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We saw lot of new years and then there is 2020. Nothing is normal in 2020, it's a thriller movie. As we always say, what you can not measure you can never manage. Let's do the base line comparison against last year. Here is what I have done in 2019  http://jnsuryaprakash.blogspot.com/2019/12/2019-in-review.html Legend: → indicates continued just like last year ↑ upward trend when compared to last year ↓ indicates downward trend when compared to last year ⇪ Indicates new this year Year 2020 in review: (6 downs, 5 keep ups)  → More than 600 miles ran during this year 2020 (Avg 12 miles per week) .  It is equivalent to the distance between Bentonville, AR to Chicago, IL. ↓ More than 20 hours volunteering ↓NO blood donations this year. ↓Read more than 2 books this year. Refer to  ↑More than 44 blogs written refer  http://jnsuryaprakash.blogspot.com/ ↓ Technical presentations →Lost more than 100 UNO, caroms, Colossal crash and chess games with my ...

 47% of Americans are not living in their present / not paying attention to what they are doing, I believe this might have jumped up in year 2020.  People are significantly un-happy when they are NOT paying attention. A wandering mind is un-happy life. We are recently finding huge increase in cases of Attention deficit disorder. Nations are suffering from physical deficit and attention deficit. 76% of middle aged Americans report moderate to high level of loneliness in this world. Mind you, we are living in the most connected world ever existed. Anxiety and loneliness causing more mortality. Negative self-talk and depression is on the rise. In the last 3 years there is 33% increase in depression. Loss of meaning and purpose in life is taking a toll on health. There is connection between psychological well being and healthy life. Four pillars of healthy mind Awareness - resist distraction. Meta awareness is knowing what your mind is doing. Necessary for real transformation to o...

Few things  that sounded interesting from the Inclusive leader training I attended recently. Science has learned more about human brain in the last 10 years than in the entire human history. Leading well isn't easy in 2020. Culture fit is about shared enthusiasm about company's mission and values,  Shared enjoyment activities, Sense of comfort with co-workers Culture add means being inclusive about changes. Focus on outcome, each of the team members should feel valued and f eel empowered to contribute Discretionary effort has 3 things. There are minimum requirements, Have to do, want to do things. Want to do is where miracles happen. Inclusion means they can come to work and show their full self without fear of judgement and doubt. Unconscious bias is the enemy of inclusiveness Learning part of the brain is improved with exposure to vulnerable things Self- awareness is the key Dunning-Kruger effect, the less we know , the less we are self-aware and confident. All humans h...

Stoic philosophy founded by person named Zeon in 3rd century at Athens. Being stoic means being calm and without any emotion. You don't show feelings and you accept what is happening. It's about life and maximizing positive emotions. It doesn't mean being humorless or passion less. It's philosophy of personal ethics as well. Stoicism teaches development of self-control. Let's look at few beliefs and strategies of Stoicism. If you are unhappy its your fault Everything is temporary we are social beings with social duty Freedom and happiness depend on one principle, somethings are in your control and somethings are not. Few strategies to follow for Stoicism: Live simply, have nothing you can not loose Accept what can not be changed. Few main components in the Stoic philosophy as per my understanding are  Logic: A way to determine if your perception of the world is correct or not. Physics: A structure to understand both active and passive world. Ethics: How to live ones...

Some random thoughts about connecting to self: In Default mode you are able to reflect freely. Count your successes more than failures. Acknowledge the things you got done every day. At the end of the day pick one thing you got done and proud of. Begin with gratitude everyday. Choose a mantra that helps you find peace Ali baba hired people with high IQ and culture suffered. They started hiring people with more EQ and observed the change. Create empathy and compassion.  You might have met brilliant jerks in your professional life. Pause and reflect before giving feedback. Open your one on one with personal question rather than work related questions. Once a day have a conversation where you mostly listen Micro steps will train your brain to hang on to the path and provide bigger commitment. stop yourself / observe when you are doing negative self talk. Go neutral not personal in your one on one's. There is no Wi-fi in the forest but you will find a better connection.

In this article we will be discussing about understanding your stress response, your stress behavior and techniques to break the stress loop. FMRI (functional MRI) is a technique to measure brain activity by detecting blood flow.  Stanford researchers used this technique to look at stress response to brain. Every human hard wired on how they are going to respond to stress. Everybody has stress response. Brain doesn't know the difference between real and imaginary stress. It consists of 100 Billion neurons firing and wiring together forming circuits that form our habits, behaviors, thoughts and emotions. Stress isn't bad. some times we respond better and some times we freak out. O ur brain is battery, keep it charged. Everybody talks about physical exercise but  there are exercises for brain as well.  Make sure you are not accumulating stress.  Your brain FMRI scan will tell you which bio type you are.  Stanford research says there are 8 distinct bio types. ...

           This blog is about the First Presidential debate in 2020. Between Donald Trump and Joe Biden for 90 mins and 6 topics on the table. Joe Biden is coming with 78% stats of winning the debate. These kind of stats proved wrong in 2016. My prediction was Trump will be like Bull in the China shop, will make Biden do at least few forced mistakes. But Biden controlled the debate decently and didnt commit major mistakes. It was interesting to watch the debate after Trump tax returns news from NewYork Times few days back. Chris Wallace from fox was the moderator of the debate.  Supreme Court Nominee: Donald Trump said he won the election and elections have consequences. She is outstanding student and nominee. Joe Biden said American people should have a say, so supreme court nominee should be selected later. Biden thinks Affordable care act might be impacted with this supreme court nominee. Trump started offensively. Biden started assertive, said he i...