Resonance

*#33: | 03.02.2026: What got you here won't get you there:* *What got you here won't get you there: Marshall Goldsmith* Post: https://bit.ly/resonance033 1. Create a To-Stop list rather than a To-Do list. 2. Removal of negativity in all forms - food, comments, talk… 3. Compulsory removal of distractions 4. Being neutral in many occasions. 5. Enjoying the present. 6. Gradually reducing our choices,...

#032 | 02.01.2026: January scorecard Done 108 Suryanamaskaar: 23 days (2 days — 48 & 12 | 6 days — 0) Audio: 31 days Burnt 600+kcal: 18 days Clocked 10K+ steps: 20 days Trikala Sandhyavavandhanam: 24 days ( Skipped SaiSandhyavandhanam — 5 days | Did only Sai sandhyavandhanam — 1 day | Only 1 day — all times skipped) Elevate, WOW, Airlearn, Duolingo — All 31 days Did not count properly: 1.⁠ ⁠Vedam...

*#024 | 24.01.2026 : How many of our daily tasks stretches us emotionally or physically or both?* Notes: https://bit.ly/3M52Rsu ​ Most of us just grown-up children (வளர்ந்த குழந்தைகள் மட்டுமே) ​ ஒரு அரை மயக்க நிலையில் அல்லாமல் (வாட்ஸப் நோண்டுவது போல) எத்தனை செயலக்ளை அன்றாடம் செய்கிறோம் ​ ஒரே இடத்தில், ஒரே நேரத்தில், ஒரே ஸ்திதியில் அனுதினமும் என்ன செய்கிறோம் (Atleast 4-days a week as per [Atomic ha...

022|22.01.2026: Why you should seriously consider learning a skill in a very traditional way! Notes: https://bit.ly/4sQyxm0 1. The ‘student’ mindset 2. Understanding how the ego comes in the way once we stop learning 3. Very essential as a parent to set example for our children 4. Thinking on our kids’ shoes 5. Greatly helps in managing our time (Finishing a meeting at 3.42 and climbing 12 hours t...

#21 | 21.01.2026:Why you should consider a creative & serious hobby? Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance021 1. What is that one feeling which is most common in ‘common man’ 2. What is your eerie to beat that ennui? 3. Doing nothing is not the opposite of engaging in a frustrated day job! 4. How come you win that negativity associated with your day? 5. Is regular exercise or yoga gives you peace before...

*#20 | 20.01.2026 — The most difficult step is to start!* Podcast: https://bit.ly/oli0020 Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance020 ​Simple example: Compare the steps in replying to a WA message from a number instead of messaging to that new number ​It is extremely easy to edit a document than to start a new one! ​Most of the rules/our assumptions are becoming obsolete at a faster rate. ​In the calculati...

*#20 | 20.01.2026 — The most difficult step is to start!* Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance020 1.Simple example: Compare the steps in replying to a WA message from a number instead of messaging to that new number 2.It is extremely easy to edit a document than to start a new one! 3.Most of the rules/our assumptions are becoming obsolete at a faster rate. 4.In the calculation of the speed of sound, th...

#19 | 19.01.2026: Culture eats strategy for breakfast Notes:https://bit.ly/resonance019 1 What do we do when there is no rule? 2 How good is our knee jerk reaction? 3 Have you ever wondered why the old women says நாசமத்து போ? (Not நாசமாப் போ) 4 கம்பன் பெரும்பாலான இடங்களில் கொலை என்ற வழக்கைப் பயன்படுத்தவில்லை. 5 What is our response when we come across an anonymous (bitter) truth about us? 6 Cultur...

18 | 18.01.2026 : How far is our environment affecting (+/-) us? Post: https://bit.ly/resonance018 ​ In a normal day, what is our productivity in office Vs WFH? ​ Why in COVID days, students did not study well? Why they did not write their exams properly? ​ Why in school days, kids eat their food by themselves but in holidays torture us to the core? ​ Why there are no negative words spoken in marr...

