Immersion in simple terms is deep mental involvement on a topic. By extension, instant immersion is your ability for deep mental involvement at a moment’s notice. Building and developing this ability can provide you a huge competitive advantage. If you are smart, you are switching contexts several dozen times a day. A context switch can… Continue reading
While coming back from his swimming class, I asked Sumukh a simple question – “Do you think a rose is beautiful?” He said “Yes” immediately and looked at me as if I was asking about something super obvious. I followed up with another question – “Sumukh, do you want to think about your answer again?… Continue reading
Mini Saga #125 – Focus Matt passionately spoke about his project. At the end, his focus turned towards people who were interested to join immediately. He asked them to stay behind for a detailed conversation and bid goodbye to others. In that process, he lost the mindshare of all those who “might be” interested soon…. Continue reading
Imagine you went to see a movie. It is a murder mystery. You bought the tickets and as you entered the hall, there was someone handing out an index card that had the words “IMPORTANT” written on them. Curious and you turn the card around only to find that there are two paragraphs of text… Continue reading
Attention is at a premium everywhere. You need to “earn” someone’s attention. Attempts to steal it from someone usually fails. Mini Saga #66 – Attention Jack was coming out of Bob’s office. He smilingly told John, “I stretched that five minute meeting to thirty minutes”. John smiled and walked into Bob’s office. Bob smiled and… Continue reading