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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 49 – 2019

December 7, 2019 No Comments

A tweet thread I liked –

A tweet thread with Beautiful images of San-Francisco – I loved the aerial images of San-Francisco showed in this tweet thread.

My most popular Instagram post recently —

Kuch daag achhe bhi hain!
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A movie I’m excited about —

Uncut Gems – Adam Sandler’s Oscar performance! – This movie review from the New York Post is fantastic. Uncut Gems is Adam Sandler’s new movie with potential Oscar performance. Just see the trailer and judge for your self. I would definitely be going to watch it.

An article I’m pondering on –

A Brief History of Text Messaging – While researching for RCS messaging on Android, I stumbled upon this old thread about Text Messaging and how it started initially. Pretty informative.

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

This is your day to shine. It is up to you in how you will like the world to see you.
Steven Cuoco

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 49 – 2019

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 48 – 2019

November 30, 2019 No Comments

A practice I’m excited to try —

Neurodynamic Breathwork – Since I listened to the podcast episode of The Tim Ferriss Show which featured Stanislav Grof (the founder of the Holotropic Breathwork). I have been curious to try out his methodology to reach an alternate state of mind – Holotropic Breathwork.

But trying it out has been a logistical challenge. As it happens in classroom kind of environment for a longer period class in a 12-hour format.

But then through a video from Yoga Journal’s YouTube channel, I discovered Michael who is a certified facilitator of holotropic breathwork who studied directly under Stan Grof. Michael Stone developed a short version of this breathwork, which is called neurodynamic breathwork (NDB). Michael developed this shortened version as a way to make holotropic breathwork more accessible so that participants could also practice this technique on their own.

On this site – NDB can be experienced online, via an online meeting session.

I’ve got enrolled for a couple of sessions and I’m really excited to experience this in the upcoming few weeks.

My most popular Instagram post recently —

Here’s to the crazy ones!
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A podcast episode I loved and recommend —

David Perell’s podcast episode with Neil De Grasse Tyson: Bringing Space to Everybody – I love David Perell’s work and it’s amazing how in a span of a year or two he has been able to approach people so higher up for his podcast.

It says how – writing emails, creating great networks and giving more than you are paid for, work out.

This episode of his North Star Podcast with Neil De Grasse Tyson was amazing.

Even Neil appreciate the homework David had done beforehand for the episode. Like actually being able to speak about his autobiography which was published much earlier.

These kinds of things create a very organic connection with your guest.

All in all a great episode.

Music I loved –

Sunday Study – playlist by Thomas Frank – Thomas Frank has slowly become one of the YouTubers I admire, who put so much thought in the intricacies of an idea he’s putting out as a video.

This playlist he made for studying has some really thoughtful song selections to study on, I listened to it and I can totally recommend this.

A good listen.

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung

Until Next Saturday!

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Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 48 – 2019

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 47 – 2019

November 23, 2019 No Comments

A poem I wrote half a decade ago which I’m pondering on again –

Rosetta Stone – A poem! – I think I wrote this poem almost 5+ years back. It talks about life, love and everything in between.

My most popular Instagram post recently —

Sepal on the sand! #tbt to beach times.
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A post shared by Himanshu Sachdeva (@sachdevahimanshu) on May 28, 2017 at 6:55am PDT

An article I loved and recommend —

A Knowledge Processing System for Marketers, Creators, and Knowledge Workers – This long-form article a great place to look for if you are a content creator or a knowledge worker (that’s a new term I learned from this article) or a marketeer. It gives the idea of how to create a KPM or a Knowledge Processing System.

Because most of the time we are just consuming knowledge in a blink and later forget about it and then eventually lose it. a KPM can help you out in retaining the knowledge after learning and eventually make you be able to use that information in any of your future projects.

Check this out, it’s long-form but really worth reading.

A YouTube video I loved –

Ali (one of my favourite YouTuber) & his brother Taimur Abdaal – talking about life and growing up together – This conversation made me nostalgic about my childhood but it was a very open conversation between the brothers. Ali being one of my favourite YouTubers, still holds up the respect for being an executioner, even after this video. As his brother certified that.

This was my first exposure to Taimur Abdaal and his perspective on life. So far I liked his ideas. Mainly because his ideas are original. Something he’s trying to create right now is re-invent the Excel spreadsheets via a new app development.

Great conversation. Very inspiring to see siblings in this kind of exchange.

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
Edward J. Stieglitz

Until Next Saturday!

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Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 47 – 2019

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 46 – 2019

November 16, 2019 No Comments

An archive article from my creative short pieces –

Imprisoned behind the curtain of the waterfall – Sharing one more piece from my creative writing pieces. You’ll need a little bit of imagination while reading this short piece. If and when you do, you’ll see it making sense.

