Did you know about the Dunning–Kruger effect? It is a cognitive bias where people with low ability, expertise, or experience tend to overestimate their ability or knowledge. We often face this psychological paradox in life: less competent people see themselves as professionals and qualified, while more competent people tend to doubt themselves and their abilities.The... Continue Reading →
The Jyotirlinga Temples in India and Fibonacci Sequence
Received as a forward. I don't believe in such things but some may find it interesting, hence posting here: Did you know: The Jyotirlinga temples in India, are dedicated to Lord Shiva and there's a golden rule of numbers which is a universal theorem that can be linked to the position of the Jyotirlinga temples.... Continue Reading →
Three Dimensions of a Good Life
Three dimensions of a good life — crisp and well-rounded! Thought provoking! Would like to write my thoughts on this in coming weeks...
Happy B’day Srinivasa Ramanujan
The great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) was born on this day 135 years ago. He was a genius who taught himself advanced mathematics and did in a short life span of 32 years some great work which went on to become foundation of many ground breaking inventions and discoveries which we experience and use... Continue Reading →
Tips on Personal Finance
Ramit Sethi is one of the famous names in the field of Personal Finance. Here are Ramit's tips on personal finance 👇
Learning Pyramid of Average Retention Rates
Here is an interesting info-graphic on Learning Pyramid of Average Retention Rates (Source: NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Science). I strongly feel that teaching is the best form of learning. This info-graphic confirms my belief.
Happy Dussehra. विजयादशमीच्या हार्दीक शुभेच्छा!
अहंभावं त्यजेद्वेषं क्रोधं शोकं भयं व्यथाम् |धरेद्धैर्यं मनश्शक्तिं स्नेहं शान्तिं कृतज्ञताम् || Let us leave envy, anger, fear, ego, pain, hate & hold tight patience, courage, love, peace and gratitude!!! 😊
What’s Your $5 Distraction?
The Stanford professor Tina Seelig divided the class into several teams and gave $5 to each team. The goal was to make as much money as possible within 2 hours and then give a 3 minute presentation to the entire class. While some teams used the $5 and 2 hours in traditional ways like buying... Continue Reading →
Pendulum
"To and fro the pendulum throws…We are here and then we goMy shadow left me long ago Understand what we don't knowThis might passThis might lastThis may growEasy come and easy go" "The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong." — Carl Jung

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