10 questions you should ask yourself at the end of every year:

1. What is one habit that I learned or got rid of?
2. Which relationships/friendship in my life should I eliminate?
3. What were the biggest wasted opportunities ?
4. What activity should I spend less time on in next year?
5. How much time I have devoted to my health?
6. Which movies/tv series I watched and were they valuable to my life?
7. Did I read any books?
8. Did I tell any big lies for which I suffered in the long term?
9. Did I get any major disease and what have I learned from it?
10. What were the reasons for fighting with my partner? 

Review: Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Some chapters of this book were overstretched but overall a nice read. Part 1 and Part 3 are worth the time while the middle part felt like a repetitive read.
What I like about Adam Alter is his choice of experiments that he includes in the book. The experiments make it interesting to go through.


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Review: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

One belief that I always had is that being extrovert is the way to live life and have success. This book made me appreciate my introvert nature and not go against it.
Probably, this is a book which I am going to gift a lot to parents. Most of the parents believe in this principle of extrovert= success.

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Review: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I had read "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg before reading this book. While Duhigg's book focuses on history/scientific anecdotes of habits, James's book is a more practical guide to forming habits.
I particularly liked the "Focus on Systems, not on goals" and " Design your environment" principles. I am quite positive that I am going to read this book again and again.

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My favorite 5 books of 2019

My definition of favorite books include books that:

a. I can re-read. 

b. has taught me something profound ( I expect 10 times returns from books, not linear outputs)

c. give me the knowledge that I can transfer in real life easily.

d. Maximum wisdom per page.

So on the basis of that, my favorite books are:

1.  Atomic Habits by James Clear: I had read "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg before reading this book. While Duhigg's book focuses on history/scientific anecdotes of habits, James's book is a more practical guide to forming habits. I particularly liked the "Focus on Systems, not on goals" and " Design your environment" principles. I am quite positive that I am going to pick up this book again in 2020.
2. Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport: The biggest lesson that I learned from this book was that we should define our values first and then use technology to achieve that. Just mindless wandering on the Internet will make you caught in a loop and the loop will generally end with feelings of guilt and negativity. One thing that I implement after reading this book was to not use those services which serve news feeds on the basis of NN algorithms whether its youtube or quora or Instagram. 
3. Quiet by Susan Cain: One belief that I always had is that being extrovert is the way to live life and have success. This book made me appreciate my introvert nature and not go against it. Probably, this is a book which I am going to gift a lot to parents. Most of the parents believe in this principle of extrovert= success. 
4. Deep Work by Cal Newport: The biggest takeaway I got from this book was that we focus more on convenience than the effectiveness of employees in this century. I like books written by professors/ academicians/ researchers because they rely on scientific research and often the sources are cited in the end.
5. Transcripts of Naval Ravikant's podcasts: Naval Ravikant is the founder of Angel list and he has a famous tweetstorm " How to get rich " on twitter. I particularly liked his views on happiness, desires and reading books. 

Some other books that I liked are Jordan Peterson's "12 Rules for Life", Robert Wright's "Why Buddism is true", Sadhguru's "Inner Engineering", Make it Stick,  Why we sleep by Mathew Walker, and Ultralearning by Scott Young.

Review: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I think that the count of reading books is a vanity metric. I try to find books that I can read again and again after a year or two. This book definitely falls into that category. I have probably read this book twice and I think I will read it again next year.

We are made to believe that we should be reachable easily or we should have zero inboxes. This book made me realize that its okay to be rude sometimes to concentrate deeply on your work life or personal life.
I am definitely going to gift this book as a giveaway to my friends.

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Review: Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I would have liked this book if I had not read "The power of habit" or "Atomic habits". I really liked the concept of "The Manipulation Matrix" which probably I use a lot when creating something.

I am giving 4 stars as the author maintains a good flow of the ideas, the examples are relevant, no beating around the bush and there are questions at the end of every chapter which can help you in reflection.

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Review: The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy

The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy by Neal D. Barnard
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

After reading this book, I am convinced that cheese is unhealthy. What I still find difficult to digest (pun intended), is how milk (or curd) can be dangerous. There are too many conflicting studies on the consumption of milk that it's difficult to know the truth. One question that I also want an answer for is how to get the necessary calcium if you don't have milk or eggs?
I am going to believe most of the claims of the author and I just hope they are correct.




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Review: When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I like reading dying memoirs. I think death provides a lot of clarity and generally, in the last moments, people start accepting reality. After doing meditation for a year or two, you start to get a realization that everything is impermanent except death. It's a positive feeling rather than a negative one. You start understanding the importance of time and start focusing on things that are valuable to you.

I really liked this book. One thing that will perplex your mind is the ironies in the life of Paul Kalanithi: an English major returning to writing, a doctor becoming a patient, a new life was born when one was dying, etc.

If this book doesn't move you (especially the epilogue by his wife), you probably are not a human.

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Review: 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works

10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works by Dan Harris
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

One question I often struggled to find an answer to is how to balance equanimity with ambition? Meditation does make you focus on the present moment, and get you rid of desires, the dilemma then is how to balance ambition with your peace of mind.
I appreciate the attempt of Dan Harris to answer this question but the explanation was very short. (last 2 chapters)Often the writers who write about the "Now" concept don't have a regular job so they have more freedom over life and can practice this concept. What I want to know is how one can apply these concepts in a regular job. Dan Harris is one such person who is a correspondent at a news channel.

The writing was really good and I didn't feel like putting this book down.

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Review: Who Will Cry When You Die? Life Lessons from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Who Will Cry When You Die? Life Lessons from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin S. Sharma
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I like these kinds of reads where you can open any page and start reading. Sometimes you are waiting in a queue and you don't have enough time to read for a long time. So, to utilize my time, I read books like these where the chapters are 2 pages long.
This book has pretty good book recommendations in different chapters. I learned about Randy Pausch and Morrie after reading about them in this book.



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Review: Everyone Has A Story

Everyone Has A Story by Savi Sharma
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This book was recommended by a friend and after reading this book, I have stopped talking to that friend. This book is an upgrade for people who read Durjoy Dutta, Chetan Bhagat or Ravinder Singh. This is definitely not worth the time for people who read a lot.

One lesson that I learned after reading this book - be friends with good people as their book choices can impact you also.

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Review: The Race of My Life: An Autobiography

The Race of My Life: An Autobiography by Milkha Singh
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is one of those rare books where the movie adaption is actually better than reading the book. I was looking for something new in this book after watching the movie "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" but I was disappointed.
The book can be skimmed in one sitting.

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Review: Tuesdays with Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is one of the best short books I have ever read.
All of the chapters generally have 3-4 good lines which are worth reading again and again. I particularly found Morrie's views on culture, death, and marriage to be quite thoughtworthy.

