How to Set Fail-Proof Goals
Shikha Tiwari, Founder of UReinvent, talks to my friend Jaba Sen Menon, Executive & Life Coach, about reasons behind goals often being beyond our reach and how we set achievable goals.
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We don’t trust drinking fountains anymore, and that’s bad for our health – The Washington Post
Fountains were once a revered feature of urban life, a celebration of the tremendous technological and political capital it takes to provide clean drinking water to a community. Today, they’re…
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Teens have a smart reason for abandoning Facebook and Twitter — Quartz
Today, however, the newest data increasingly support the idea that young people are actually transitioning out of using what we might term broadcast social media—like Facebook and Twitter—and switching instead…
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What’s more productive than multitasking?
Most people have heard how great meditation can be for relaxing and calming your mind, but did you know that meditation can actually increase your productivity? That’s right, taking even…
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Japanese Zen stone garden - relaxation, meditation, simplicity and balance concept - panorama of pebbles and raked sand tranquil calm scene
The Why and How of Simplifying Life
If you want to live an effective life, one important thing you should focus on is simplifying your life. It’s not easy though; I’m still learning myself. I’m a person…
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3 advanced tips for creating a happy workplace from Henry Stewart
Henry Stewart is the found of Happy, a company in London that does computer and happiness trainings. They are also (naturally) a very happy workplace. In this speech, Henry shares…
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Happy New Year!
Denmark welcomes the New Year with fireworks as elsewhere. But we didn't have an opportunity so far to experience it with such a panoramic view that we had last night.
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Promises
There is light at the end of the tunnel. There will be new life at the end of the long winter ahead. No matter how dark the days are, there'll be sunshine ahead. That is what these cactus flowers promise in the middle of the dull winter day. There was a brief sunshine, though, when I took this photo. Probably to underline the message.
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Will you rape me?
Last evening, I had this dialogue with a teenage girl on the street, walking from the opposite direction with another girl...
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The sun sets in Copehagen after the first snowfall in December 2012. View from our terrace.
Snowfall and sunset in Copenhagen
We had the first snowfall of this winter in Copenhagen last evening, and it snowed through the night. Snowfall and sunset in Copenhagen, a set on Flickr. No matter how…
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Sunset in Copenhagen
Sunset in Copenhagen, a set on Flickr. The variety of sunset colours and mood in Copenhagen is amazing. I do think this is unique to this place. See for yourself!
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Northern Lights as seen from Tromso, Norway, on 3 January 2011, reflected in sea water.
Northern Lights article (Bengali)
Maitreyee wrote an article about our trip to Tromso on the New Year eve to see Northern Lights, and it has been published in the Desh magazine from Kolkata. Some of the photos Sohini and I took have also been published with the article. Enjoy!
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