by Ravi Raman | Feb 26, 2019
Procrastination is a first world problem. In ancient times there was no such thing. If you were a hungry bushman roaming the Kalahari, your options were to find food or starve. Raining? Quick, build a shelter. Cold? Better scrounge up some kindling and get that fire...
by Ravi Raman | May 22, 2018
Why is it that productivity tips, tricks, and hacks are perennially captivating? We all seem to care about being productive, to a fault. I can imagine our hunter-farmer ancestors, dishing out wisdom to rapt audiences, sharing their best ideas for growing more potatoes...
by Ravi Raman | Jul 22, 2016
It’s not even close. We like to say this to ourselves nonetheless. We tell our employees, peers, and children, that if you just work hard, everything will be OK. Many of us learned this way as well. It’s a meme that has accelerated in the past decade if you pay...
by Ravi Raman | May 16, 2016
We all have 24 hours in a day. So why does no one seem to have any time? I was driving to and from the Denver airport yesterday, picking up Alison from a long trip back to Seattle. She is preparing our house for sale. I was happy to have her back in Colorado. My...
by Ravi Raman | Jun 22, 2015
There are probably a million things you would rather do than tidy up your house or office. My personally, I’d much rather go out and run for an hour or play with my dog, Duke. However, I just finished reading a book that provides a few incredibly valuable...