Most of the book can be skimmed but when those profound quotes come, do close the book to ponder upon them.


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10 questions to ask on first date

10 questions to ask a girl on first date 

1. What are your 3 favourite movies ?
2. What is one thing you like about your friend ?
3. What is one thing for which you can spend any amount of money ?
4. Subway or Dominos ?
5. Quora or Medium ?
6. What’s is your favourite car ?
7. Yoga or Gym 
8. Beer or Whiskey ?
9. Android or IOS ?
10. Facebook or Twitter ?

10 egoistic things we do :

10 egoistic things we do every day 

1. When we judge someone on the basis of their face. 
2. When we judge failed people. 
3. When we judge someone on the basis of the car they drive 
4. Liking someone because of their work or family not because of the work they do 
5. Focusing on superficial things of people than on internal character 
6. Labeling people as Hindu or Muslim than being a human 
7. Eating out at western food chains just because we think it’s cool
8. Spending lavishly at weddings just because we want people to remember the occasion
9. Going to the gym to develop a body to impress girls than being healthy 
10. Parents telling about the academic achievements of their children 

10 examples where actions are similar but intentions are different:

1. A doctor and a murderer use sharp instruments on another person. One uses to save a life while other uses to get a life.
2. Poor people use food to survive while the rich throw food parties to boost their ego.
3. AC makes human life comfortable but it makes difficult for birds to survive.
4. Sex lets the human species survive but becomes violence when people don't like it.
5. Religion unites people but also divides people.
6. Water gives life but also takes life. Excess water causes flood but lack of it causes deaths.
7. The Internet makes information accessible but takes out our ability to think.
8. Airplanes take you to the destination faster but also reduce the time span of earth.
9. Plastics increase your convenience but destroy the planet.
10. Information is free but it gives additional stress.

10 after effects of meditation

1. You can’t see violence in any form whether its porn or any verbal fight.
2. You gain a lot of willpower to say ’No’ to a lot of things.
3. The sleep gets better and your posture also improves over time.
4. When you are talking with someone, you are only talking to them. You don't get distracted.
5. Your happiness does not depend on material objects ( like food, clothes, songs, etc)
6. You maintain a constant speed on your bike/car rather than going up and down.
7. You feel every bit of food going through your body.
8. You don't feel to escape any situation, rather you feel confident to face it.
9. You think you are going to curse someone but when the moment comes, your anger melts away easily.
10. You do everything with love. It becomes difficult for you to do things without love (even sex)

10 questions i can ask Sadhguru

1. There is fiction all around. How one finds truth in this chaos of life?
2. If every human job which depends on memory is automated, what will humans do?
3. How would the world have panned out if there had been no religion?
4. All religions of the world have some foundational values in the start but with the passage of time, the people of that religion get away from those values. Why does it happen?
5. What is talent? Does God really give some special power to some people on this planet?
6. At what age we should expose children to social media/the internet?
7. What is entertainment? Is it someone's responsibility to make me laugh?
8. Should humans have sex only for reproduction?
9. You are very skeptic about the use of natural resources by humans but positive about the use of technology by humans?
10. Can a human live life by speaking truth only?

10 things in life for which only we only are responsible.

1. Health
2. Choosing friends
3. Finding a partner
4. Using Brain/ Intellectual power
5. Misery / Failures
6. The upbringing of our kids.
7. Financial Position
8. Foundational Values
9. The exposure on social media.
10. Our academic success.

10 questions about your childhood

1. Do you remember the first time you lied?
2. At what age you had your first crush?
3. Who was your favorite superhero?
4. Do you remember the first movie you watched in the theatre?
5. The age at which relinquished the pleasure?
6. Your ranking in class at age 10?
7. The first song on which you danced on stage?
8. Who was your first teacher crush?
9. Anyone lame occasion where you cried?
10. Do you remember your birthday celebration?

10 ways to propose a girl

1. For a girl who is a writer, writing an article for her in a newspaper.
2. For a girl who is a coder, making a library for her.
3. For a girl who is HR, making a document of policies and then lie.
4. For a girl who loves music, writing a song for her.
5. Making a comic strip about their love story.
6. By making a website and flashing the message on the screen.
7. By playing a video game with her in which a boy proposes to the girl.
8. Making a video with the help of her family and friends.
9. By giving up your bad habit and then proposing.
10. By gifting her a photo album and making a story in the photos.

10 questions to ask any college/university head:

1. Do you find dealing with professors more difficult or with students?
2. Competition is a negative emotion that can easily crop up among students. How will counter this feeling in your child?
3. Suppose a student commits suicide, what are the steps you are going to take to prevent this?
4. What is one activity that you will like to incorporate in your professional schedule?
5. Should we also honor people who publish more research papers at convocation?
6. What is the biggest ethical dilemma you faced?
7. Becoming a college head ranks where on your achievement list?
8. Do you miss teaching children?
9. Should not the best teachers of the college be freed from administrative duties?
10. What do you when you are overloaded with information and unable to make a decision?

10 topics for this blog

1. 10 best things about Christmas.
2. 10 questions to ask an astrologist.
3. 10 questions to ask a  cleaner.
4. 10 ways to propose a girl.
5. 10 questions to ask a girl on the first date.
6. 10 common observations about a sports fan.
7. 10 ways an online MOOC can advertise.
8. 10 areas OYO can enter now.
9. 10 ways Flipkart can outsell Amazon.
10. 10 things to take care while going on a solo trip.

10 topics for this blog

1. 10 names for my podcast.
2. 10 things that vegetable vendors should change.
3. 10 accessories to Kindle.
4. 10 jokes on rituals of religion.
5. 10 jokes on stereotypes of Punjabis.
6. 10 things to keep in mind while designing my blog.
7. 10 questions to the admission committee of any university.
8. 10 areas of life where we multitask.
9. 10 questions to the astrophysicist.
10. 10 changes in Punjabi weddings that should happen immediately.

10 things I learnt from Reading Hooked book

1. This book actually keeps you hooked from start till the end by using all the relevant examples.
2. B= MAT. For any behavior to occur, you should have the motivation, ability, and trigger. ( BJ Fogg Model)
3. The Manipulation Matrix
4. The hook Model
5. Six elements of Simplicity-- What things we can make simple so that users use the product.
6. " Only 1 left in stock" is often a hook used by companies to make you believe that the product is scarce and you should buy it immediately.
7. “Every behavior is driven by one of three Core Motivators: seeking pleasure or avoiding pain, seeking hope and avoiding fear, seeking social acceptance while avoiding social rejection”
8. " The more effort - either physical or mental required to perform the desired action, the less likely to occur."
9. Variable rewards keep the users hooked. If the newsfeed in your facebook is repetitive, you won't use the product again. Our brain likes uncertainty in terms of content.
10. "But you are free to give anything" is the request that can work wonders.

