Tag: Hours

Time is limited, and you try to figure out how to get more things done each week. Then you hear about Elon Musk working over 100 hours a week and you can barely manage 40. And, you’re not willing to give up all your free time to do more. This is where the problem comes in no matter how m...

I came across a tweet by former Netflix engineer Alex Castillo that reflects on the value of caring at work. Alex recounts how the team he had just joined at the streaming giant discovered a broken legacy app on a Friday and managed to fix everything by the following Monday. The twee...

Your work does add value to your life. But not that much. Especially if you are young, your life is mostly built by what you do after your work hours. We work for 6 to 8 hours everyday. If I exclude the sleep time, we still have 8 hours of FREE time left. That time has insane amount of p...

Summer is slowly slipping away, and we notice the air is getting cooler but clearer as well. From atop, we see further again and could see the Alps for the first time since early May. The nights are clear with thousands of stars sparkling above our heads and countless airliners zooming across. De...

You undoubtedly use your phone throughout the day if you're anything like me. But when we claim that we don't have time, we mean that we don't prioritize the things that are truly important to us. I made a change last year and adopted five modest habits that saved me a ton of tim...

Learning the toolbox is the grand promise from prestigious management consultancies like McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group and Bain. Wide-eyed college seniors are torn between pursuing their passions or spending a few years as a consultant to learn slide-making, Excel modeling and so-called probl...

In a previous post, I talked about making rational decisions through an experience I had at a tennis match and how that should not affect the decision to buy tickets for a similar future tennis match or not. Now I’m back again to tell you that it’s great to be able to think about things ...

With the introduction of Apple Silicon in the new lineup of Macs, there are numerous benefits in terms of Performance and Low Power computing. These new processors were designed from the ground-up to tackle the most demanding tasks, and put to shame their Inte...

To spend ten hours anywhere is hard. To spend ten hours in a place like Amsterdam? Where do I even begin! The city is filled with canals, bicycles, cafés (yes, both kinds), and too many museums to count. So, with my seven hours, I decided to do…well, virtually nothing. Originally, my p...

What would you do if you had several hours stranded at Bangkok’s airport waiting for your next flight? Don’t get me wrong, it’s a beautifully designed airport but I’d rather see a little more. Bankok’s BKK Suvarnabhumi Airport — author’s photos ...

The jetBlue redeye from Portland disgorged me into the terminal of Boston’s Logan International Airport at 7:00 on a Sunday morning. I flew east to attend two days of a conference, sacrificing half of a weekend at home in the process. People who think business travel is all glamour have never ...

Dublin, the vibrant capital of Ireland, is a city brimming with history, culture, and a lively atmosphere. While its iconic landmarks, like Trinity College and the Guinness Storehouse, are known worldwide, there’s a whole other side to Dublin waiting to be discovered, known only to the city&rs...

I retraced my steps at Atlanta’s gargantuan airport. My pocket had felt lighter than usual. The difference was small, but I sensed it nonetheless. Reaching inside my pocket, I knew something was missing. When I found out what was missing, I wasn’t alarmed. Yet. The item must’...

Last year, I read about a challenge to spend 1000 hours outside within a year. I spend plenty of time outside, but I wasn’t sure if I’d effortlessly climb to 1000 hours. I decided to give the challenge a try. I downloaded an app where I recorded my minutes. Any time I spent more than fiv...

Let’s not even discuss that one boss who believes he is in charge of the world, pretends to be a friend, but is actually a dick. Don’t get me wrong, some bosses are cool, but we all waste our lives at work, so at least put up with some nonsense. I can’t do nothing, HR is in ch...

Have you ever found yourself staring at the blank screen, the cursor blinking back at you like a silent judge, reminding you of the ticking clock and the untouched mountain of tasks awaiting your attention? As writers, we often juggle the delicate balance between creativity and productivity, alwa...