*#17 | 17.01.2026: External accountability Vs Internal drive* Notes; https://bit.ly/resonance017 1. Written records Vs memory 2. Ranks Vs knowledge 3. In all these arguments one side is the same — The inner drive or my conscience. 4. The opposite side varies in different forms. 5. Increasingly we are very easily distracted & bored of regularly doing anything. 6. In most of the cases, those who arg...

#16 | 16.01.2026: மனிதர்களையும் குணங்களையும் தனித்தனியே பார்க்கிறோமா Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance016 1. அம்மா சொன்னா அப்பீலே இல்ல! 2. மானேஜரே சொல்லிட்டாரே... 3. நம் அப்பா நல்லவர் என்று தெரிவதற்கு நமக்கு ஒரு திருமணம் ஆகவேண்டியதாயிருக்கிறது! 4. கவனிக்கிறோமா? முத்திரை குத்துகிறோமா? 5. Why we seek any suggestions from anyone? 6. ஒவ்வொருவரையும் ஒரு சட்டகத்திற்குள் அடக்க ஏனிந்த அவசரம்? 7. நுணுக்கமாயி...

*#015 | 15.01.2026: How comfortable are we in Ignoring sunk costs?* Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance015 1 Engineer film (Tamil 90s) was dropped since it had costed enormously to produce and the remaining budget was also not promising to get a profit 2 A sunk cost is money, time, or effort already spent that cannot be recovered, making it irrelevant for future decisions. 3 Do/Can we easily ignore su...

#014 | 14.01.2026 : Why we want to be picky on our identities? Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance014 1 We want to be unique 2 But we also have FOMO 3 Secretly we do not want to be so against the common consensus 4 Our identity shouldn’t be against (what we perceive as) modernist mindset 5 Become a member 6 Mainstream media, narratives play a major game 7 Rather than being right/truthful, we want to s...

*#013 | 13.01.2026 : What is our identity? What is not our identity?* *Notes:* https://bit.ly/resonance013 1.At young age we try to do many whacky things to prove our identity. 2.As we get elder, we backoff. Secretly we try to not to be seen alone. Instead we try to be the best in what others are also doing — People like us do things like this! 3.The identities which are thrusted to us — by birth,...

*012: | 12.01.2026: The impact of modern education (2+12+4 years) and exams in our life* Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance012 Podcast: 1. Modern education is the result of factory! 2. The power of (incorrect) repetition 3. Right Vs Wrong, success vs failure 4. Tests/End results are only important. 5. Will this be on test? 6. End is Very important than the means! (Compare this to Gandhi’s “The means...

*#011 | What is our perspectives towards a task? How we can change our perspective?* நாம் செய்யவேண்டிய செயலை எவ்வாறெல்லாம் பார்க்கிறோம்? Post: https://bit.ly/resonance011 1.பிரசினையாக 2. வேலையாக 3. சீக்கிரம் இழுத்து எறிஞ்சு விட வேண்டியாக 4. எப்பாடு பட்டாவது கடந்து போய்விட வேண்டியதாக 5. யாரிடமாவது தள்ளிவிட வேண்டியாக 6 (நாம்தான் செய்யவேண்டிய நிலை வந்தால்) அதை அவசியமேயில்லை என்று தட்டிக்கழிக்கவேண்டிய...

#010 | 10.01.2026 — How far thinking about the next act affects our current act? Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance010 ​அடுத்த செயலின் மீதான விருப்பு வெறுப்பு எந்தளவு நம் தற்போதைய செயலை பாதிக்கிறது? ​திங்கள் காலையும் வெள்ளி மாலையும் ஒன்றா? ​புதன் கிழமைகளின் மேல் நமக்கு என்ன வெறுப்பு? ​ஒரு செயலின் கடைசி 10 சதவீதத்தில் நம் சிரத்தையும் கவனமும் என்ன? ​மாலை நம் கல்லூரி get-together-இல் கலந்து கொள்ளும் நாள...

