Manoj Nayak - ARTICULATION

I have not been able to do my 4:30 am routine, here's why

I wrote in my last blogpost that I like to wake up at 4:30 am and finish my work before 10 am. But recently this has been tough. For some reasons I am not able to sleep early. Some reasons are beyong my control and some reasons are within

CONCEPTS

Beating Work Stress with Pomodoro or Sprints

There is nothing like overnight successes, you just cannot do everything you want to acheive in in one go. You need to chip at it or build it brick by brick.

CONCEPTS

The stories we tell ourselves - “Only if someone covered my back.”

Many a times I have heard myself telling me, only if this or that person had supported me, I would have made it through.

work

How to work as a Pro and not like a school kid

Below is my work system, I call it the 4:30am Club method

Memories

I lost my business partner 21 years ago! He was my Dad.

I lost all my will to succeed after he passed away, I played hard, but I stopped playing to win. I had no idea, who will I do proud if I win. He was the only guy I wanted to impress.

I am back to the 4:30 am waking up routine

So I also talked about that waking up early is shouldnt be a goal, but you need to have a system to make this happen. Below is my system.

updates

I have lost 5 to 7 kgs in the lockdown

My sister was the most alarmed, she said I look like an Aids Patient. She insisted on sending me meals every day, I had to tell her not to interfere and treat me like a baby.

Memories

What I learned about life after my mother’s death

My mother passed away on the 1st of December, I think I must have met her twice in the last 35 years of her life. Yes, I am a divorce kid who grew up with the dad.

CONCEPTS

Post Modernism - A New Operating System for the World

The name itself suggests. Post means after. After Modernism. So the earlier era was called the Modern Era of Enlightenment. The era before that was the era of Faith.

Memories

Are we trying to fix our childhood problems in adulthood?

So I was thinking today, Why do I do what I do? Am I doing things what I do, just because there is nothing else I could do? Till recently I believed I was doing things because I only know these many things to do.

CONCEPTS

The Paradox of Choice - Why less is more

In this tinder and social media culture, we are under the illusion of overwhelming choices. The man or the woman of our dreams is just a message away.

CONCEPTS

I Failed to Launch as a Man!

These men if they marry fail to take responsibilities of the family and this leads to more divorces and more boys growing up without their fathers.

CONCEPTS

Here is why I switched to the Satvic diet.

discovered that there are two major anatomies in the human body where most of the energy gets used. They are the stomach and the brain. The brain is a complicated thing, so I focused on the stomach. How do I not put the load on my digestive system?

CONCEPTS

How to decide which business idea to pursue

Disclaimer - This Blog is inspired by Elon Musk's concept of Utility Delta (watch video). I am probably going to paraphrase it so that my readers can relate to it.

CONCEPTS

Why do Assholes Win

Yes, when we stop playing the "WIN-LOSE GAME" and play the GAME B "WIN-WIN GAME". Assholes will no longer feel the need to bully or swindle your hard-earned fish.

Memories

Respect your elders because they won't be around forever.

This blogpost is a tribute to all these elderly people, some are dead and some may be alive. You are my rockstars! I miss you and love you.

CONCEPTS

Waking up at 5 AM shouldn’t be the Goal

There are primarily two school of thougths on optmising your life. One which is popular is setting Goals, another one is improvising processes (systems). Let me explain with this waking up analogy!

work

Work in sprints like a cheetah!

We all experience the pain of not being able to tick off the tasks on our bulging to do list. Right? This is because if we work mechanically trying to tick off items we lose energy. We need time to think, time to recuperate, time to plan.

CONCEPTS

Why is the Blog called "Articulation"

There are so many things we feel which we have no words to epress, but when we don't express things, civilisation stops. Human evolution is one of articulation.

updates

I couldn’t delete my blog

So, I was kind of tired of posting my uncensored and raw thoughts on the internet. I also wanted to write deep meningful thoughts and blogging is my way of just letting my friends and sometimes family know what the fuc* I am upto.

INTERESTS

The 21 days 5 AM Waking up Experiment

Have you ever wished that you could be a morning person. Wake up at 5 am, do your meditation, workout and be at your desk at 7:30 am and work on your passion project for a focussed 3 hours?

CONCEPTS

Dreaming Big will make you unhappy.

What are those small things you enjoy? Let me know.

Memories

Nostalgia for Pune - The city of my adolescent years

I am at a loss of words to describe Pune. I have hit the limit of the writing abilities. I am no good at talking about places or feelings.

CONCEPTS

Why it is necessary to play the Status Game

Remember becoming enlightened is also a status game. Anything “becoming” is not what you are right now. So is it aspirational and a status game.

Memories

She was 17, I was 24

One day a friend said you have a GF take her to the empty flat. I thought of being with her alone in an empty flat with all that privacy was something I was eager to try out.