Interesting Links and Life Hacks

Articles, links on Productivity

This one-page calendar will change how you view the year

26-incredibly-useful-things-you-didnt-know-google-calendar-could-do

https://www.fastcompany.com/40588089/5-ceos-share-their-best-productivity-tips

https://www.nytimes.com/guides/business/how-to-improve-your-productivity-at-work

https://wavelength.asana.com/workstyle-no-meeting-wednesdays

31 things you should remove from your resume immediately

https://hbr.org/2017/03/great-companies-obsess-over-productivity-not-efficiency

https://blog.asana.com/2017/05/ways-save-time-workday-asana

https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2018/06/14/six-ways-to-improve-team-collaboration-and-enhance-productivity/#46ad66552037

https://wavelength.asana.com/workstyle-team-flow/

https://hbr.org/2016/08/until-you-have-productivity-skills-productivity-tools-are-useless

https://blog.producthunt.com/10-must-read-books-that-will-make-you-ridiculously-productive-4abc23f31890

https://www.theverge.com/this-is-my-next/2018/8/31/17630496/best-note-taking-app-google-keep-iawriter-school

Is Email Making Professors Stupid?

http://nymag.com/strategist/article/best-productivity-books.html

https://www.fastcompany.com/90227336/10-resume-tips-you-probably-havent-thought-of

https://lifehacker.com/use-binder-clips-to-replace-broken-keyboard-feet-5811273


Articles, links on Personality, Leadership

A Life in Teaching and Turbulence By Professor Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

How I learned to nurture relationships in academia—and be more kind

Ethics and honesty in life

Adapt or Perish

Surround yourself with people who care about you, and encourage you to fight harder and reach higher

https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_why_good_leaders_make_you_feel_safe

UTA commencement speech

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/people-don-t-actually-know-themselves-very-well

https://fs.blog/2018/09/decision-matrix/

https://www.powerofpositivity.com/12-laws-of-karma/

https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-get-lucky

Good time vs bad time

The most effective form of exercise isn’t “exercise” at all

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-build-life-altering-habits-through-tiny-changes-1756011322

Verify the facts before taking a decision

the-biggest-wastes-of-time-we-regret-when-we-get-older

https://www.thecut.com/2018/12/what-deep-breathing-does-to-your-body.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/31/harvard-professor-says-winning-20-million-lottery-wont-make-you-happy-but-heres-what-will.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/03/summer-reading-stanford-business-professors-says-these-books-will-boost-value-and-success-in-life.html

https://m.huffingtonpost.in/manu-rishi-guptha/the-only-thing-you-need-for-a-truly-blissful-life_a_22103697

https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/why-brilliant-minds-embrace-rule-of-awkward-silence.html

Praise: Why we crave it so much at work and in our personal lives and how to live without it 

5 Ten-Minute Rituals That’ll Recharge Your Mental Battery Instantly

Eliminate ‘brain fog and forgetfulness’

The words that could unlock your child


Improve your English

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/25-words-that-are-their-own-opposites

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180723-the-commas-that-cost-companies-millions/?


Other interesting articles, books, videos

Promotional Movie made for M.Tech. Admissions, 2014, IIT Madras

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/12/manilla-folder-airplane/

Meteor showers:  https://www.meteorshowers.org

An interactive map tracks the places where Nobel physics laureates lived and worked

https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/PT.6.4.20180925a/full/

Global marine traffic: https://www.marinetraffic.com

Global flight traffic: https:flightradar24.com

Global undersea cables: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

Short videos about Fields Medal 2018 awardees:

Celebrating the Apollo 11 Anniversary: 50 Papers for 50 Years

Uses of Elements in the Periodic Table

Future refrigerants could use ionocaloric cooling

Come back of Analog Computing

Data visualization

Nobel Collection in Frontiers for Young Minds


Useful Apps

keep.google.com  (web or android, needs google account)

pocket (getpocket.com)


Avoid Negativity

8 Toxic People You Should Avoid To Be Happy At Work

6 People You Shouldn't Get Close To At Work

5 Types of Super Toxic People to Avoid at Work

Quit These 7 Time Wasters

10 Bad Habits of Unsuccessful People

"Overconfidence: An Autobiography" by Jason Zweig

Highly Confident People Avoid These 14 Behaviors