A podcast I was listening to some months ago made a reference to a quote “discipline equals freedom” by Jocko Willink. The podcast was not about discipline or habits, yet this small phrase stuck in my mind and intrigued me. I wondered what it meant and how could discipline be equal to freedom. The first …
I made a conscious choice to work from home when I started Nucleus Insights. I knew I would be traveling often on work and be away from home, so the days that I am in town, I wanted to be home. The start was bumpy. I had to figure out the boundaries with my family. …
It’s that time of the year in some parts of the world, when schools are finishing their academic year. The students get their grades from the exams and parents either rejoice or fret at the performance of their children. We are having one of those movies run at our home too. Our son who I …
Long work days are a daily feature for many. These include fire-fighting escalations, several meetings, conversations with team members, dealing with issues that crop up in different parts of the organisation, addressing client queries, working with external partners, answering emails from people who don’t seem to have a clue about what you are responsible for, …
Today is Women’s Day. When I asked some of the women that I work with, how this is marked in their organisation, the response is “we get gifts”, “there are talks by seniors”, “ we get flowers”, “we go out for team lunch” and “most men crib saying what is so special?”. These are the …
I have a recent ritual of gathering flowers in the morning for my mother. She uses them for her prayers, where she recites verses asking the universe to care for everyone’s well being. The flowers that I gather are the “Paarijata” flowers (Botanical name: Nyctanthes arbor-tiristis) also called as the coral jasmine. They bloom in …
New Year is the time when many resolutions are made. It is usually a list of things that one deeply desires to accomplish, but hasn’t been able to do so in the past. It is not unusual to have physical, financial and work-life balance goals. The gyms for sure make most money out of this …
The dictionary says to nudge is to prod someone gently with one’s elbow to attract attention. However, Richard Thaler winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics this year, took this verb to a whole different level. He saw it as influencing people to make choices that are better for them in the long term. His …
I have a self-imposed goal of writing at least one blog post a month. I want to create a habit of writing on some topic every month, so that I reflect on an insight that I had gathered or an experience that has impacted me. While one can argue that once a month is too …
In my last blog, I talked about how my mother taught us to share the mental workload. Here are a few things we have done in our family of four, to share the workload and enlist everyone. Family meetings We hold a family meeting once a week or once a fortnight. During the meeting, the …
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