Boot Loader

As a kid, my morning routine was rather messy, doing things haphazardly, out of sequence, wasting the time. Very inefficient. 


Then, I read about boot loader, the program that loads operating system when you start up the machine. It performs many tasks in an elegant sequence, an orchestra of files being executed in an optimal manner. I was fascinated to see a machine working so logically and rather embarrassed about my own booting up process every morning.


Since then, for the last 20+ years, I have tried to stick to what works best for me. Of course, marriage has added some subroutines like PREPARE TEA, but otherwise it remains unchanged.

Date palindrome

Today's date is a palindrome in DD/MM/YYYY format. 

 

5/10/2015

 

....reads same in both directions.

No ZERO days!

The single best productivity tip I ever received: No ZERO days. 

A "zero" day is when you don't do anything towards your target/plan/goal.

Take a vow to yourself: From today, from this moment onwards, you will live in a NON-ZERO system.

Feeling too tired to study? Read just one page of chapter. Don't have time to exercise? Do just one pushup.  But DO it.

Success doesn't come in a single day;  it's a result of long string of CONSISTENT NON ZERO days. 

Fibonacci series

I was leafing through a small textbook about Fibonacci sequence (1,1,2,3,5,8,13, 21, 34, 55… ) and its many practical applications. For example, you can quickly do an approximate conversion between miles and kilometres. 

Each number in kilometres is approximately equal its preceding number in Miles. Ex: 5 kms approximately equals 3 miles, 8 kms = 5 miles, 13 kms = 8 miles and so on. 

And by the way, Fibonacci series was originally discovered in India, possibly by Pingala or Virahanka.

The HenryMan List - Patrick McLean

Do the right thing. Always, everywhere, without exceptions. Know that rules aren't always the right thing. Throwing a punch and being polite may seem contradictory. They are not. There are occasions when throwing a punch is polite and standing inactive is the rudest thing you can do. 

For more such crisp advice, read: Patrick McLean @ 

http://www.theseanachai.com/2009/02/19/the-henryman-list/