Guruprasad Puranik

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Forget the Belly, Focus on the Diaphragm: Deep Breathing Basics

“Breath is your biggest weakness As important as breath is to life, so is it for an actor to bring life to his character”. Dialogues from an iconic movie from my childhood where an actor is mentoring his protégé. Much later he goes blind and plots a revenge murder. Breathe

Are Saber Tooth Cats Still Alive? ... When Kids Discover Voice Search

Walking into our living room the other night, I got the shock of my life – I could hear my 6-year old… “How much time to Neptune and back?” Who is he talking to? And then, a response,” According to…It took Voyager-2 twelve years to reach Neptune” He had discovered

Using Expressive Writing to Heal Your Body and Mind

Expressive writing is a technique where people write about an upsetting experience for 15 to 20 minutes a day for three or four days. It sounds like journaling, but is much more. The method was first described in a scientific paper in 1986 by Dr. James Pennebaker and has robust

Automate Your Daily Routines With Habits To Free Up Your Brain

There are several behaviors you would like to do daily. Many of these occupy your brain space. That’s how they get done. You remember to do them. Or you set up reminders to do them. Some days it works and you do the behavior. But consistency is difficult. Miss

The Myth of the Ten Thousand Hour Rule...in the Making of an Expert.

I first came across the ten-thousand-hour rule coined by Malcolm Gladwell in his 2008 best seller, Outliers. Gladwell referenced a study on expert performance by Dr. Anders Ericsson, a cognitive psychologist, in coming up with the rule. That it takes ten thousand hours of practice to become a master in

The Curse of Automaticity for Those Who Want to Become Experts

You are learning a new skill…say Yoga and start with Tadasana or the mountain pose. You learn the basics from a teacher, a book or a video. Then you practice till you reach an acceptable level. Soon you can do it easily without needing any instructions. It's

Do The Things You Want to Do but Fail To...By Applying Implementation Intentions

You intended to make that sales call first thing in the morning. To share your idea in the zoom call. Yet when the time came, you didn’t follow through. What happened? Most likely you got in the way. At least that’s what research says. Here is how you