10 good things about running

1. Running is a form of meditation.
2. Run-on the road less traveled.
3. You only need shoes and a flat track to run. 
4. When you run, you are not competing with anyone.
5. Running marathons in this highly stimulated world is equivalent to spending hours in solitude.
6. Marathons bear a great resemblance to life. You have to be a constant runner and maintain the same energy throughout.
7. It's easy to take cold baths after a long run.
8. Some of the great scientists of the world preferred long runs to clear their minds. ( Alan Turing, Terrace Sejnowski, etc.)
9. Running builds physical stamina which can help in playing other sports.
10. Running in nature helps the respiratory system a lot .

10 things we dont appreciate in our life

1. How our parents have raised us successfully.
2. How we don't die because of the mistakes of others. (Earlier people died from war, famine, and plague)
3. How our brain is working fine ( There are millions of things that can go wrong in your brain.)
4. Freedom to choose what you eat.
5. Ability to communicate in a universal language ( English)
6. Ability to access information for free.
7. Free Society
8. Ability to choose life partners.
9. Immortality rate reducing year by year.
10. We can communicate with anyone across the planet for free.

10 things i learnt from Feynman:

The lessons I learned by reading his book "What do you care what people think'

1. He didn't like fiction at all. he always wanted to stick to reality.
2. Once in Japan, he preferred staying in a family inn than a big hotel.
3. When his first love, Arlene was sick, he read the medical books to find the root cause.
4. Feynman didn't believe in luck at all.
5. Feynman even slept in garbage dumps when he used to go to meet his first love in hospital.
6. Although his primary interest was physics, he never shied away from reading biology.
7. Feynman could read books while talking.
8. He was bad at remembering names.
9. When he went to Trinidad Tobago, he wanted to see how poor people of that country live not the museums or famous places.
10. He considered the focus on English literature in academics to be overrated.

10 rules to have a minimalist desktop:

1. Have an expiry period for the tabs on the browser. You must close you all tabs after 3 days so that you don't have any attention residue left. Often when you log in and see the old tabs, it triggers a chain of thoughts that make you believe that some work is pending. 
2. It helps to work in full-screen mode.
3. Use the color coding in Mac properly. ( Like Red for important files, Yellow for books that can you read in future, blue for technical papers )
4. You can also use folders for bookmarks.
5. The dock should only have those files which you use frequently. ( No need to have contacts, maps)
6. Use content blockers/ad blockers always when working on deep tasks.
7. Have nature images as wallpapers.
8. Use the screen time trackers.
9. Excel is also a good tracking tool.  No need to download specific apps for that.
10. Always define the relationship between your device and you. If it is a work computer, don't use it for entertainment.

10 things/ posters I can have in my room

1. Poster displaying my top values.
2. Poster of a Brain
3. A frame of photos doing my favorite tasks like running, reading, yoga, etc.
4. A photo with my mentors/teachers/parents.
5. A daily journal/ calender on the shelf.
6. A checklist poster/board.
7. A green plant.
8. A poster of nature ( or of something of fruits/vegetables/trees)/
9. A display board with random entries from my journal diary.
10. A small musical instrument like a flute.

Review: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right

The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

There are some books that revolve around one idea and it gets irritating to complete the book. The idea that we need checklists in complex tasks to survive is great. There were repeating examples of using a checklist in hospitals.

I think you can just read the 3rd, 7th and 8th chapter of this book ( 8th chapter being the most important one). This is a one time read book. (Not a reread one)

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10 question to any surgeon:

1. How do you handle the fear of your patients.?
2. What do you hate about being a surgeon?
3. How much do you read in a day?
4. Do you use checklists in your personal life?
5. When you make mistakes in your job, how do you deal with them>
6. How do you know if a patient is lying?
7. If you are operated upon, do you interfere with the practice of another surgeon?
8. How your efficiency varies with time of the day?
9. What one thing people should know about surgeons?
10. Automation is changing the fields where we need a lot of experience? How do you see your field being affected?

10 topics for this blog

1. 10 ways pollution can be curbed.
2. 10 kinds of posters I can have in my room.
3. 10 rules to have a minimalist laptop.
4. 10 names of my autobiographical documentary.
5. 10 industries where checklists help a lot.
6. 10 ways public buses should be changed.
7. 10 changes in railway stations.
8. 10 chapter names of my autobiography,
9. 10 names of new Punjabi dishes.
10. 10 actions that are done against nature. ( like building a dam for stopping the flow)

10 interruptions which the disturb the flow of our activities

1. Skype/ Email in the workplace.
2. Open Workspaces: Every time someone makes a little noise, our mind gets distracted.
3. Mobile Phones.
4. Notifications while doing some important work on mobile phones.
5. Ads while watching a cricket match/ reading a blog.
6. Horns while driving
7. Item Songs while watching a Bollywood movie.
8. Air Hostess while sleeping on a plane.
9. Body pain while doing any focused activity.
10. Speaking while eating.

10 fields where narrow knowledge (chunking) helps:

Narrow Knowledge areas are those areas where we rely on experience to determine future action. You rely on repetitive patterns and there is no innovation involved. e.g. Chess,

1. Firefighters: They rely on their experience 
2. All Sports
3. Service jobs like cleaning, cooking, electrician, etc.
4. Driving
5. BPO jobs
6. Administrative jobs
7. Security jobs
8. Farming
9. Pilots
10. Technicians

10 names for this blog:

1. Insightsabouteverything.com
2. RandomInsights.com
3. ColorfulIdeas.com
4. ThinkandCreate.com
5. UnionofIdeas.com
6. SilenceIsPowerful.com
7. RationalThinking.com
8. ReflectioninLife.com
9. LoveEverywhere.com
10. EnvironmentofIdeas.com

10 observations about Meditation:

1. Meditation is like a compound habit. 
2. Meditation will make you non- violent in every sense. You will not like violence in any form be it non-vegetarian food or porn.
3. Meditation is essentially doing nothing.
4. If you are doing yoga, then it becomes easy for you to meditate.
5. When you are deep in meditation, you lose meaning for entertainment. You will not depend on others to be happy.
6. The best hobby for meditators is to do nothing.
7.  A meditator is not good for society or for friends. He has found the secrets of happiness.
8. The ideal time for meditation will be 20 minutes.
9. Meditation becomes easy if you are surrounded by fresh air.
10. The world should have a meditation day where people do not speak at all.

10 common words/sentences to learn in a new language.