My most popular Instagram post recently —

MasterMind Breakfast!
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A Quora answer which I found interesting and useful (about meditation) —

What is the one thing that I can start doing today that will promise a greater life for me in the future? – Here is a Quora answer to an interesting question. It talks about meditation and how it scientifically helps you lead a better life.

A good read.

A song I am loving –

ilomilo by Billie Eilish – This is kind of groove (lyrics may be too intimate for some folks, so excuse me) with which you would not only want to be work on in the late night as a background sound. But also as the foreground sound and be an a transcendent state.

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.
Maya Angelou

Until Next Saturday!

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Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 46 – 2019

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 45 – 2019

November 9, 2019 No Comments

A article I’m re-sharing from my archives –

How these 3 things will change your life forever – Sharing an small article I wrote in 2015. It came out of a conversation I had with an old lady.

I try to implement these things in my life too and it’s working well.

Check out this article, it might change your life as well with these 3 things.

My most popular Instagram post recently —

Detour!
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A series I loved and recommend —

Dark – I recently stumbled upon this series on Netflix and it was mind bending.

A time traveling saga, woven inside complex relationships. Season 1 was truly amazing. Season 2 was a little downer from season 1.

Nonetheless, I enjoy this series.

Here is the trailer of the series, if you are interested –

A art I’m pondering on –

Resin art! – I stumbled upon this art work sometime ago and it really intrigued me. You can even make jewelery out of this. Check it out.

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
Malcolm S. Forbes

Until Next Saturday!

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Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 45 – 2019

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 44 – 2019

November 2, 2019 No Comments

A recent episode of my Podcast –

Episode 15 – Venkatraman Pichumani (Founder of YouTooCanRun) – Cultivating uncorrupt behaviour, Providing world-class user experience and Coaching Cardiac patients! – In this episode, I’m talking to Venkatraman Pichumani who is the founder of YouTooCanRun, a company through which he provides a 360-degree platform to organise sports events starting from the registration process till the event wrap up. YouTooCanRun is leading the charts in the end to end-user experience it provides. He is also the Founder of the Zippers Club, which is a very unique club where he coaches people who have or had cardiac conditions, he trains them to run long distances and even Marathons. Venkat himself is a long-distance runner despite having a cardiac surgery years back.

In this conversation, we talk about his life journey, things and experiences from the 80s and 90s. How he surrendered his CA title after achieving financial freedom and started various ventures and found success in many of his entrepreneurial acts. All of this and much more in this episode.

My most popular Instagram post recently —

Calm! (A story)
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A small video I’m intrigued about and recommend watching —

Why Utah Drops Fish Out Of Airplanes Into Their Mountain Lakes – An interesting video I stumbled upon in last week which shares – Why Utah drops fish (literally) from airplanes into their mountain lakes. A very interesting fact to know and it’s amazing how they care about the related tourism by doing this.

But basically it drills down to this – “Humans putting fish in lakes for other humans to fish.” (taken from a comment from the YouTube video).

An audiobook I loved –

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari – This is one of those books which will take you back to the ancient times and teach you so much. I recently read it and it just blew my mind.

There is so much knowledge about mankind’s history in this one book, I bet you probably haven’t learned about it in your school.

A must-read. (Click the link above and get a 30-days free trial where you can get this book for free in audiobook).

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

Nothing will work unless you do.
Maya Angelou

Until Next Saturday!

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Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 44 – 2019

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 43 – 2019

October 26, 2019 No Comments

An app I Found and pondering on –

Habitica – Found this app via this subbreddit. This app is a cool new concept for Habit creation or (bad habit) removal. It’s like gamification of Habit formation. I’m tipping my toes on this app.

Here are the mobile apps for this (if you wanna try out) –

My most popular Instagram post recently —

Between the lines
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A post shared by Himanshu Sachdeva (@sachdevahimanshu) on Dec 30, 2018 at 8:14am PST

An article (quora answer) I am pondering on —

Can someone break a habit without replacing it with something else? – Here is an answer I found on Quora this week, it shares a few important points on how one can replace a bad habit with a good one. It tells how neural highways work in our brains.

It’s a great way to come out of a bad habit. Like – Smoking, Drinking or an OCD habit.

A song I loved –

Waves by Jeremy Loops – I got to know about this singer via a YouTuber – Ben Brown. As he shot this video. But the track itself is so banging. I found myself listening to this track endlessly last Sunday.

Here is the Music video of it –

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Until Next Saturday!

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Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 43 – 2019

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 42 – 2019

October 19, 2019 No Comments

A product I found out via a tweet –

Collapsible straw – Stumbled upon this tweet to find this reusable straw. How many times we go to the restaurants and are forced to use plastic or paper straws which are not reusable, impacting the environment and eventually causing climate change. As per a study, Straws make up about 4 per cent of the plastic trash by piece, overall. In the same study, researchers found out that there are nearly 7.5 million plastic straws lying around America’s shorelines. That means 437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws are on the entire world’s coastlines. Which is massive. This is also cruel to the life in the sea as fish and birds eat these straws also and die.

