#Personal Reinvention
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·Travel & Journeys
A Journey Back to Myself
Armed with a diary and pen, I set out on a solo two-and-a-half-month ‘journalling adventure’ through Malaysia and Indonesia. Every little self-musing helped me remember my old self and awaken a new one
·Health & Wellbeing
Who Gets to Decide What Happens at the End of Your Life?
Living wills remain on the fringes, but they are forcing India to confront family power, cultural taboo, and the realities of end-of-life care—signalling a profound shift in how the country thinks about dignity and medical decision-making
·Health & Wellbeing
What Quiet Men Teach Us About Love
How men learn—and unlearn—the language of emotion
·Health & Wellbeing
Parenting’s attention problem
Parenting has become hugely isolating and stressful, especially in urban India. Busy parents struggle to keep up with the demands of parenting, and often rely entirely on nannies. But it's still important they be present in their child's life, writes a teacher and a mom
·Health & Wellbeing
How my family health crisis forced me to rethink the value of insurance
The rising incidence of critical illnesses and the growing cost of hospitalisation hangs like a Damocles sword over us. My personal journey of how to deal with growing health risks, smartly buy health insurance—and save my family from financial ruin
·Health & Wellbeing
We’ve been experimenting with intermittent fasting. Here’s what we’re learning
Charles Assisi and NS Ramnath share their journeys—and lessons—on the road to better health. And Dr Aasim Maldar, an endocrinologist, weighs in on how and why to make it something one can sustain
·Living with Technology and AI
FF Life: Getting Hands-On with AI
Five curated stories on how and why to begin experimenting with AI
·Personal Reinvention
FF Life: The rewards of writing
It’s a window to learning, making connections, and a form of personal riches
·Philanthropy
FF Life: Shivendra Dungarpur begins a new Manthan
For a decade, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur took on the formidable challenge of almost single-handedly resurrecting India’s film heritage. The Film Heritage Foundation, his not-for-profit venture, now has an ambitious, new plan for the next decade
·Personal Reinvention
FF Life: My housing complex is being redeveloped. This is what I’m learning
What really goes into choosing the right developer and other important considerations
·Travel & Journeys
The mountain’s call
An arduous, painful, agonising trek… And I can’t wait to do it again
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: How to keep your fitness resolutions
A doctor and a trainer’s insights on what makes fitness a habit
·Travel & Journeys
The best stories of 2023
On travelling to the far reaches of Earth, good health, an eye on China, climate change, personal growth and more
·Books, Music & Film
FF Life: Where the good wine is
Kickstart the holiday season with a learner’s guide to everything wine: Books, movies, festivals and more
·investing
FF Life: Decision quality in investing
Should decisions be judged based on their outcome? Or is there something more intrinsic about the quality of a decision?
·investing
FF Life: Making better investing decisions by anticipating errors
In investing, as in other decision, sometimes, walking down a path and being proven wrong eventually can be disastrous. Other times, it is not taking a risky path that may be the worst thing to do.
·Travel & Journeys
FF Life: Guate Maya
Travelling slow through Guatemala, I experienced a culture hidden from the typical tourist
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: The golden seed
S Sivakumar, group head of ITC’s agri and IT businesses, and Chef Sanjeev Kapoor offer us insights on how to get started with millets and a starter kit of easy recipes
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: The international school conundrum
A new, growing set of international schools in India offer the allure of a contemporary and modern educational experience and well-rounded development of your child. But are they really able to live up to that promise?
·Books, Music & Film
FF Life: Systems thinking — Seeing the whole
Five books to nurture your systems thinking skills
·Nature & Wilderness
FF Life: Understanding Climate Change
August 12, 2023: Seven resources to understand the science behind Climate Change and what we as individuals can do about it
·Happiness, Meaning & Purpose
FF Life: Engaging with philosophy
Philosophy as an intimate, lived practice rather than a remote academic field
·Books, Music & Film
My six summer must-read books of 2023
FF Life: My choice of the 2023 summer books is reflective of the times we live in and the key topics on executives’ minds
·Travel & Journeys
FF Life: Story of a love affair
A bicycle that’s built only for me — and the engineering and art behind it
·Personal Reinvention
FF Life: How golf made me a better investor
The game is a good analogy for the markets and investing behaviour
·Personal Reinvention
FF Life: Collect & Connect — managing information overload
How Obsidian is helping me save ideas and tonnes of information, and also retrieve it and see connections and patterns
·Personal Reinvention
Educated, aspiring, but struggling for opportunities
FF Life: The story of four women who are among the many who fall into the gap between ‘Ladki Padhao’ (educate girls) and ‘Naukri Karvao’ (allow them to work)
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: The future of office and work
February 11, 2023: Futurist Bob Johansen on work, our lives, and what we ought to prepare for
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: Personalised medicine and healthcare
January 21, 2023: Digital therapeutics holds great potential and is finding many takers
·Living with Technology and AI
FF Life: Mastodon, the new social media town square
November 19, 2022: The Twitter “alternative” that’s nothing like Twitter
·Happiness, Meaning & Purpose
FF Insights #705: Wisdom
July 29, 2022: The last man standing; The evolution of time; Define familiar instruments
·Happiness, Meaning & Purpose
FF Life: Finding a purpose in a pandemic of sadness
November 5, 2022: Timeless wisdom from enduring works of literature, philosophy, and spiritual texts
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: Notes from a rookie doodler—five lessons
Doodling sharpens your visual thinking and communication skills. But the process is teaching me more than sketching
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: What I’ve learnt from training to be a triathlete
September 10, 2022: Notes on being intuitive, being consistent, and unlearning to learn
·Personal Reinvention
FF Life: 10 interviews that define India
September 4, 2022: Great conversations that weave together a fuller picture of the times we live in, in its multiple dimensions—politics, economy, business, sports, music, and the spiritual mind
·Happiness, Meaning & Purpose
FF Insights 655: Strength, power and humility
May 20, 2022: The limits of being right; Rethinking architecture; The stock market explained
·Travel & Journeys
FF Life: Exploring new waters
June 18, 2022: How to enter and explore the word of sailing in India
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: Five life hacks to get productive
June 4, 2022: Move smoothly through a crowd, speak better, never lose your phone, test how time-aware you are, and trigger memory
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: Building a habit with slow fitness
Sticking to any workout regime is invariably tough. I recently discovered a simple way to build a regular daily habit without running the risk of lapsing out. Here’s how it works
·Personal Reinvention
FF Life: How to make beautiful presentations
Five apps and ideas to create decks that are both beautiful and functional
·Happiness, Meaning & Purpose
FF Life: 5 board games that, if you’re a smart person, you should play
April 23, 2022: Five ways for smart people to bond, feel good, and get smarter
·Health & Wellbeing
FF Life: Enduring lessons from the pandemic
April 9, 2022: New habits and lifestyle changes
·Personal Reinvention
FF Life: Get ready for hybrid work
February 26, 2022: How do you refresh your wardrobe as workplaces transition to hybrid?
·Personal Reinvention
FF Insights #596: Being fearless
February 23, 2022: The Russia-China axis; Value vs. valuation; News panellists
·Personal Reinvention
FF Life: The Best of #Beacon2022
February 5, 2022: Stories of innovation and leadership in a time of crisis