1. "Is there a restaurant around?"
2. "Where is the bathroom?"
3.  "Are there any good places around?"
4.  "Can you keep quiet?"
5. " Can you take a photo"?
6. "How are you?"
7. "Thank You"
8. "Can you do this for me?"
9. " How much does it costs?"
10. " I love you"?

10 topics for this blog:

1.  10 reality shows that define human stupidity.
2. 10 advantages of corporate job over government one.
3. 10 ways marriages should be changed.
4.  10 questions to sales experts.
5. 10 questions to a historian.
6. 10 gadgets with horrible design.
7. 10 tricks to break your multitasking problem.
8.  10 superheroes that are really realistic.
9. 10 advantages of marrying an introvert person
10. 10 common words/sentences to learn in a new language.

10 observations about Introverts/Extroverts:

1. The notion that "We need to become Extroverts to be successful" should go away. The world also needs thinkers and thinkers are generally introverts.
2. Newton, Albert Einstein, Madame Curie, Rosa Parks, Steve Wozniak, etc -some of the famous introverts.
3. One of the notions that we should know as many people as we can is also flawed. We only have limited time on the planet and we can substitute some needs of the people by machine or apps. e.g. You move to a new city and often, you will need a bike to go somewhere. Here, You can rent a bike rather than becoming friends with someone who has a bike.
4. Open workplaces may make you connected with other people but they don't help you foster creativity. A human mind should be free from distractions to create something.
5. People should respect introverts. Some people just like to read a book rather than traveling.
6. Society needs to accept that being in solitude is not a negative situation.
7. Not everyone should do public speaking or learn to do it. 
8. Introverts tend to speak slowly because they think a lot before speaking.
9. Introverts might like to express themselves via writing.
10. Introverts can concentrate easily on tasks.

10 new holidays that can be introduced in the calender:

1. Hangover day: 1st April. Prices of Alcohol drop down on 31st March due to the closure of the financial year.
2. Meditation Day/Stillness day
3. Digital Detox day in every month.
4. No Sugar day
5. One fast day in every month
6. Earth day every 6 months.
7. Services day: During this day, we appreciate the services of people who provide services like cleaning, cooking, safeguarding, etc.
8. No water day: We limit the water consumption to 10 Litres per person.
9. White day: I think white color deserves more respect.
10. A sign day: A day in which we communicate via signs.

10 sports with high ROI

Sports should also be seen as investments which give you maximum health benefit in the least amount of time:

1. Tennis 
2. Running
3. Basketball 
4. Swimming
5. Cycling
6. Volleyball
7. Badminton
8. Football
9. Gym
10. Gymnastics 

10 ideas for this blog

1. 10 ways interviews will be conducted in the future.
2. 10 sports with high ROI.
3. 10 changes in school designs.
4. 10 activities that can seem like meditation.
5. 10 politicians who are most inspiring.
6. 10 titles of my autobiography.
7. 10 ways to interpret NOTA in elections.
8. 10 words starting with Z or X.
9. 10 popular Bollywood movies which should not be glorified.
10. 10 questions to any Richard Feynman

10 design changes in whatsapp:

1. Remove the status option.
2. The chat backup should be allowed to happen on cellular data.
3. If I mute any chat, the chat should not appear on the top if a new message arrives. It is still a distraction. Maybe, an advanced feature of mute can be introduced.
4. When I mute a chat for a year, I have to mute it again when the year ends. There should be a "forever mute" option.
5. The first few seconds of a voice message are empty. The user is not sure if the option has started recording.
6. All the WhatsApp settings should be synced also just like Name and display picture.
7. An option to change the name of the contacts being shared.
8. If I mute a status of a friend and I don't have any other statuses, then what is the point of muting? I will get the muted status on top.
9. No need of telling if the person has deleted the message.
10. The calling facility should be available on the WhatsApp web.

10 topics for this blog:

1. 10 questions to god (if I ever meet one)
2. 10 interruptions which disturb the flow of our activities
3. 10 things to take care of while reading books.
4. 10 effects of climate change in my surroundings in the last 10 years.
5. 10 stupidity of humans.
6. 10 ways businesses deceive you.
7. 10 things in life you should always keep straight. 
8. 10 questions to any food expert/chef.
9. 10 changes I will do in the country if I become a prime Minister.
10. 10 ways to organize my kindle. 

10 design changes for youtube:

1. Telling people when they cross a limit of normal usage limit.
2. A section "the videos which provide value to me" and "the videos which I like".
3. A strong mechanism to counter fake news.
4. Banning vlogs.
5. Addiction warnings like the warnings on cigarette packs.
6. A better way to measure the quality of videos than views.
7. Maybe a debate on "anyone can post" with world governments.
8. Banning hate comments/cyberbullies for life.
9. Simple guidelines on citing the sources of any facts (like done in research papers)
10. An option whether users wants to view recommended content.

10 topics for this blog:

1. 10 negative effects of email communication.
2. 10 changes in learning things from the last century.
3. 10 reasons why you should not watch cricket at all.
4. 10 observations about pleasure.
5. 10 great lines about yoga.
6. 10 jokes about Bollywood.
7. 10 good hobbies.
8. 10 thoughts about "regret"
9. 10 questions to an android designer.
10. 10 questions to any marketing professor.

10 things transportation system should change:

1. No music on buses.
2. Organizing Truth Speaking Workshops for Conductors.
3. Fast online status tracking system for trains.
4. Having bus stops and railways stations close to each other in new cities.
5. Banning Royal Enfields.
6. Having LEDs and maps on buses.
7. Metros in cities with more than 15 lac population.
8. Better service of google maps.
9. An essential overview of transport systems of a city for travellers.
10. Making it mandatory for states to update their transport schedules on websites/GPS apps.

10 topics for this blog:

1. 10 changes in the primary school curriculum.
2. 10 design changes for youtube.
3. 10 changes in the Indian judicial system.
4. 10 observations about email.
5. 10 negative effects/positive effects of the bar culture in India.
6. 10 values that I stick to in my life.
7. 10 rules about driving that should change.
8. 10 examples of Machine Learning put to positive use.
9. 10 benefits of learning world history.
10. 10 books I will reread again anytime.

10 thoughts about attention (time):

1. See all the activities in terms of investments. Stick to the ones which pay well in the long terms.
2. If you go for walks/ runs, go on the road less traveled. You can focus your attention on some thoughts for longer periods of time.
3. It's okay to not reply to every email you get.
4. Switching between tasks will reduce your attention capacity. Phone Notifications are a threat.
5. Filling your time/home with more tasks/things might enhance your ego but it's only going to add anxiety to your life.
6. One hour of solitude time is a necessity. With the amount of information you input in a day, you should at least spend one hour doing nothing so that useful information is consolidated in your brain.
7. Being informed about your body/ life is more important than your state/country/world. 
8. If you are trying nofap, you will save a lot of time and you will gain your body strength.
9. 99% of the company emails are not useful so it's better to make folders and store them there and never look at all.
10. The best revenge is to not think about people you hate. You save your time which is the most precious resource available to you.

