Our belief system underpins every decision we take. We rely on it from helping us to understand the meaning of our life to helping us decide whether to steal our neighbour’s car or not. We must focus on adopting better belief systems and when we do we should ensure that we update them as we learn more about the world we live in.
Tag: short-and-straight
Bettering our instincts
To be able to do something really well, one must develop the instincts to do it. When most things needed to get the task done are done instinctually, it frees up the time for us to think about how to do it better. The old adage that says practice makes perfect works because the practice betters our instincts.
The importance of death
On a day when the world mourns the death of a visionary, I ponder about the words that he left behind:
For the past 33 years, everyday in the morning I’ve looked in the mirror and I’ve asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” and whenever the answer has been ‘no’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Akshat Rathi 