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Vishal Kataria

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Simplifying the complexities of life. Tweeting to help you become more effective – get better results for your effort.

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4 years
10 simple yet smart tips to sharpen your business #writing in 2 minutes. A thread (1/n)
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Cynicism is easy. Mimicry is easy. Optimistic contrarians are the rarest breed. — @naval
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@ValaAfshar Remarkable core body strength to maintain that position for so long.
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People offered Sushma Swaraj their own kidneys. When was the last time this happened for a political leader?
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'If you look back at your past self and see a fool, congratulations: you've grown." - @G_S_Bhogal
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The Venn diagram of relationships
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Touching your phone first thing in the morning is the absolute worst thing, because you’re training yourself to be reactive. - @jimkwik
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How to be mentally strong by @jaltucher http://t.co/VUNAfLm7Tj
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"I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it." - Maya Angelou
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Just finished reading Ramayana Unraveled by Ami Ganatra ( @6amiji ) for a second time. It provides life-changing principles that I would like to apply in 2024 and beyond. Here are 11 of them: 1. Never let anger or lust drive your actions. 2. Always put up your best behavior,
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A friend who lives at Nallasopara just sent me this.
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"When you’re about to have an opinion, first ask yourself whether it’s on a primary, secondary, or tertiary issue. On tertiary issues, be silent. On secondary issues, be humble. On primary issues, be passionate." -- @G_S_Bhogal (Source: )
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It was his birthday a week ago. But I couldn't wish him
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@MartinPovolny Could you explain why you applied this formula? I'm curious because it seems to be the simplest way to get the same answer I took 2 minutes to reach.
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This is what happens when we work together via @thebetterindia
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4 years
A thread on the right way to validate risky decisions, based on an insightful article by @ScottHYoung
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@ANI This is Bharat. Thank you, Batool 🙏🏽
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@anandmahindra Reinventing the wheel…
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4 years
For the last 6 years, I've admired @safalniveshak 's articles, not just on value investing but also on the wisdom of life. So when Vishal published The Sketchbook of Wisdom, I had to lay my hands on it. A thread on my biggest takeaways (1/n)
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Bought both these because @safalniveshak recommended them. Can't wait to start reading *happily rubs hands*
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The times are a-changing.
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@ShaneAParrish "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone." — Blaise Pascal Slack can be rejuvenating if we can direct our attention. If we're prisoners of our thoughts, the mind will never truly be at rest.
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Goal for 2018: I don't want to read 100 new books. I just want to reread the ones which have changed my life.
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@RobertGreene “The secret to work is this: Let the end and the means be joined into one. When you are doing any work, do not think of anything beyond. Do it as worship, as the highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being.” – Swami Vivekananda
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@paulg One thing yoga does is that it subconsciously creates a gap between our thoughts and us in that we’re not driven by them but we can stand back and actually observe what we’re thinking (and what we should be thinking).
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@paulg Richard Carlton of 3M had said, "The difference between persistence and stubbornness is success. If you succeed, you’re persistent. If you fail, you’re stubborn."
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@G_S_Bhogal @elonmusk I think the point here is about vaccines. There are no vaccines for cancer and HIV. But yes, COVID has proved to be deadly, and only those who have experienced the effects—or know someone who did—are more likely to accept its lethality.
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9 years
@Crowdfire A1. Multiple things that interest me. Music, social media, my blog posts, motorsports etc. #cfchat
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@IAmMarkManson And what it's like to listen to them without trying to interrupt them--in effect, soaking in what they are trying to say.
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Wisdom is when I start appreciating your space. Quarrels start when ‘my’ becomes ‘the’ via @devduttmyth
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@jasonfried Work ethic is having a good say:do ratio
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@stats_feed The printing press. It set the platform for all the sharing of information—and innovation—that followed.