10 ideas for this blog

1. 10 changes in the Diwali celebration over the next 50 years.
2. 10 things everyone should know about nutrition.
3. 10 changes in buses that should happen.
4. 10 new holidays that can be introduced in the calendar.
5. 10 things that will happen when humans achieve immortality.
6. 10 food regulations that should happen in India.
7. 10 questions to anthropologists.
8. 10 habits of minimalists.
9. 10 design changes that should happen in the MacBook.
10. 10 unethical applications of Machine Learning.

10 things which are popular may not work for you at all:

1. News: News is broadcasted on the basis of what is popular. They will show cricket not tennis because cricket is the most popular sport here. So don't watch the news.
2. Movie Stars/Sports Persons: You may not get anything from them.
3. Drinking/Smoking: Just because people find it cool, you may not like it.
4. Video Games: Kids love it but it's okay if they don't excite you.
5. Travelling
6. Gym: 
7. Stand up Comedies
8. Tea
9. Non -Vegetarian
10. Extroverts

10 questions to any philosopher:

1. Do I have the obligation to help everyone or is it something extra I do on this planet?
2. Is it really possible for a man to stay happy his whole life?
3. Should we leave this planet and go to other parts of the universe?
4. What should be a universal motivation to live?
5. Is being a nonvegetarian a moral or ethical issue?
6. If there had been no religion, how would the world have panned out?
7. If entertainment is momentary, should we seek it?
8. Is it right to say that every human being has a purpose?
9. If we find the cause of immortality, how will the world change?
10. Do you believe in any high power?

10 rules that can have exceptions:

Most of the principles in life can have exceptions. You should not trust any principle blindly. These 10 rules might or might not have exceptions.

1. Pareto Principle
2. 10,000-hour work.
3. Law of Diminishing Returns.
4. Power Law
5. Giving up.
6. Incremental Improvements( Business can avoid moving incrementally).
7. Give your 100 % percent.
8. Being curious always.
9. Lifelong Relationships.
10. You only love once.

10 ways you can use the tracking principle to your advantage:

1. If you want to read a big book, use MS Excel to track it. Every time you read a chapter, color a box.
2. Want to see the benefits of yoga? Write your emotions and feelings after a yoga session.
3. If you want to read books, take the Goodreads goal of reading books. (The results here will be much better than not tracking your goals. )
4. You can note down your sugar intake and compare it with average.
5. You want to reduce your judgments or your ego? Every time you make a judgment, write in a short pad. The process will be painful but awareness of it will make you judge less.
6. Don't rely on health trackers to gain insights about your body. Do it the difficult way. The pain will make you think more. 
7. You can also start meditation by tracking how many minutes you spend on it.
8. Analyze your trips to know if you are the kind of person who loves to travel.
9. Also, Track your video and movie consumption. Always see activities as investments.
10. Track your email check timings also. We waste more time than it is required in checking or anticipating mails.

10 ways to encourage cleaniness in our society:

1. Making people realize that one person can change a lot of things. 
2. Encouraging governments to spend more research on plastic materials.
3. Relying on video sensors to catch the culprits. 
4. More video documentaries being shown in schools and workplaces on environmental research.
5. Bills being designed in a way to encourage electricity savings. 
6. The village sarpanch and MLAs of the city should clean their surroundings once a month.
7. Making people aware of the psychological benefits of cleanliness.
8. Banning plastic bottles in hilly areas.
9. Celebrities promoting healthy alternatives (recyclable bags) to products like polythenes.
10. A cleanliness day to be celebrated.

10 questions to any persuasion expert:

1. What can we do to make people actually read “Terms and Conditions”?
2. Do we really need to tell people what to eat? Shouldn’t a human know that on its own rather than relying on a device?
3. On ethical terms, aren’t we enhancing the ego of the society by promoting products of scarcity?
4. Will the personalization/customization of internet services violate the principle that ‘Internet is neutral’?
5. Shouldn’t we also talk about depression openly when discussing persuasive strategies?
6. Will we ever be able to establish online peer groups equivalent to the rehab group or AA groups?
7. When journalling helps to address negative inventory, why isn’t it promoted in schools?
8. When discussing competition as a PS, how do we make sure it has a healthy impact?
9. Should companies inform consumers when they create internal triggers?
10. Parents are getting obsessed with tracking every move of their kids. Where do we draw the line here?

10 places/ things where we give mental energies but we should not:

1. On thinking about what other people think of my clothes.
2. Cognitive energy spent on thinking replies to emails, messages.
3. People who have like our photos or watched our statuses.
4. Thinking about digital celebrities whom we will never meet.
5. A student waiting for exam results.
6. A sportsperson thinking about his fans while playing.
7. A yogi/Meditator thinking about the benefits of meditation.
8. A singer/celebrity worrying about the views/like count.
9. A person wearing Fitbit always worrying about the steps.
10. An employee always worrying about his salary.

Review: Stillness Is the Key

Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ryan Holiday is one of the prolific writers of this generation. This book is a short and interesting read.
This book was similar to Sadhguru's Three truths of Well Being on many fronts. This might be the most highlighted book of my life.

This book also contains a lot of paradoxes. Paradoxes like conserve your energy and act bravely, Say no to requests but be a human being, to act but also restraint sometimes. Paradoxes are not bad. They are the reality of life.

I am looking forward to reading the first 2 books of this trilogy.



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10 observations about time:

1. When you waste one moment in wasteful activity, you have wasted one moment to improve yourself.
2. Time spent in solitude in never wasted.
3. We are highly productive when we have deadlines for the task.
4. For using your time, remember ‘technique trumps effort’.
5. To avoid the regret of time wastage, live consciously (not acting for instant gratification)
6. We should also consider the mental energies in addition to the time wasted on social media.
7. We can have ‘time_journal’ to record everything we do on a daily basis.
8. One effective way for time management is to schedule your free time first or fill the time blocks with rewards.
9. You only have limited time on the planet, so you can be friends with limited people.
10. When you bargain with someone, you may save money but you are losing time. You should not waste 5 minutes for saving 10 rupees. 

