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How to Believe in Yourself?

Courtesy: @samillustrates If you'd have met me almost three years ago, I was a totally different person. I never believed in myself and that was a central part of my underconfident life. Or rather, underconfidence in every facets of my life. I didn't think that I could excel in my college studies and hence never … Continue reading How to Believe in Yourself? →

Jay Sitapara Mental Health Leave a comment April 14, 2019

How to Pursue Deep Work?

Courtesy: @tanyashatseva Nobel Prize winner, J. K. Rowling was famously absent from social media while she was writing Harry Potter novels. In 2009, her staff opened a Twitter account and for one and a half year her only tweet read- “This is really me, but you won’t be hearing from me often I am afraid, … Continue reading How to Pursue Deep Work? →

Jay Sitapara Books & Reading Leave a comment April 5, 2019

Are you Struggling to Make Time for Solitude?

Courtesy: @tyler_spangler How frequent is it that you take time out for yourself? To just sit in a serene place doing nothing but retrospecting and relishing the silence. I am sure there might be few of us who can afford to indulge in this luxury on a regular basis. But most of us don't! We … Continue reading Are you Struggling to Make Time for Solitude? →

Jay Sitapara Mental Health Leave a comment April 2, 2019April 3, 2019

Murakami on What to Read

Courtesy: Vittorio Giardino It isn't an uncommon scenario when we find ourselves at the bookstore for a book next to read. We all have been there. Though one section of the bookstore which is a safe bet is "best-selling" one. Or if you don't visit bookstore anymore, "bestsellers" on Amazon. These contain the book that … Continue reading Murakami on What to Read →

Jay Sitapara Random Musings Leave a comment January 28, 2019April 9, 2019

How to Read a Book Like a Pro

Courtesy: @kaitlyn_ria Open a bookRead the wordsClose the bookMove to a next book We all know how to read. We all are taught how to read a language when we were in primary school. Though just reading and reading well are two different things. In this case, how do we do the latter one? There … Continue reading How to Read a Book Like a Pro →

Jay Sitapara Books & Reading 1 Comment January 14, 2019April 9, 2019

Reading is not a Part of a to-do List

Courtesy: @thesayanishere I remember a friend of mine telling me how he manages to read 5 books per weekend. That kept me wondering how is that possible. I tried speed reading but failed. I tried book skimming but failed. After self-loathing and quick failing for a couple of weekends, I did a quick Google search. … Continue reading Reading is not a Part of a to-do List →

Jay Sitapara Books & Reading Leave a comment December 30, 2018April 9, 2019

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