Ramakrishnan Suresh

I'm just myself.

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

देश के अलग-अलग हिस्सों में तापमान लगातार बढ़ रहा है और इसके साथ ही दैनिक जीवन में गर्मी से होने वाली कई कठिनाइयां भी बढ़ रही हैं। मैं सभी देशवासियों से आग्रह करता हूं कि जितनी अधिक सावधानी बरत सकें, अवश्य बरतें। कृपया स्वयं को हाइड्रेटेड रखें, घर से बाहर निकलते समय पानी साथ रखें। ऐसे मौसम में आपकी संवेदनशीलता भी बहुत बड़ा सहारा बन जाती है। यदि संभव हो, तो किसी प्यासे व्यक्ति को एक गिलास पानी अवश्य दें। मैं ऐसे लोगों की सराहना भी करूँगा जो अपने घरों के और दुकानों के बाहर मटके में जल रखते हैं ताकि कोई भी उनसे पानी पी सके।

[James Clear @JamesClear]

People can help you in many ways throughout life, but there are two things nobody can give you: curiosity and drive. They must be self-supplied.

If you are not interested and curious, all the information in the world can be at your fingertips, but it will be relatively useless. If you are not motivated and driven, whatever connections or opportunities are available to you will be rendered inert.

Now, you won't feel curious and driven about every area of life, and that's fine. But it really pays to find something that lights you up. This is one of the primary quests of life: to find the thing that ignites your curiosity and drive.

There are many recipes for success. There is no single way to win. But nearly all recipes include two ingredients: curiosity and drive.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Exceptional people are rare. When you find someone wonderful, invest in them.

-When you find a great employee, pay them well.

-When you find a great friend, prioritize the relationship.

-When you find a great spouse, out-love them each day.

Relationships are probably the most important part of life. Take care of the great ones.

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Addiction to short-form videos is associated with reduction of brain activity in the frontal lobe and weakened focus.

[Dimitri Dadiomov @dadiomov]

“The secret to doing great work is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours.”

This Amos Tversky quote is 1000x more true today. As technology accelerates, reserving time and energy for indulging your curiosity is ever more important.

Really feeling that these days.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

8 habits of highly effective people, by Stephen Covey:

1 be proactive
2 begin with end in mind
3 put first things first
4 think win-win
5 seek first to understand, then be understood
6 synergize
7 sharpen the saw
8 inner self growth and development

1 be proactive: proactive people carry their own weather with them - their honor, values, principles, commitment and dedication are much greater than their moods.

2 begin with the end in mind; do things by design, not by accident - execute every spoken word with an “end result” in mind.

3 put first things first: do the important things first –because where you are headed as well as the clear direction that you are taking is far more important than how fast you are going and when will you get there.

4 think win-win: win-win is a belief in the “third alternative” - it is not your way or my way; it is a better way. We need not only do the right thing, but rather what is right for business, locally and globally.

5 first understand, then be understood: the key to clear understanding is listening well, listening with our eyes, our mind, our soul and our heart (this is the hardest habit to develop)

6 synergize: one plus one equals three or more - synergize your life and business so you can be a multiplier for all.

7 sharpen the saw: renew, develop, evaluate, assess, energize, polish, refine and enhance the greatest asset you have – you.

8 inner self growth and development: the importance of finding your voice and inspiring others to find theirs to be effective is not everything, you have to move from effectiveness to greatness to be the best

The biggest influence in life is habit. To get better results, develop better habits.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Your professional success is proportional to your ability to figure it out. There's nothing more valuable than someone who can just figure it out. And it's never been easier to be that person. Do the work. Ask the key questions. Get it done. Do that and you'll find a way to win.

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

What people don't tell you:

At the highest levels...discipline is the exception, not the rule.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The best career advice I ever received: There's nothing more valuable than someone who can just figure it out. Do some work. Ask the key questions. Get it done. Repeat. If you do that, people will fight over you.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

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[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

You can learn anything in 2 weeks.

You can't master it, obviously, but if you obsess over it, you can become better at it than most people ever will. You'd be surprised how fast your life can change when you understand this.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

A few cold emails changed my life.

Here are some tips if you're trying to send one:

1. Short and simple gets read (long and complex gets deleted). Stop with the long cold emails. They make eyes glaze over and get deleted. 4-5 lines, space them out with hard enters (makes them appear more optically pleasing and digestible).

2. Simple direct subject line. Stop with the shock factor cold emails. They may get an open, but the person won't take you seriously (sorry). Just be direct.

3. Personalize it (and don't use AI). Make sure it's clear it's not a mass email. Just do the unscalable thing. Learn something about the person you're sending it to and include that detail.

4. Embed a bit of social proof on why the person should take you seriously. What have you done? What makes you different or interesting? If you have nothing, focus on building some skills first. Your skills are networking magnets.

5. Create some value for the person. Don't "gate it" behind a follow-up call or email, just share it. If you're pitching a service, create a mock-up of what you'd do for the person and include a screenshot in the email. If you're trying to get an interview, include a doc breaking down your observations about the company and opportunities.

6. End with a clear call-to-action. Ideally a single line, short sentence, and bolded or clearly standing out from the email.

Hope this helps someone out there. I know it would have helped me.

[Viraj Sheth @viraj_sheth]

You can either cry about other people’s privileges or find your own moat and double down on that.

It can be anything.

Good looks.
Emotional stability.
Demographic advantage.
Language fluency.
Unmatched charisma.
Pattern recognition.
Storytelling.
High tolerance to uncertainty.
Bias for action.
Curiosity.
Taste.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

The problem is that you don't know what you want to do, and figuring out what you want to do requires learning, experimentation, and effort - so you do nothing.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

THIS:

[James Clear @JamesClear]

You should always be rooting for the people you know. Not only because you may need their support tomorrow, but also because it feels good to celebrate something.

Celebration can rescue your day—even if it is someone else's victory. Envy will ruin your day—even if you're actually winning.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Don't worry about being the most interesting person in the room, just try to be the most interested person in the room.

The interested person asks about others and leaves a good impression because people like talking about themselves. The interested person is genuinely curious about someone's craft and learns a lot about how things work. The interested person engages with more people and—because opportunities come through people—is more likely to catch a lucky break.

In general, the interested person learns more and tends to be well-liked. And in the long run, it's hard to keep down someone who is well-learned and well-liked.

[blue @bluewmist]

the older you get the more you’ll realize that everything really is that deep. the people you confide in, trust, date, become friends with, the opportunities you take. what you watch & listen to.
what you eat. & even what you consume mentally, emotionally, & spiritually. it’s very deep and shouldn’t be taken lightly. this is your only life. enjoy it. but, be more intentional about it each & everyday.

[blue @bluewmist]

start embarrassingly small. wake up 5 minutes earlier. do 1 push-up daily. write 1 sentence. read 1 page. walk around the block. meditate for 30 seconds. drink 1 glass of water. make your bed. do it to build identity. do it to create momentum. do it to compound results. do it to transform everything.

[Prasanna Viswanathan @prasannavishy]

India’s poorest households just lived through a decade of historic upgrade. Staggering scale of transformation.
• Rural vehicle ownership jumped 6%→47%
• Urban poorest owning bikes/cars grew 20%→60%
• Fridges, not long ago considered a luxury, now reach 46% rural and 58% urban among the poorest
• Mobile phones are now universal with 94%+ even among the bottom 40%.
• States like Telangana, Karnataka, UP, MP posted the steepest gains ever recorded