#009 | 09.01.2023 எந்த மனோநிலையில் செயல்படுகிறோம் Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance009 1. சந்தோஷம் / pleasure 2. எரிச்சலுடன் வெண்டா வெறுப்பாக 3. இட்டு ரொப்புவதற்காக 4. கடனே என்று 5. கணக்கு காட்டுவதற்காக 6. *பலனுக்காக/*நமக்கென்ன லாபம் 7. சஞ்சயன் திருதராஷ்டிரனுக்கு சொல்லும் வார்த்தை - குருக்ஷேத்திரத்தில் 18 (11+7) அக்குரோணி சேனைகளில் இருவர் கண்களில் மட்டுமே சலிப்பில்லை - அவர்களே ஜெயிக்கப்போகின்றனர்! 8...

#008 | 08.01.2026 செய்வன திருந்தச் செய்வோம்! Podcast: https://bit.ly/oli008 Post: https://bit.ly/resonance008 1. இடம், பொருள், ஏவல் அறிந்து செய்கிறோமா? 2. We are what we do | We are what we repeatedly do | What do we do repeatedly? | What do we repeatedly avoid! 3. If it’s worth, do it | Do it well if it’s worth doing it | Do it well at the very first time too if it is worth doing it! 4. எதையும் ப...

#007 | 07.01.2026: Just DO it! Post: https://bit.ly/resonance007 Why we forget History & Geography lessons from school but never cycle/2-wheeler riding _Actions speak louder than words…_ _A sound mind in a sound body_ … [உடல் வளர்த்தேன் உயிர் வளர்த்தேனே](https://www.tamilvu.org/slet/l41A0/l4130son.jsp?subid=2438) Got [this post](https://x.com/thebeautyofsaas/status/2006104228381721052?s=48) from m...

06.01.2026: Why I continue learning Vedam #006 Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance006 *நான் ஏன் வேதம் கற்றுக் கொள்வ*தைத் தொடர்கிறேன்? 1. A traditional one-to-one veda class where the vadhyar says the mantra (ஷாகை) once and I repeat twice 2. Grantha alphabets, Veda mantras in Sandhyavandhanam are taught first 3. No meanings! 4. How it started in COVID? 5. From 2021, absconding from work in the afternoo...

*Why don’t we write* Notes*:* https://bit.ly/resonance005 1. Wordsworth on VIBGYOR: “The beauty in form of a plant or an animal is not made less but more apparent as a whole by more accurate insight into its constituent properties and powers” 2. Writing demands us to be specific. 3. How many of write anything with pen? Except transactions (email/message to colleagues or reply to friends) what do w...

*04.01.2026: The power of repetition* *Podcast:https://bit.ly/oli0004* *Notes: https://bit.ly/resonance004* ஹரிகேஸநல்லூர் வெங்கட்ராமன் தன் ‘ஒளிமயமான எதிர்காலம்’ ஒவ்வொரு விசேஷம்/முக்கியமான ஒன்றையும் மூன்று முறைக்கும் மேல் சொல்வதுண்டு. ஏன்? The power of repetition! ​ We are what we do | We are what we repeatedly do | We are what we repeatedly do better | *We are NOT also what we repeatedly avoid* ​...

*3.1.2026 What do you do in your mornings?* 1 What do you do in your mornings? That's a teasing question! 2 Do you switch on the data only when it is absolutely necessary? Or you are always on? 3 Have you observed the pattern on Monday morning, Wednesdays & Friday evenings? 4 What's your plan for Monday/4days/weekend? 5 Is seeing the Whatsapp in your morning an absolute necessity? 6 How often you...

2-2-2026 *Success Vs Failure.* On a given day, most of the time we make the tasks as very minimal. Even if there is a single extra one, we say a strict NO. Why? We see every task as success Vs failure This can be routed to our school & college. 15/16/18 years of schooling, esp. exams shape us very judgemental in everything - Power of repetition! Actually only when we repeat things, we get mastery....