10 inconveniences to negative habits:

In continuation of yesterday's post, we can add layers of inconvenience to other negative habits:

1. You pay cash instead of using a credit card to buy alcohol or a pack of cigarettes.
2. You go to fast-food restaurants only with one certain friend.
3. You use Instagram only on the web, not on the mobile phone.
4. You listen to songs only if you are walking or dancing.
5. The cookie jar is placed at the most distant point in the kitchen.
6. Only healthy things placed at eye level in the refrigerator.
7. Location wise phone usage in office/home. Designate certain areas to be phone areas in your home which are far away from your bed or study location.
8. Going to a pub/ bar only by public transport.
9. Listening to 5 songs only after doing 5 minutes of meditation.
10. Watching an episode of a sitcom only after reading a chapter of a non fiction book.

10 strong passwords for social media accounts:

Often we are addicted to things because they are convenient. You use internet a lot because it's cheap and available everywhere. But we can resist this addiction by adding some layers of inconvenience like tough login passwords. Some passwords like

1. "Isitreallyimportant?"
2. "Isitreallyimportant?Isitreallyimportant?"
3. "IshouldDevoteOneHourEverydaytoExercise"
4. "WatchingCommentsOfOthersIsAStupidThing"
5. "ThereIsNoUseOfGossiping"
6. "JunkMediaAndJunkFoodAreBadForMe"
7. "IsItImportantForMeToKnowWhereMyFriendsAreTravelling"
8. "ComparisonIsAThiefOfJoy"
9. "BooksAreAlwaysBetterThanReadingNews"
10. "IWillUseThisOnlyOnceInADay"
11. "OneThingIAmGratefulForToday"

10 things about not using screens for entertainment:

1. Watching comedy shows/ memes/ passive learning.
2. Interacting with someone for a definite purpose, not for fun.
3. You can joke with someone on call but don't chat to crack some jokes.
4. Always reply late to messages so that your mind does not act compulsively.
5. Video games may improve cognitive skills but there are a hundred other activities that I can do to achieve similar benefits and they will also provide me physical fitness.
6. Watching videos on the phone affect our eyesight badly.
7. WhatsApp groups are never useful they are rather promoters of one propaganda.
8. If we are bored anytime, it's better to face our thoughts rather than inputting some more information to the brain.
9. Screens are a threat to Deep work philosophy.
10. Watching sports matches is a time-consuming affair. Sports should inspire us to play more not to get entertainment more.

10 ways to increase or start your reading habit.

1.  Read the biographies of the people you admire or start with comics or magazines.
2. Start reading with physical books and later switch to kindle. Reading habit will be easy to form on physical books.
3. Start with 10 mins of daily reading and increase the time every month. It's easy to go from 50 to 60 minutes than starting with the aim of an hour.
4. Start with the book which is less than 100 pages long.
5. Have some books which you can re-read in the future. Call this section "rereading " and return to it whenever you feel low.
6. Replace smartphones with the book. You should have a book with you every time.
7. If possible, write your own chapter reviews or book reviews to consolidate your learning.
8. Drop books if you don't find them interesting.
9. Find a problem and then read a book about it. You will be highly motivated to read it. E.g. I am having a problem with sleep so I am reading "Why we sleep" by Mathew Walker. 
10. I read books that have a Goodreads rating of more than 4. This is a fairly good rule. It works 90% of the time.

10 things we should be grateful for.

1. Education- the ability to read.
2. A perfectly working brain.
3. Fit legs.
4. To access information about anything on the internet.
5. To practice any religious beliefs.
6. Ability to eat any kind of food.
7. Having your own website.
8. Email
9. Ability to empathize with others(mirror neurons)
10. Ability to see the world.

10 examples of flashbulb memories:

Flashbulb memories are those memories that a person remembers when a famous incident happens. Most people remember what were they doing during 9/11 or with whom they were when India won the cricket world cup.

1. Watching superhit movies with your friends. When you hear about that movie in the future, you will remember your friends.
2. Going to concerts with favorite people.
3. Going to your first celebration of any festival with special people.
4. Going to a famous tourist destination with your friends.
5. Visiting 7 wonders with a special friend.
6. Starting an important habit like yoga with a friend.
7. Inviting close people to your sibling's wedding.
8. First road trip with friends.
9. Eating special kinds of foods/ drinks with that friend.
10. Cycling with close friends.

10 things I learnt from Mahatami GANDHI:

1. Concept of Brahamcharya: Gandhi’s definition of Brahmcharya is the best I found.
2. “Beauty is of character not of face’.
3. Everyone should have their own experiments in their life.
4. Read works of every religion and experiment with the beliefs of that religion.
5. “Man should look upon every woman as his mother, sister or daughter.”
6. When Gandhi was young, the thoughts he had about sex were like a teenager.
7. Also, experiment with the kind of foods you eat. Don’t become like an animal when you eat.
8. Gandhi had more interest in his spiritual philosophy than practical philosophy.
9. It is better to not leave your children entirely to school education. Gandhi homeschooled his kids.
10. “ Truth is the ultimate God.”

10 ideas for this blog:

1. 10 mistakes humans should not make while invading mars.
2. 10 habits of daily life where compound interest is happening.
3. 10 innovations in camscanner app.
4. 10 ways charging of devices will happen in this century.
5. 10 changes in religion laws that should happen.
6. 10 ethical dilemmas of daily life.
7. 10 negative qualities of Punjabi culture.
8. 10 thoughts about freedom of speech.
9. 10 jokes about wrestling.
10. 10 types of cool flags that nations can have.

10 questions to any neuroscientist:

1. How cues and rewards can be explained in neurological terms? ( parts of habit)
2. Can we go into numb state? ( If we are awake like there are no thoughts running?)
3. Can we function without tea or coffee?
4. Is the human memory limitless and will we need memory in the future?
5. Can you tell me some examples of the plasticity of the brain?
6. Can there be any difference If I learn something from my laptop or phone?
7. Can we effective multitaskers in the future?
8. How the brain perceives different types of art?
9. Should video games be banned?
10. Can you predict some big changes in the brain that will happen in the next century?

10 rules for digital detox.:

1. Streaming online with someone. You won’t watch movies or comedy shows alone. Laugh with your partner.
2. Scheduling time to check email daily. Not to check it often. 
3. Not relying on chrome to remember the passwords of social media accounts.
4. Designing home screen with apps which you need often ( not the apps you use often). e.g. Instagram is an app which you use often but you dont need it. You can even change the control center and notification center. 
5. Removing the Touch ID access. Use alphanumeric passcode every time to unlock.
6. Making a rule like using social media only while standing or while outside the house.
7. No screens in bed.
8. Watch youtube videos by downloading. 
9. Do not watch live matches on a mobile phone. 
10. Realizing that a phone is a tool, not an end product.

10 examples of any benefit approach:

We always use some technology in the hope that it will give us some benefit or some good thing. But this might not be a good approach in the world of information.