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4 years
The definitive guide to building #thoughtleadership in 2020 and beyond [A free e-book with lessons learned from @BlumeVentures , @CBinsights , @HubSpot and more]
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Why Lord Shiva places his left foot over his right via @devduttmyth
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The best lesson from @devduttmyth 's Success Sutra
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@paulg Superb piece by @morganhousel on why simplicity is despised and complexity worshipped
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Contrarian optimists study history deeply to realize that the potential to find new ideas that multiply is vast. And they don't dismiss human resilience just because the media makes the current scenario appear grim.
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@BoyanSlat Armchair activists tend to promote other armchair activists while dismissing the ones who are actually on the ground getting their hands dirty.
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An important lesson from Ravana via @devduttmyth
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What's the hidden cost of saying everything on our minds? Is it worth the price?
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[Listen] 9 books I've gifted and recommended the most #TheVishipediaShow
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4 years
Ever wondered why dreams feel longer than they really are? Why an hour in a dream might just be 10 minutes in real life? It’s because of how the brain functions when we sleep versus when we’re awake. A thread. (1/n)
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@RobertGreene It may sound ironic, but to get closer to reality, we must take a step back from the situation. Swami Chinmayananda would say: "Imagine a huge painting the size of this stage backdrop and you are standing right next to it. What will you make out of it? Just a blur, perhaps.
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Success is rarely about finding the right solution to a problem — it’s more about finding the right problem to solve. - @AdamMGrant
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@sajithpai @kunalb11 @naval @waitbutwhy This article by @JamesClear on first principles is really insightful as well
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When we persevere, things get better, and often, they get better than they were before via @safalniveshak
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How to discover great technology, ideas, and opportunities before most people, and capitalize on them. 🧵
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@shyamsek Why do we still consider him relevant?
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@RobertGreene “The old idea was: ‘Develop one idea at the expense of all the rest.’ The modern way is ‘harmonious development.’ A third way is to ‘develop the mind and control it’, then put it where you will; the result will come quickly. This is developing yourself in the truest way. Learn
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9 years
Travelling with @IndiGo6E made my 92-y-o-granny experience much more than just flying http://t.co/p3SlsHB7TA http://t.co/o1Ar2ItW4j
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A lesson learned on pacing ourselves so that we eventually cross the finish line: I’d been struggling with coffee addiction; it’s one thing I couldn’t let go of. One day, I decided to quit cold turkey. No more coffee for the next 2 weeks, I declared. Within 2 days, I was
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A research-driven way to be truly happy without being at the mercy of luck and external circumstances. A 🧵
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@librarymindset In that case, I’m already done with Feb, April, July, Sep, Oct, Nov, and Dec.
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9 years
You need to run experiments to improve your #GrowthHacking Strategy via @PierreLechelle
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"Writing is magic, as much as the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink.” via @safalniveshak
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Publicly, we canvas for equality. But privately, we crave for inequality Brilliant by @devduttmyth
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@sagarikaghose did you ask them for yummy blood dripping beef?
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@anandmahindra @devusinh Reminds me of the dialogue in the movie Batman Begins, that Ra's Al Ghul says to Bruce Wayne: "The training is nothing, the will is everything."
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RT if you get it
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It's been months but I still laugh non stop when I read this. Hats off @KyaUkhaadLega
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10 takeaways from an insightful panel discussion during the launch of Ami Ganatra's book Mahabharata Unravelled II: On 9th Feb, Mahabharata Unravelled II was launched in an event organized by @mahagathe and @brhat_in . The panelists were: Ami ji ( @6amiji ) Pankaj Saxena ji
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Bought these books again as the person I lent them to refused to return them. Can't wait to read again @devduttmyth
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“Mass vaccination is the only safe and reliable method to end the pandemic without significant mortality. The Asian Flu pandemic of 1957 was stopped in its tracks by vaccination.” via @amitsurg
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View from my room right now. Please be careful while travelling Mumbaikars #MumbaiRains http://t.co/ibcYB1Irg2
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Awesome session by @safalniveshak yesterday on #mentalmodels at co-working hub @91springboard Navi Mumbai 👌
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@ValaAfshar @timberners_lee @CERN Interesting trivia: A Victorian book named “Enquire Within Upon Everything,” which Berner-Lee's parents owned while he was growing up, inspired him to write his first design for a system to link information called ENQUIRE. Eventually, it became the internet.
