Ink & Inspiration

13/09/2024

मलाई खलील जिब्रानद्वारा लेखिएको "डर" कविता अत्यन्तै मन पर्‍यो अनुवाद गर्ने कोसिस गरे, हाम्रो जीवनमा हामी निरन्तर डरसँग संघर्ष गरिरहन्छौं। यो हाम्रो जीवनको एक हिस्सा हो, तर यसले हामीलाई अघि बढ्न बाट रोक्न दिनु हुँदैन,

कसरी ?

नदी जस्तै आ-आफ्नो तरिका…… 😀

Enjoy weekend 🙏

15/12/2023

In his book, Clockwork, Mike Michalowicz presents a useful tool for managing your time as a leader. In his 4D framework he distinguishes four types of action:

Do - Execute Task
The least important type of action, but the one most leaders spend most of their time on: doing the work themselves. While there always is some work that you need to do yourself, the key message here is: spend as little time as you can on this first category.

Decide - Assign Action
One level higher, but still not a core activity for leaders is making decisions. If you make all the decisions, it means you have to be involved and informed about everything that happens. While that may have been a sign of leadership in the past, it is no longer today.

Delegate - Assign Outcome
Now we’re arriving at the more important categories. Delegating is an important skill for leaders. Rather than doing the work or making decisions themselves, they delegate this to others. This makes their own task one of assigning who is responsible for which outcome.

Design - Create Future
The most important type of action, but the one most leaders spend least of their time on: designing the organization of the future and creating the right conditions for that organization to emerge. This is truly working ON the business rather than IN the business.

Actionable two steps after reading are:
1- Assess how you spend your time today. Assign percentages to each of the four categories.
2- Define how you should spend your time. Again, by assigning percentages to the categories.

22/10/2023

Useful perspective on how to deal with narcissists in the workplace. Narcissism is profound sense of insecurity, lack of empathy and seeking admirations most of time. It is not always bad some of them are healthy and certain level of Narcissism help to be resilience and confident but when volume goes up then we have to deal it carefully.
One of the good advice I learnt from this this podcast is better not to deal and debate in publicly rather deal in 1-1 conversations with care and practice praise them publicly for some good work. Most importantly, we have choices to control our emotions, responses and energy level rather trying to control other to avoid unnecessary conflict.

‎Show Coaching for Leaders, Ep Holding People Accountable Without Authority, with Bonni Stachowiak - 24 Sept 2023

14/09/2023

Moldova

23/08/2023

Top 15 Lessons learned of the book "The Art of Thinking Clearly"

1. Confirmation bias is the mother of all misconceptions.

It is a tendency to interpret new information so that it becomes compatible with our existing theories.

2. Never underestimate the hard work and lower probability of success, just because we are shown more successful people than many more actual failures.

3. Calamity of Conformity

If you ever find yourself in a tight unanimous group, you must speak your mind, even if your team does not like it, and even if it means risking expulsion from the warm nest.

4. Induction

People get inducted into a decision based on history without thinking logically.

5. Loss Aversion

The fear of losing something motivates people more than the prospect of gaining something of equal value.

6. Compounding

When it comes to compounding, don’t trust your intuition - you have no idea how powerful it is.

7. It is not what you say, but how you say, that's important.

99% Fat Free product seems more healthy than a product with 1% Fat.

8. If you are not a part of the solution, you are definitely a part of the problem.

There is no 3rd category of passive onlookers
9. Follow your passion

Follow your passion even if you have to do away with part of your income for that.

10. Whenever you are dealing with averages, be careful of the distribution behind it.

A Bill Gates monthly income in a group of 50 ordinary citizens can give an extremely misleading average.

11. Money does not always motivate.

It works as a motivation only in companies where employees work for only money.

12. Money comes wrapped in emotions.

Money won incidentally, as against earned through hard work, is more likely to be spent irrationally - though it sounds illogical because the money is the same.

13. Self Control drains your energy.

Therefore you need a lot of energy if you want to exercise self control and excel in any specific area of life.

14. Presence of something is more noticeable and valued than its absence.

As an example, presence of disease is much more noticeable than its absence.

15. News is to mind, what sugar is to body.

It is appetizing, easy to digest - and highly destructive in the long run. Try and avoid it as much as you can.

Thank you for reading 📚 ❤️ 🙏

Nirpa Dhami

Source : John. B page

09/08/2023

15 lessons from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho:

1. **Follow your dreams.** Don't be afraid to follow your dreams, no matter how crazy they may seem. If you have a dream, go for it!
2. **Trust your intuition.** Your intuition is a powerful guide that can help you make good decisions. So, listen to your intuition and follow your gut.
3. **Live in the present moment.** The past is gone and the future is not yet here. The only moment we have is the present moment. So, focus on living in the present and enjoying each moment as it comes.
4. **Don't be afraid to take risks.** If you want to achieve something great, you have to take risks. So, don't be afraid to step outside of your comfort zone and take some risks.
5. **Believe in yourself.** Have faith in your abilities and know that you can achieve anything you set your mind to.
6. **Never give up on your dreams.** No matter how difficult things get, never give up on your dreams. Keep going until you achieve your goals.
7. **Be open to new experiences.** The world is a big and amazing place, so be open to new experiences. You never know where they might lead you.
8. **Learn from your mistakes.** Everyone makes mistakes. It's how we learn and grow. So, don't be afraid to make mistakes, just learn from them and move on.
9. **Be grateful for what you have.** Gratitude is a powerful emotion that can help you to appreciate the good things in your life. So, be grateful for what you have, no matter how small it may seem.
10. **Help others.** Helping others is a great way to feel good about yourself and make a difference in the world.
11. **Be true to yourself.** Don't try to be someone you're not. Be true to your own values and beliefs.
12. **Follow your heart.** Your heart knows what's best for you. So, follow your heart and you'll never go wrong.
13. **The universe conspires to help you achieve your dreams.** If you have a dream, the universe will help you achieve it. So, believe in yourself and keep going, and the universe will guide you along the way.
14. **The journey is more important than the destination.** The journey of achieving your dreams is just as important as the destination itself. So, enjoy the journey and learn from it along the way.
15. **Everything is interconnected.** Everything in the universe is interconnected. So, treat everyone with respect, because you never know how they might be connected to you.

I hope these lessons help you to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

BOOK: https://amzn.to/3DuFzo1