Yup! I talked to myself for 30-days. With the month ending, March’s 30-day experiment of Positive Self-Talk comes to an end too! Why did I choose this experiment? Quick story time. It was a regular Monday morning and my two little nieces of age 1 and 2 came to visit me (They make me want to be a kid again!). Even though they were downstairs and I was upstairs working, they like to run around and yell gibberish – like typical …
Category: Personal Experiments
On a very typical day many years ago, I was sitting in the library with my head down to cram for the upcoming exam. Caught up in my own worries and fears, I failed to notice a high school classmate who could have benefited from my kindness – or at the very least acknowledgement. Luckily though, he came around the second time and this time I made the contact that I should have the first time around. You can read …
How did these personal experiments start? In 2014, after jumping head-first into the world of personal development, I realized that there is no shortage of magic formulas, hacks, and clickbaits for overnight success. To maximize the personal impact, I needed to read good content, apply, and test it with myself. Thus, personal experiments were born. Personal Experiments are 30 day challenges to adopt new habits. The goal of these experiments is to improve an area of life, apply the forever …
This blog post is part of the Personal Experiments. These experiments are 30 day challenges to adopt new habits (instead of just reading about them). Problem – Making Excuses Most of the life’s valuable things are hard. Building a career, having good health, finding a good partner, and raising a family. Upon self-reflection, I realized that I was often complaining or making excuses about hard things. Solution – Take ownership Take extreme ownership (and no excuses) approach to your building …