Using this kind of reusable straw may seem like a very small step but nonetheless its collective impact (if we as nations start using them in scale) will be super massive.

A straw-like this scan be reused hundreds or thousands (if kept hygienic) of times. You can buy it here, in case interested.

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The Palace!
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A post shared by Himanshu Sachdeva (@sachdevahimanshu) on Dec 30, 2018 at 10:43am PST

Learned about a scary disaster which happened in 1993 –

BBC News – 1993 – Maharastra,India Earthquake – While working on a podcast episode research I learned about this 1993 earthquake happened in Latur, Maharashtra. It was gut-wrenching and scary. But the relief efforts were huge. This BBC documentary captures a bit of it. Check it out.

A book I loved –

Becoming by Michelle Obama – This book is a very intimate description of life of a US president and the first lady from the first lady’s point of view. It gives us a glimpse of how presidential life is. But moreover, it tells a story of a woman who had a humble beginning but eventually through her will, commitment and brave decisions became so strong that no one could ignore her.

I listened to the audiobook version and enjoyed every moment of it. Highly recommend this book. You can get kindle version here and audiobook version here.

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
Mark Twain

Until Next Saturday!

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Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 42 – 2019

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 41 – 2019

October 12, 2019 No Comments

A popular episode of my Podcast –

Episode 4 – Urmi Kothari Aka Coach Urmi – Living The Kinetic Life – Re-sharing one of the popular podcast episode with the Nike Coach Urmi Kothari.

She is the founder of Kinetic Living which is a fitness and wellness boutique in Mumbai. She has a lot of medallions on her jacket. She is IFAA master trainer, Nike Training coach and a certified trainer in STOTT Pilates, Kettlebells and Animal Flow techniques.

In this conversation, we talk about her story, her daily routine, lifestyle choices, her experience while staying away from city life for 3 years. Tackling PCOD and a lot-lot more.

My most popular Instagram post recently —

#tbt to the Munnar Trip
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An article I loved and recommend —

Travelling on the Firewood Express – Left with few livelihood options, Adivasis and Dalits from villages on the border of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh take the train to various towns to sell firewood and earn a few hundred rupees after a hard day. (Excerpt from the article itself.)

This article explores the travellers of the Firewood Express who sell timber logs for their livelihood. Great insights into their lives.

A movie I loved –

Interstellar – Directed by Christopher Nolan – After so many years, recently I saw the movie Interstellar again. It was there on HBO. I started in opening scenes and was hooked till the end again.

In the scenes where a human might have felt defeated, Matthew McConaughey keeps on going because he wants to see his daughter so badly.

This movie takes me to a different world altogether, always. Time, Space and 5 dimensions. This movie is mind-bending.

It’s pure gold for sci-fi seekers. Here is a trailer –

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

We remember only that which is meaningful, and all the ephemera dissipates into the ether.
Joshua Fields Millburn

Until Next Saturday!

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Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 41 – 2019

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 40 – 2019

October 5, 2019 No Comments

An article I’m re-reading –

Taking the control of your own life! – Re-sharing an article I wrote in 2014. I recently was going through my archives and found this one. When I read it myself it got me thinking about the things mentioned in the article. People you meet, the paths you take, reassessment of life.

It was great to re-read my own writing and feel anew. Give it a shot, you may get a little dose of inspiration.

My most popular Instagram post recently —

#tbt to a beautiful sunset timelapse from my old apartment
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An interesting fact I stumbled upon —

The Only Man On Earth Who Was Dwarf And Giant In The Same Life – An Interesting piece of knowledge. Adam Rainer, an Austrian man who could call himself Dwarf and Giant in the same life.

An interesting practise I’m excited about –

INTRO TO HOLOTROPIC BREATHWORK – Having done meditation from a few years now, when I stumbled upon this podcast of The Tim Ferriss Show with Dr Stansilav Grof who is a psychiatrist with more than 60 years of experience in research of “holotropic” states of consciousness. I became super curious about the non-ordinary state of mind which can be achieved via Meditation and more specifically a breathing work which is called Holotropic Breathwork.

Stan Grof is the founder of this method. But this breathwork is done in a 12-hour workshop in physical presence mostly.

But while researching and trying out a way to find how I could practice it without another person. I found out about Neurodynamic Breathwork which was founded by one of Stan’s Disciple – Michael Stone. This practice is shorter usually 1 hour to 90 minutes and can be done in webinars which Michael and his team hold online.

Check out this video to found more about this amazing practice to reach your inner conscious –

Quote I’m pondering on lately –

Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Albert Einstein

Until Next Saturday!

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Himanshu

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Saturday-Pentacle – Week 40 – 2019

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