Planes and trainsVishy KurugantiDecember 17, 20191 minsAn old school friend (M) gave the following reason for giving up meat : “One fine day I felt that I had eaten enough chicken for a lifetime. So I turned vegetarian.” My feelings towards planes and…
Getting healthy.. the slow wayVishy KurugantiDecember 15, 20193 mins“Nobody wants to become rich slowly.” – Warren Buffet Replace “rich” with “healthy” and the quote will still ring true. In late 2008, after 1.5 decades of asthma-free bliss, my top worry as I settled…
A runner takes a walkVishy KurugantiDecember 11, 20191 minsA rare Monday morning when I woke up at 430am. Rare because the alarm was set for 630am. Mondays are rest days (runner speak) or normal days (regular speak). This kind of inexplicable thing happens…
Underachiever’s ManifestoVishy KurugantiDecember 09, 20191 minsAs a tribute to this post’s theme, I’m just going to share excerpts of this not-so-famous 2006 book. As opposed to providing a commentary on what this topic means to me. For obvious reasons, it’s…
The tough boss frameworkVishy KurugantiDecember 08, 20191 minsWe’ve all had tough bosses in our careers. I don’t know about you but I’ve always enjoyed working with them. Just to be clear, folks like Larry Ellison, Steve Jobs, or fictional fashion editor Miranda…
Sardaron wali baat – apology to my Sikh friendsVishy KurugantiDecember 04, 20191 mins(Circa 2010, a weekday morning at work) We had just wrapped up a conference call with our colleagues in San Francisco. I pressed the hang-up button, turned to my team members and uttered “Kaisa yeh…
Barefooting in the snobbish sportsVishy KurugantiDecember 03, 20193 minsGolf and squash are uppity sports played by ‘gentlemen’. I say this despite being a squash aficionado. There’s one difference though. In one of the sports, you are guaranteed to sweat.. even if you…
When a tweet triggered a hormesis habit changeVishy KurugantiDecember 02, 20192 minsMy friend Mekin tweeted something interesting in Jan 2009. One of those things that makes you go “hmm.. surely I can give that a try!” For someone perpetually teetering on the edge of catching a cold…
The coffee abstinence experimentVishy KurugantiDecember 01, 20193 minsRegular readers of this blog might know that I run multiple experiments at any time. Experiments of the life hacking kind. Start doing this. Stop doing that. Well.. maybe more of the stopping kind…
Heads I win, tails I don’t loseVishy KurugantiOctober 05, 20193 mins“Racing is a true experience. Only the conditions are artificial. My entire self is engaged in a genuine struggle against time and distance and those around me. All my strengths, physical and…