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Many people are suffering from consumption exhaustion today. How much can you scroll Instagram or binge watch Netflix? How many webinars can one attend before getting saturated? The human DNA is encoded with the will to create, not over-consume.
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@RobertGreene The state of Flow… where I get so involved in an activity that I lose track of time and myself, yet come out the other side feeling more self-assured and fulfilled.
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8 years
Will share alternate perspectives in a #webinar on #contentmarketing with @leadsquared on 3rd June Join me
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This podcast episode is soooo good! Heard it once and deactivated a few unnecessary social media profiles. I'm gonna hear it again and make notes on how to apply slow productivity in my own life.
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“When you go back and study people producing things of real value, using their brain, they were smart, and they were dedicated, and they worked really hard, but they didn’t hustle, and they didn’t work 10-hour days, day after day. They didn’t work all-out, year-round. They didn’t
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You will be forgotten when you leave, whether it's a job, a relationship, or even life. People will move on. Accepting this will free your mind and let you discover yourself rather than making you attach your identity to a job, a belief, or a sect.
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@RobertGreene When you're in a state of delight, know that you're going to overpromise. It's better to wait until the mind has stabilized.
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2 years
Thought for the day, week, month, and year.
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4 years
A lucid analysis by @KanchanGupta that addresses the elephant in the room during the India-EU summit: The EU's refusal to condemn China's belligerence.
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While Ms Leyen and Mr Michel stuck to predictable platitudes, Mr Modi did not hesitate to repeatedly allude to the elephant in the room: 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 which continues to mount increasing “pressure on a rules-based international order”, writes @KanchanGupta :
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How to use small circles to develop mastery in the art of #investing
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@BrianDEvans You'd also be surprised how much you can get from AI if you master the field. Your work will be of much higher quality than the superfluous ones.
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If you want to improve, don't surround yourself with mediocrity. Surround yourself with people better than you #mondaymotivation
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Do you remember this song?
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4 years
3 minutes of @finshots a day keeps ignorance at bay. Happy Diwali folks.
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@safalniveshak There will always be critics, especially when we have open platforms. But as Roosevelt said: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is
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A simple question to ask yourself daily to check whether you're headed in the right direction is: "Is this important right now?"
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7 years
Planning to launch a Tinder app for vegetables. Think I'll call it Tindey.
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2 years
One of the simplest yet most powerful lessons I've learned from @ShreyaShah22 is to be grateful and fully present while having food or water. After all, they are among the most important aspects of life. It's difficult to practice, given all the distractions, but I keep trying.
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@JamesClear Break large problems down into tiny ones. Solve each of them and you'll solve the large problem. Put together a lot of the micro and you get the macro.
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The Somnath temple in #Gujarat #TuesdayTemple click
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Dear Mumbai, it's still raining. Please don't give your boss preference over yourself today. Stay home, stay safe #MumbaiRains
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6 years
If someone behaves like nothing can be accomplished without them, just tell them that the world's population is 7.58 billion.
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How to scale by doing things that don’t scale — 5 lessons from @sajithpai of @BlumeVentures
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How self-aware are you?
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Happy Sunday reading to me 😊
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My 3 key epiphanies during the pandemic: 1. We can actually do more with less. 2. Money alone does not bring happiness. 3. Happiness is not a pursuit, it's a byproduct of doing meaningful work. What were your biggest lessons?
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Lived in Thane for over 2 decades. This place has grown more beautiful with each passing year #TotallyThane
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@paulg What appears obvious to us may not be so to everyone. And many people may choose to not clarify their doubts out of fear of appearing foolish in public. Stating the obvious can be helpful to them too.
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@lavsmohan Lazlo Bock, ex VP at Google, recommends a useful formula: Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z] where X is the accomplishment, Y is the number which substantiates your accomplishment, and Z is the action through which the deed was fulfilled.
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@Calvinn_Hobbes I wonder whether the first person who coined the phrase "relatives" was actually being sarcastic.
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