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Kunal Shah on productivity, life hacks and how India can become a successful nation πŸ”₯πŸ”₯

 Kunal Shah on productivity, life hacks and how India can become a successful nation Kunal Shah is the founder of CRED. He is a fierce learner and has added layers of knowledge through his observation of the world and people. Here are few takeaways where he appeared on a podcast, on productivity and how India will become the superpower of the world. Try to meet more smart people to become smarter. Good people who want to learn all the time will naturally surround themselves with other people who want to learn all the time and that group compounds much faster. Our country will move forward where more people will take risks with their careers. More people taking risks with their careers will result in them creating careers for other people who don't want to take risks.  People who keep complaining about work-life balance either have a shitty life or a shitty job. Watching content, again and again, will not improve your life, taking actions will. Understand the value of time ...

Why all airplane windows are round in shape ? πŸ€”

Why all airplane windows are round in shape?          The round windows in an airplane aren't a simple design choice. It's a life saving engineering innovation. If the airplane windows were square like the ones in your home, the whole plane would have disintegrated mid flight and no one wants to deal with any of that kind on their way.        To make planes suitable to fly at higher altitudes, it has to make some design changes. First, the cabin has to be pressurized so that passengers could breathe. Secondly, the cabin has to be given cylindrical shape so as to sustain the internal pressure.         After considering all this, we might think that it sounds to be a perfect plane. But wait. In mid 20th century, there happened to be three airplane crashes and the reason why it happened was because the engineers overlooked a flaw: The square window.         Now let us try to understand of why thi...

Thinking from First Principles - The Physics framework of thinking !! πŸ”₯

First Principles - The Physics framework of thinking!!          "The Earth is flat". This is what people thought, because they could see people,vehicles, all moving in the horizontal direction, until science came and proved it wrong. Like this, in our day to day life, we start assuming things  to be true, that we observe or what people tell us, without thinking whether it is actually true or appearing to be. So how do we know the actual fact? Can we change the way we think? YES... we need to adopt the "First Principles Thinking" method. What is First Principles Thinking?   Why should we use it?         The first time I heard this was from SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk. First principles thinking  is a kind of physics way of looking at the world. It is basically boiling things down to the fundamental truths, that you know are true and reasoning from up there. In mathematics, it is known as an axiom. Normally, what people do i...

Why does a football trace a curved path into the net, when kicked?

  Why does a football trace a curved path into the net, when kicked?             You might have seen football players, like the most famous Christiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi scoring some crazy and unbelievable goals. Usually, when they go for a free kick, you see that the path traced by the football is curved rather than straight or a linear path. Footballers use this technique to score incredible goals. Now let’s try to know the science behind it. The reason why football traces a curved path is due to an observable phenomenon called the  " MAGNUS EFFECT" , described first by German physicist Heinrich Gustav Magnus. This is a phenomenon observed not just in football but also in many other sports as well.               Let us try to understand it.         When the football is kicked, it starts moving forward and spins around its axis and the air flow provides opposition to th...

3 USEFUL TIPS TO STAY ‘’CURIOUS’’

3      USEFUL TIPS TO STAY ‘’CURIOUS’’ 1.RESEARCH.                         The most important thing to do is to go as deep as you can in the subject/topic you are interested in. Some of you now don’t like reading at all, so what you can do is Start knowing more about the thing that you are really passionate about. This is the best way to go - you won’t get distracted or lose interest because this is what you want to be or your future to look like.  If you are someone who want to get the habit of reading, then start by reading newspapers, journals etc.,            Researching more about something can add to your knowledge database. Then, after you develop this habit you will start getting interest in knowing about other things also. You can learn about anything,    ei...