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A couple of months ago a colleague of mine recommended the book called as Atomic Habits. Though I was aware of the book, I hadn't read that yet. It was always on the list of international bestsellers,  however it was always expensive. I purchased it in the last month and I read it within 20 days. Here is my book review as a reader. The book suggest that we should start making small changes either to create a new habit or to break an existing habit. Small increments will yield bigger results in a long run. The book enlist some of the personal stories as well as testimonies of other people. There are several examples which provide us evidence towards creating small changes in the existing routine which would lead to bigger changes. The author has also included evidence from published literatures and studies.  The author has also provided several charts graphs and lists which will help us in creating new habits or breaking the habits which we do not want to carry. Tow...

In the beginning of year 2025, I decided that I should start reading more books. For this purpose, I visited my office library.  In our office a library we can borrow a book for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks we have to return the book even if we have not finished reading it. Hence I decided to borrow a book which I can finish within 2 weeks. It should have been a small book which I can quickly read. I pick up a book called " How full is your bucket? " By Tom Rath and Donanld Clifton I have finished reading this book and this is my book. The book focuses on positive aspects of life rather than the negative ones. The book refers to filling the persons mind (bucket) with positive thoughts (diper) to get better outcome.  The book also gives a certain case studies where the positive thoughts or positive interactions resulted in better outcomes. There are also stories where the person had negative experience or negative thoughts which led to decreased performance of that indiv...

रांगोळीचे आणि माझे नाते खूप जुने आहे.  बालपणापासूनच मला कलेची खूप ओढ होती. कधी चित्र काढावे तर कधी चित्र रंगावावे. कधी कलात्मक मांडणी करावी. कधी काही लिहावे. दरवर्षी जशी दिवाळी यावी तसं माझं मन धावायचं रांगोळी कडे.  आधी आई रांगोळी काढत असे. मी आईच्या बाजूला बसून रांगोळी कशी काढतात ते पाहत बसे. एखादा रंग भरायला दे असा आग्रह करत असे. शेवटी माझ्या बडबडीला कंटाळून आई एखादा रंग भरायला देत असे. तो रंग भरून मी पण खुश होत असे. तेव्हा मी ठरवले की मोठी झाल्यावर मी मोठ्या मोठया रांगोळ्या काढीन. थोडी मोठी (तिसरी चौथी मध्ये घेल्यावर) झाल्यावर मी रांगोळी काढण्याची कामगिरी स्वतः हाती घेतली. चार ठिपक्या पासुन रांगोळी काढायला सुरु केले. पण मजल फक्त 17 ठिपक्यांच्या रांगोळी पर्यंतच जाऊ शकली. मुंबईच्या flat बाहेर कितीशी जागा मिळणार, पण त्यातही माझे समाधान व्हायचे. दिवाळीचे सारे दिवस आमच्या दारापुढे रोज नवी रांगोळी असायची. शिक्षण पूर्ण करून जेव्हा नोकरी सुरु झाली, तेव्हा मी घरी उशिरा यायचे. कितीही उशीर झाला तरी मी न चुकता रांगोळी काढायचे. एकदा रात्री 9 वाजता मी रांगोळी काढायला सुरुवात केली होती. द...