1. Bollywood: Bollywood only produces 1 valuable movie per 100. So, watching trailers so that you find one good movie is not a good practice. 
2. Social Media: Browsing feed to find something valueable.
3. Whatsapp: Whatsapp and Text messaging are similar. So using whatsapp has only slight advantage over texting. Its up to you to decide if whatsapp is worth.
4. Drugs: There might be some immediate benefits but does it justify the cost and health factor?
5. Badmouthing someone: 
6. Cricket 
7. Any job in your career.
8. Moving to any city or country.
9. Choosing a life partner.
10. Voting for any candidate. 

10 new type of crimes that will exist in this century:

1. Privacy theft: Acquiring some private info of someone will be a crime.
2. Manipulative theft: Data is used to manipulate others.
3. Genetic engineering”: Parents will want their kids to have certain genes/characterisitics which will be unethical.
4. Stupidity crime: When someone crosses a threshold of stupidity, he should be fined or jailed.
5. Carbon footprint: Everyone can have a certain limit to their carbon footprint. They can’t avoid that.
6. Fresh air in the black market: Fresh air will become scarce and a black market will definitely come up. 
7. Watching Reality shows: People who make this type of thing and who watch these things should end up in jail.
8. Taxing people who use most of the earth resources.
9. Plastic use: Plastic will be like a weed. Anyone who uses them should go to jail.
10. Sugar theft: Any food serving more than limited sugar will end up in jail.

10 genre of books that one can read to live better life

1. Psychology
2. Nutrition and Health
3. Selling and marketing.
4. Plants and Animals
5. Philosophy
6. Programming
7. Brain
8. Human-tech interaction
9. Parenting
10. Learning how to learn.

10 visual cues in your environment that trigger negative behaviour:

1. Visual Ads.
2. Chocolate on the cash counter of the supermarket.
3. Mobile phone along side your laptop.
4. Coke/Soda on the visual side of the refrigerator.
5. Cafeteria/TV room along the way of your office.
6. News
7. WhatsApp status.
8. Randomness/ Clutter in your bedroom.
9. Partied house. 
10. Bookmarks on your browser.

10 topics for the blog:

1. 10 personalized ways to visit websites.
2. 10 features of future iPhones
3. 10 examples of materialism in my life.
4. 10 ethical practices that amazon should follow.
5. 10 new things that can be introduced in parks.
6. 10 innovative ways to tackle pollution.
7. 10 famous book advice that I think is wrong.
8. 10 changes that should happen in the IT industry.
9. 10 changes in the road that should be made for electric cars.
10. 10 famous quotes that are plain stupid

10 problems with punjabi songs:

1. A 15-year old kid watching these songs will learn that the primary thing that impresses girls is cars or pride.
2. Music is a great emotion healer. So, the anti of that will be true also. It can invoke emotions of violence. 
3. Listening to violent songs and drinking alcohol is probably not a good combination.
4. Effect of Stereotyping: People around the country think that Punjabis drink, eat and show off.
5. Songs are cues: Any habit has 4 parts -cue, craving, response, and reward. Cue launches the behavior. In this case, any song on drinking is a strong cue to drink.
6. Free promotion of materialism: Using brands names again and again will motivate people to own these brands as a goal.
7. Ego Enhancer: Use of pride in songs enhances the ego of people and as our ancient folklores like Mahabharat, Ramayana has told us that ego will kill you one day.
8. IQ destroyer: Constant exposure to Punjabi videos and songs will definitely lower down your IQ.
9. They are a close second in objectifying women to Bollywood.
10. The violent songs should be treated like porn. You can watch it in your rooms but just don't play it in the public.
11. Tiktok

10 questions to any yoga expert:

1. Is it okay to drink any shake 2-3 hours before yoga?
2. Doing yoga in front of the sun has more benefits?
3. What is the difference between doing yoga in the morning and in the evening?
4. Is there any link between eating nonvegetarian food and yoga?
5. Is it better to start yoga with 2-3 mins of breathing?
6. What other physical activities( like running) I can combine with yoga?
7. Yoga in a group is more beneficial or doing it alone?
8. If I suryanamaskar daily for whole life, is it sufficient?
9. Should we yoga inside our home or in the open?
10. What are some practices that I can do for having better sleep?

10 new features that should be there in goodreads:

1. No Ads. I think Amazon already has a lot of money and they should not monetize this website.
2. A category of "abandoned" with currently reading, to read and read. (this option may not be visible to the world)
3. A separate edited section for documents of Kindle.
4. An option to get similar books based on one book. (option to select the book)
5. New segmenting criteria other than bestseller tag.
6. Fewer updates about what other people are reading.
7. To have an option to not display the reading metrics(like the number of books I read)
8. Average time to read displayed on the front page of any book/
9. No duplicate editions of a book.
10. A section of recommendations by famous people.

10 personal values that we can have:

1. Health- You never compromise your health for anybody.
2. Thinking- You always want to spend one hour in solitude daily.
3. Anger - Whenever you get angry, you write it down.
4. Friendship: You want to be friends with people with whom you have some similar values.
5. Sleep: You always complete 7 hours of sleep daily and do not compromise on it.
6. Talking about problems: You only talk about problems if you have some solutions to it.
7. Kids: You love playing with them no matter how they look.
8. Relaxation: You have your own ways to relax. It can be running, going for a trek or listening to music.
9. Drinks: You only drink certain type of fluids like juice or tea or beer.
10. Environment: You need not adjust to everyone. You only want to be surrounded by people you like.

10 new features that can be introduced in Kindle

1. A timer option
2. Highlights that are removed from a book should be deleted from My Clippings
3. An underlining feature with highlight
4. Documents synced all across devices.
5. Removing 'sync your kindle option. Most of the times, it gets synced automatically.
6. Automatically turning on airplane mode if it doesn't connect to a network in 15 mins.
7. Exporting the notes option for a book.
8. A way so that we can review the book easily after reading. (just like we can turn over the pages of a physical book).
9. Ability to rename the books on the cloud.
10. Future versions of kindle can be a bit large and have an option to pen down thoughts with an electric pencil.

10 innovations in Airports:

1. Water taps beings adjusted so that we can drink water like humans, not like our ancestors.
2. Baggage weighing machines at every airport.
3. Advanced security checking where we don’t have to empty our bags. 
4. 5% of compulsory adversity for the environment inside airlines.
5. Sleeping pods at airports.
6. Virtual Reality maps so that people can easily know where to go.
7. Sitting places near charging points
8. Making some rules so that not everyone stands up when the plane lands.
9. Airports connected with Metros. 
10. A small exercise or meditation room. If we can make space for the smoking room, we surely can do something for yoga rooms.

