Yath Prem

The Chimp Paradox: id, ego, and super-ego

You may recall id, ego, and super-ego as the three key components involved in the psychic model as defined by Sigmund Freud. That’s exactly what The Chimp Paradox is all about — our human brain contains two opposing centres for thought/action: the Chimp and the Human.

Self-Improvement

Good Things About Great People

Here’s everything I learnt from a LinkedIn Course I completed at the beginning of lockdown on career advice from the world's top CEOs. For the full unedited notes, click on the link at the end of this article to my Notion notes.

Self-Improvement

Serendipity is better than luck

Paradoxically, it’s not about who you know but who knows you. Let's take a look at the power of serendipity and how we can increase our likelihood for serendipitous events occurring.

Life

Fall seven times, rise eight.

At some point in time, we all fail. Some of us take failures super negatively and others use them as opportunities for growth. Here's why failing is a positive event and how we can use failures to our advantage.

Self-Improvement

It's rarely pointless.

How often have you felt something you’re doing is utterly pointless and worth giving up on? Perhaps you’ve been hacking away at your startup idea for quite some length with no real breakthrough? Here's a principle that can help you overcome this.