. In 1915, he published general relativity. Einstein was just trying to understand the universe.
But without Einstein's math, Google Maps would be wrong by 11 kms every single day.
Let me tell you why - this is very interesting :))
Your phone doesn't "talk" to GPS satellites. It only listens. Each satellite is broadcasting one thing, constantly: "I am satellite 'A', and it is currently 14:23:00.000000."
Your phone receives signals from 4 satellites simultaneously. Because light travels at a known speed, tiny differences in arrival time tell it exactly how far it is from each satellite.
'A' satellite tells you: you're somewhere on a sphere of radius 20,000 km.
'B' satellite: that sphere intersects another sphere - now you're on a circle.
'C' satellite: that circle intersects a third sphere - now you're at 2 points.
'D' satellite: eliminates the last ambiguity and only one point remains.
That's you!
Except there's a problem nobody thought about until Einstein.
The satellites are orbiting at 20,200 km altitude, moving at 14,000 km/h.
Two things happen to their clocks simultaneously:
- Special relativity: Moving clocks tick slower. At orbital velocity, the satellite clock loses 7.2 microseconds per day
- General relativity: Clocks in weaker gravity tick faster. At that altitude, gravity is weaker. The clock gains 45.9 microseconds per day.
Net effect: 45.9 - 7.2 = +38.7 microseconds per day.
In 38.7 microseconds, light travels 11.6 kilometers.
So without correction, the system would accumulate 11.6 km of error. Every single day. In a week, your navigation is useless.
The fix is one of the most elegant things in all of engineering.
Before each satellite launches, its atomic clock is physically tuned to tick slightly slower than it would on Earth - by exactly 38.7 microseconds per day.
Once in orbit, relativistic effects speed it back up. And it arrives at exactly the right rate.
Einstein's 1915 paper is baked into the hardware of your phone's navigation system.
The next time Google Maps routes you correctly, you're experiencing general relativity.
You just didn't know it.
8 PODCASTS THAT TEACH YOU TO READ ROOMS;
1. The Art of Charm
2. The Charisma Lab
3. The Psychology Podcast
4. Very Bad Wizards
5. Hidden Brain
6. Where Should We Begin?
7. The Ezra Klein Show
8. Making Sense with Sam Harris
8 PODCASTS THAT TEACH YOU TO READ ROOMS;
1. The Art of Charm
2. The Charisma Lab
3. The Psychology Podcast
4. Very Bad Wizards
5. Hidden Brain
6. Where Should We Begin?
7. The Ezra Klein Show
8. Making Sense with Sam Harris
If men start eating:
1. Pumpkin seeds
2. Watermelon seeds
3. Brazil nuts
4. Tomatoes
5. Avocados
6. Ginseng
7. Spinach
8. Carrots
9. Eggs
10. Grapes
11. Almonds
12. Dates
13. Moringa
14. Beetroots
15. Ginger and garlic
16. Pomegranates
17. Salmon
Your sperm cells and testosterone levels will be boosted, and your overall sexual health will improve naturally.
Repost for others to learn!
Your job is no longer safe at all.
Corporate and private jobs can go anytime.
All the major tech companies have fired more than 1 lakh people in the last one year.
You only have one option left: prepare well for govt exams.
If you've chosen this path, don't fool yourself.
Give your 100%
Top 20 Must-Read Books for Self-Growth & Success 📚
1) Atomic Habits – James Clear
2) Deep Work – Cal Newport
3) The Psychology of Money – Morgan Housel
4) Can’t Hurt Me – David Goggins
5) The Lean Startup – Eric Ries
6) Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
7) How to Win Friends & Influence People – Dale Carnegie
8) Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki
9) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R. Covey
10) Start With Why – Simon Sinek
11) Zero to One – Peter Thiel
12) The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle
13) Mindset – Carol S. Dweck
14) The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck – Mark Manson
15) Ikigai – Héctor García & Francesc Miralles
16) Eat That Frog – Brian Tracy
17) The 4-Hour Workweek – Tim Ferriss
18) Shoe Dog – Phil Knight
19) The Almanack of Naval Ravikant – Eric Jorgenson
20) The Millionaire Fastlane – MJ DeMarco
One book a month. No excuses.
12 months = 12 books
(upgrade your thinking forever)
Jan – Atomic Habits
Feb – The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Mar – The Psychology of Money
Apr – Ego Is the Enemy
May – Discipline Equals Freedom
June – The Slight Edge
July – Can’t Hurt Me
Aug – The Millionaire Fastlane
Sep – Principles
Oct – The Let Them Theory
Nov – The Mountain Is You
Dec – Man’s Search for Meaning
20 Problems = 20 Books
1) Want to break a bad habit?
Read "Atomic Habits" by James Clear.
2) Keep getting distracted while working?
Read "Indistractable" by Nir Eyal.
3) Feeling lost in life?
Read "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl.
4) Have trouble controlling your emotions?
Read "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius.
5) Bad at socializing or communicating?
Read "How to Win Friends & Influence People" by Dale Carnegie.
6) Lose motivation to work out quickly?
Read "Can't Hurt Me" by David Goggins.
7) Always saving information but never using it?
Read "Building a Second Brain" by Tiago Forte.
8) In debt or bad at budgeting?
Read "I Will Teach You To Be Rich" By Ramit Sethi.
9) Want to change your limited mindset?
Read "Mindset" by Carol Dweck.
10) Terrible at small talk?
Read "The Fine Art of Small Talk" by Debra Fine.
11) Scared of starting a creative project?
Read "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield.
12) Want to make smarter financial decisions?
Read "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel.
13) Want to become happier, healthier, and wealthier?
Read "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant" by Eric Jorgenson.
14) Bad at negotiating?
Read "Never Split The Difference" by Chris Voss.
15) Want to make more but work less?
Read "The 4-Hour Workweek" by Tim Ferriss.
16) Want to build resilience and a stronger mind?
Read "Grit" by Angela Duckworth.
17) Overthinking every decision?
Read "Thinking in Bets" by Annie Duke.
18) Have a product that isn't doing so well?
Read "$100M Offers" by Alex Hormozi.
19) Afraid of being judged or disliked?
Read "The Courage to Be Disliked" by Ichiro Kishimi.
20) Feel overwhelmed by too many priorities?
Read "The ONE Thing" by Jay Papasan.