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"?