Category Archives: Life Lessons

The Greeks and the Birth of Western Philosophy

The School of Athens fresco by Raphael_PD

The Ancient Greeks believed that the best way to understand human nature is by using philosophy, which uses logic and reason to arrive at the truth. Philosophy dates back to ancient Greece before Christianity was even invented. Socrates was one of the first philosophers who used a method called ‘dialectic’ in order to question people’s opinions on certain matters, and […]

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I know that I know nothing

I know that I know nothing_philosophy of socrates_greece_PD

The phrase “I know that I know nothing” may sound familiar to you. That’s because, at some point, you must have either heard it from a friend or in school or read it somewhere. It’s a Socratic paradox. The term, “Socratic paradox” refer to a self-referential paradox, originating in Socrates’s utterance, “what I do not know I do not think I […]

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The Limits of 10X​ Growth for Solopreneurs

10X Rule_10X Growth Formula for Small Businesses_PD

At some point, the 10X rule stops working if you are a Solopreneur. Say you are an artist, writer, blogger, YouTuber, musician, designer, tutor, baker, and so on. (Someone without the long leverage of new technology or capital. Which would be most of us.)  Say you just published your first blog or released your first song. Or you printed your […]

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Outsourcing and Immigration: Human Labor as a Commodity

immigration and outsourcing human labor as a commodity

Anyone who is currently active in the workforce (any type of work) must have individually faced the growing impact of two related yet distinct global phenomena: Outsourcing and Immigration. In short: Outsourcing is: Capital —-> Cheap Labor Immigration is: Capital <—- Cheap Labor Outsourcing When capital (money) moves to a country with a surplus and cheap labor, it’s Outsourcing. It’s not […]

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Life After 18 | 51 Hard Truths of Real World

Life after 18. 51 lessons and hard truth of adult life and adulthood

In the ancient times, wars, food, a constant struggle for life used to turn children into adults through a series of life-events (most of which were not always pleasant). But in our modern world, it’s not exactly clear when one truly enters the adulthood. Is it when we get to legally drive a car or drink alcohol or are no […]

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Distillation of Zero to One by Peter Thiel (On How to Build the Future)

notes on zero to one by Peter Thiel

Many of you may have already read “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future” by Peter Thiel. Some of you may not have got the chance to read it yet. I recommend adding it to your reading list.   (It’s a great read and also a prism to look inside Thiel’s mind, one of the […]

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The Battle For Your Future, Freedom, and Life

Battle For Your Future, Freedom, and Life. Freedom, debt, chain, bondage.

Someone I know (through someone) got fired today. Over a *BS* reason for misspelling a name. We all know that’s just a veneer for the true underlying reason: workplace politics. “Workplace politics” is just a fancy phrase for “battle of egos.” No one wins in the battle of egos. This person was technically strong, friendly, a long-term full-time employee. Loyal […]

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Ideal Education System: The Future of Education

Ideal Education System. The Future of Education. Road sign to education and future.

Everyone feels that the current education system is broken and outdated. Throughout the history, we have had several forms of educations. Before we talk about the future of education or an ideal education system, let’s first look at our history.   In the ancient Greece city-states, for example, the purpose of education was to produce good and loyal citizens. In ancient Egypt, education was […]

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There Will Be No Privacy In Future By 2050

There will be no privacy in the future by 2050. No personal privacy, no internet privacy.

Privacy is dead. Privacy has already lost the battle. There will be no privacy in the future. The future of instant media powered by Artificial Intelligence will make it impossible to hide your successes or failures. What do I mean? In this era of intelligent platforms, which knows a lot about us, any noise you make, will be sent far […]

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A Day Without My Phone: A Transformative Experience

Transformative Experience. The beauty of simplicity and a simple life

Today, I forgot to take my cell phone in the morning. And what happened is nothing short of a transformative experience. I woke up, got fresh, boiled water, made coffee with organic coconut oil, ate a banana and left for the work. Usually, my fiance and I drive to work together as we have only one car. I dropped her to […]

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Life As A Research Project | Transpersonal Experiences In Ordinary Settings

Transpersonal experiences. Transpersonal living in daily life. Extraordinary experiences

What is the experience of being human – the one we wish to inquiry into, investigate, experiment with, or examine? We like to believe that we are living an ordinary life in an ordinary world, but are we really living an ordinary life? Examining our life under a “transpersonal lens” may be thought of as living a self-examined life. And, a life […]

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May the Circle Complete: How To Deal with Negative Experiences

Negative Experiences. naked soul poem thank you for your kindness whatever i am doing or i do

I am feeling sad today. Actually terrible. I just learned that someone I trusted and admired actually turned out to be not so nice after all. A cunning businesswoman who pretends to be something different. I feel hurt by her actions but I am also thankful to her. She is in a place of higher power and could have done […]

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12 Tips On How To Develop Self Confidence & Self Esteem

How to develop Self Confidence. emotional intelligence is like coconut and a poet trying to understand it

This is a common question and a good one. I am assuming the right question is “How do I develop myself in general?” Or, “How do I improve myself to be more successful in all areas of my life.?” Let me offer some perspectives on these questions as I answer them in this blog. To grow in life, you need […]

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Simplify Life: Warren Buffett’s Wisdom In 5/25 List

Warren Buffett’s Wisdom. Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

How to simplify your priorities and focus on the right things. Well, today I have a solution for you. It’s not my original idea but it is Warren Buffett’s wisdom on goal setting. “If it’s not the most important thing, avoid it…” Warren Buffet uses a list of 25 things to prioritize what’s most important to you in life. First […]

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On Meditation: Why Meditate? Mindfulness Through Meditation

Mindfulness Through Meditation. Why Meditate? Meditation what does it mean to me.

“Mediation works. My meditation practice helps me to live more deeply.” Meditation is a great way to improve many areas of your life and open channels to your subconscious brain so you can more quickly and easily imprint new habits and beliefs. If you understand technology, you can view mediation as “disk-defragmentation”. Every time when you meditate, you are optimizing […]

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Top Quora Writer Meetup & Being Purposeful in Life

Top Quora Writer feather ink pen

For whatever reasons (unknown to me or anyone), in January, the Quora community decided to vote me as a Top Quora Writer 2016. They have invited me to come to a Top Writers meetup in Mountain View, California at Quora HQ in June. Earlier, I was excited about this meetup and my California visit but now I am passing on […]

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Cancer In Family: Caring For A Family Member & What Does It Mean For You

periwinkle blue ribbon for stomach cancer

Introduction During these coming months, I’ll be publishing short chapters on Cancer and my experience of caring for a family member and what does it mean for you here on The Naked Soul blog. I am documenting my day to day experiences as my dad has recently been diagnosed with stomach cancer (“squamous cell carcinoma”). I hope this is my […]

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Metamorphosis, Transformation, and The Power of Positive Change

transformation through positive change

Why do we hate change but buy transformation? Why we hate building new habits but love new year resolutions? The problem is in the hook (the promise, the proposed solution, the value add). Our mind translates these words differently. What do I mean by “our mind thinks of these words differently?” Let’s take a look. This is going to be […]

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My Morning Ritual For Success & Super Human Productivity

Morning Ritual For Success. The road to super human success is ahead

We all want to be successful, live a good life, travel and experience this world our way. But, only a small percentage of people are able to achieve a level of success that truly matches our expectation and dreams. Why? The answer lies not in work ethic or luck, education, internet access or hard work. Surprisingly, the answer lies in […]

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