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Increasing Entitlement, Reducing Appreciation

By Suraj

In our household until recently, we primarily used delivery apps to order in food. Over time as tracking improved on these apps, I started to time my ordering to ensure food delivery to coincide with when we planned to eat. 

I remember feeling frustrated once when as soon as I placed my order fr...
21 Oct 2024 04:31 PM - Comment(s)
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I didn't want to be part of "The Development Set"

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I left my job as a software engineer in late 2005 to join the development sector. Almost a decade later, I made another big change in my life, I decided to start my own (social) entrepreneurial journey. One of the reasons to make this change was I felt that I was increasingly becoming p...

16 Oct 2024 06:59 PM - Comment(s)
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How do I know social media has changed how we think?

By Suraj

I don’t use WhatsApp or any other social media*

I am someone who aspires to be present. I love the idea of doing one thing at a time. I crave the ability to concentrate on a task for a couple of hours, like I was able to when I still coded. 

I am also easily distracted. Messaging apps and socia...
15 Oct 2024 07:01 PM - Comment(s)
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Book Review - Design For How People Learn by Julie Dirksen

By Suraj

My verdict - If you are someone who is even remotely connected to creating learning materials or courses of any kind, please do read this book. 



As part of our work at CoolCoach, we had to design courses that helped sports persons from low-income families gain employment as entry level fitness...
14 Oct 2024 06:52 PM - Comment(s)
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Learning through Conversations

By Suraj

I am curious by nature and I love learning about new things. If something really piques my interest, I enjoy going deep so that I can have an opinion on the subject. 

Here is how I usually learn -
  • I discover something new via something I heard (conversation, podcast), something I read (book, blog...
13 Oct 2024 04:27 PM - Comment(s)
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