This week I wanted to write about the other book that I mentioned in my last post – When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron. Someone recommended this book to me while I was struggling and it helped me feel tremendously comforted. I don’t write on such themes often but I know that many people… Read More Sep 2021 Week 4 – Groundlessness
Trying out weekly posts format, let’s see how it goes 🙂 I am thinking of sharing what I found most insightful or interesting over the past week. I am reading two books currently – The Psychology of Money (by Morgan Housel) and When Things Fall Apart (by Pema Chodron). While both of them focus on… Read More Sep 2021 Week 3 – Psychology of Money
As we grow older, we pick several social cues that teach us vulnerability is a weakness. From my experiences, more competitive the enviroment, stronger is the message. Generally, vulnerability is seen as less resilience. Learning more about psychology and human behavior over last few years and working in HR now, I have started seeing vulnerability… Read More On vulnerability
Psychographics was certainly a new concept for me when I heard it today on “The Daily: The Data Harvesters” podcast by New York Times. It is a really fascinating use of data analytics. A basic google search yields that it is “the study and classification of people according to their attitudes, aspirations, and other psychological… Read More Psychographics and Facebook
I worked for a non-profit that focused on creating awareness on emotional intelligence, a subject that is garnering lot of attention these days. Started by a neurologist, this project introduced me to a term called neuroplasticity, which broadly means rewiring the brain or tricking the brain into thinking a certain way. This has been a… Read More Reprogramming the brain
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