10 ideas for this blog:

1. 10 companies which created a need in the markets and then sold their products.
2. 10 changes in macOS
3. 10 ways the road problem in India can be solved.
4. 10 unethical practices by businesses.
5. 10 sports which demand 100% engagement. ( like tennis, where you are on toes for every moment v/s cricket where you wait for your performance)
6. 10 changes in Gmail.
7. 10 innovations in Grammarly.
8. 10 favorite puzzles of childhood.
9. 10 changes in cricket stadiums.
10. 10 ways to increase the quality of sleep.

10 changes in the construction of homes

1. All the new houses must have functional rainwater harvesting systems.
2. NZEB- Net Zero Energy buildings being more frequent.
3. An upper limit to the number of floors that can be constructed so that there is limited pressure on water resources.
4. The concept of yoga room or exercise room (or space in terrace) so that people keep their health on a priority.
5. Fans and lights getting switched on/off on sensing motion.
6. Make a rule which makes it mandatory to have every house being exposed to a certain quantity of sunlight.
7. Bathrooms having some limit on water usage.
8. Societies in metro cities to meet certain play conditions so that children can play.
9. Houses insulated enough to avoid external noise.
10. A world where no one brings his work or technology into their personal bedrooms.

10 predictions of how social media will evolve in next 10 years

1. It may become necessary for companies to hide the likes metric by the regulation authorities.
2. It's okay for people to not have a social media account at all.
3. An option to whether have AI curated feed or a general feed.( general feed is like how we get news in newspapers)
4. People being more truthful about their lives on social media.
5. Less emphasis on what celebrities think about the economic policies.
6. Increasing the age to use social media from13 to 18.
7. More filtering of the news based on how valuable or positive there.
8. A better alternative to email.
9. Just like we have zen mode in Xiaomi, social media companies should have something similar where everything will close down after a limit and you can only open it by donating money to the company.
10. More awareness on effect of technology and social media in our lives.

10 reasons why I don't watch Bollywood movies

1. Objectification of women on the basis of the face. The "handsome" actor falling in love with the girl having "pretty" face.
2. Using Items songs as a crowd attracting gimmick- Another case of objectification.
3. I don't want to reduce my IQ. Your environment overpowers every other factor in your character building.
4. I have better ways of relaxation- meditation, reading books and running.
5. The advice given in movies is highly impressionable. That advice might not apply to my situations but I still continue using that advice to land myself into trouble.
6. If you use any product once, you have created a demand for it. So, I don't want to encourage stupidity in this country.
7. Time investment in watching a movie: Two hours is a lot of time to watch a movie.
8. The streaming services like Netflix or Prime use addictive algorithms to keep me hooked to their platforms. 
9. Enjoyment(actively doing something) is always better than entertainment(passively viewing something).
10. Overconsumption of fiction: The more you consume fiction, farther away you get from the truth.

10 topics for this blog

1. 10 reasons why I should not watch Bollywood movies.
2. 10 ethical design changes in online streaming
3. 10 changes in Delhi metro.
4. 10 changes in society we need to make for Divyang People.
5. 10 must things in my bedroom.
6. 10 ways Tableau is better than Excel
7. 10 ways to conserve water in rural areas
8. 10 hypocrisies of USA (or maybe 100)
9. 10 changes in the construction of homes,
10. 10 advantages of having autonomous vehicles on the road.

10 ways families will evolve in next decades:

1. All watching the same news from different perspectives because of multiple screens.
2. Kids finding it difficult to strike conversations.
3. Nuclear families will outnumber joint families.
4. Every family has a personal gym device at home.
5. The idea that a couple can only live with in-laws of the boy will fade away. They can live with the girl's in-laws also.
6. It will become normal to have kids after 4-5 years of marriage.
7. The marriage functions will get smaller as people leave their root villages and the functions will reduce to 3-4 hour events.
8. Children will become addicted to screens as both the parents will be involved in their working lives.
9. With consumption like Netflix or food delivery services like Swiggy, picnics or outings will become a rare thing.
10. A society which is surrounded by ads at every movement.

10 types of Journals:

Journals are a way of recording thoughts and reflecting on them. 

1. Daily Journal's
2. Parenting Journals:  Where you record your learnings of parenthood.
3. Work Journal: Learnings of what you learned in the job including technical things.
4. Health Journal:
5. Food Journal: Your experiments of food and its effect on activity. 
6. Travel Journals
7. Digital Journals: Type of digital information you consume and how.
8. Finance Journals: An excel spreadsheet of how you spend money.
9. Friends Journal: Type of people we surround ourselves with and their influence on us.
10. Weekly Journals/ Monthly Journals
11. Entertainment Journal: Your consumption of Youtube or Netflix in this regard.
12. A public journal for trainees of a company.

10 unique ways to promote yoga:

1. Doing yoga in the middle of a traffic junction. ( definitely on a pedestal)
2. Yoga is done by one sports player before any match and it is broadcasted on TV. ( like Kohli doing yoga in the ground)
3. Making Yoga a part of the school curriculum.
4. If you are a yogi and you are at an airport, feel free to do it there.
5. Bike Logos, key rings.
6. Making one advertisement related to fitness at a traffic signal.
7. Government appointing Yoga teachers in every city.
8. People putting at least a photo of doing yoga on all their social media handles.
9. Making it compulsory to print Fit India message on all bills (including Fast food chains).
10. Yoga competitions in school level, college level.

10 changes in traffic rule violations:

1. Making it illegal for people to swarm like a bee at a railway crossing. People should stay on their side of the lane when waiting for a train.
2. To penalise people who text while driving.
3. To penalize bikes who make a lot of noise. (e.g. Royal Enfield)
4. Making helmets neccesary for women. Accidents are not sexist.
5. Punishing kids who drive by making their parents do the homework at the signal.
6. People going on bicycles given preference on roads.
7. Traffic lightning working on real-time traffic data.
8. Fining people who play loud music on their cars.
9. Limit on the type of advertisement shown on signals.
10. Cancelling the licence of people who double park.

10 questions to dietician/nutritionist:

1. What should be the exact percentage distribution of cardio and running in exercise?
2. Is it a good philosophy to eat only when we are hungry?
3. Do you advise talking while eating?
4. Can a person survive without drinking tea and coffee? Can I be active without drinking these things?
5. Isn't the concept of cheat days a mockery? Having cheat days means that some part of you still wants to eat fast food.
6. Is it okay to play immediately after eating?
7. Should not there be some rule where corporates should not be allowed to collect the eating data of their customers?
8. Can I skip carbohydrates to the afternoon and start my day with fruits and milk?
9. There is no difference in eating by hands or sticks or spoon?
10. Should we drink water before sleeping?