Ranjana Iyer

Category: Mental mastery

  • Week #45 – Intention

    I really enjoyed the experiment of setting 100+ intentions per day. I experimented with different ways of saying the intention, just to see if some ways landed better than others. … Read more

  • Week 41 through 44 – Strength, Faith, Imagination, and Motivation

    I’ve realised that September through November is a morose time of the year for me usually (a pattern I’d like to change). Perhaps the season has a part to play … Read more

  • Week #40 – Integrity

    Keeping this value at the back of my mind simplifies things, for the most part, I found. How I should act in a particular scenario becomes clear because I don’t … Read more

  • Week 35 through 38 – Pronoia, Discipline, Understanding, and Alignment

    I’m writing this in the first week of November but am going to backdate it to sometime in September so that it appears in the right order on the blog. … Read more

  • Week #33 – Resolve

    It’s interesting how these weeks sometimes pan out. I’ve done this weekly value exploration long enough now to really allow myself to sink into a value from day #1. Of … Read more

  • Week #31 and 32 – Wellness and Trust

    Wellness

    I was unwell during the week of wellness which was ironic. I had a particularly rough PMS followed by a particularly painful period which made a lot of my … Read more

  • Week #29 – Action

    I had a successful week. Took lots of action and got a bunch of things done:

    1. Published 15 low-content books and 14 of them went live as well. I now
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  • Week #28 – Fulfilment

    Spending time consciously thinking about what fulfills me was one of the most insightful exercises I’ve done this year. I now have a good understanding of what constitutes fulfilment for … Read more

  • Week #27 – Focus

    This was the right value to start Q3 with. Reminding myself of my quarterly goals every day helped me take action to create momentum in each of them. I set … Read more

  • Week #26 – Clarity

    I chose the week’s value well because it led me to become super clear about my Q3 goals. I feel like I’m all set to have a great Q3! A … Read more

  • Week #25 – Accountability

    The week was a success. My intention was to complete a specific, moderate-sized work project. I managed to do that a day in advance which made me feel great. What … Read more

  • Week #24 – Consistency

    I kept up my promise to myself and did the priming exercise every day. I’m going to keep this up as a part of my morning routine going forward too. … Read more

  • Week #23 – Expansion

    I attended Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within event from June 3rd to 6th. My intention was to be open to any form of expansion it might bring about. The … Read more

  • Week #20: Satisfaction

    I enjoyed focusing on satisfaction this week. It was as if I was giving myself the permission to be satisfied. I naturally did more of the things that gave me … Read more

  • Week #19: Harmony

    I’m feeling happy about the way this week panned out. I’d ask myself how I could feel harmony that day and follow through on whatever came up. I ended up … Read more

  • Week #8: Compassion

    This particular value truly changed the way I related to myself and others. Every morning, I would journal for a bit and clarify how I could show compassion to myself … Read more

  • All feelings are valid and you’re inherently worthy

    My friend Febin said something yesterday regarding parenting which really hit home. She said that when we raise kids, we think they are deserving of love but we don’t think … Read more

  • Week #6: Equanimity

    It was a beautiful week. There are no words to describe how beautiful. What’s more, I felt like I truly understood what it feels like to be equanimous. To be … Read more

  • Productivity hack: Aligning your energy levels and your work tasks

    Over the last few weeks, I’ve been paying attention to how my energy levels change on a daily basis and how that impacts my productivity. As an experiment, I started … Read more

  • Conflict Resolution

    I was speaking to my therapist about conflict resolution today. I have a hard time expressing myself when I have a contrarian opinion with people who are close to me. … Read more

  • The best investment you can make

    “I am the best investment I can make”, I thought. I had just finished making a payment of $2000 for the membership to an online community around personal growth … Read more

  • The permission to obsess

    Every time I’ve had a major breakthrough in my life or met with massive success was when I obsessed over something. Whenever I allow myself to go deep into something … Read more

  • Just f*cking let go

    Sometimes the solution is to just f*cking let go. Don’t analyze. Don’t reminisce. Don’t chew and chew until there’s nothing left to chew but you’re still chewing. Because you’ve gotten … Read more

  • Self-acceptance when you have a ‘special brain’

    Have patience with all things but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You’re a perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you

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  • What’s your growth mindset reference experience?

    Back in school, Throwball used to be a huge deal. There were three houses – Chalukya, Hoysala, and Kakathiya. Every year, there would be two throwball tournaments between them – … Read more

  • Being more ‘you’

    It’s my quest this year and decade to start being more ‘me’. To understand what it means to be me, I’ve been taking a raw look at my thoughts, beliefs, … Read more

  • Virtual Coworking

    I really enjoy working from cafes. I love the ambience, the people, the smell of coffee, the sense of freedom…everything. I find that I’m able to focus really well in … Read more

  • Leveraging brain plasticity

    Lately, I’ve been reading about the brain and how it works. In the process, I stumbled upon Norman Doidge’s book The Brain That Changes Itself. The core concept of … Read more

  • Self-care and using devices consciously

    I believe that one of the most important aspects of self-care is the conscious use of devices. I hadn’t realised the impact of being constantly connected with seemingly everything via … Read more

  • Staying in a good place

    How often do you feel that you’re in a good place? Do you think that you naturally have a sunny disposition or do you find yourself mostly having a bleak … Read more

  • Why I meditate and you should too

    “Removing old conditionings from the mind and training the mind to be more equanimous with every experience is the first step toward enabling one to experience true happiness.” – S.N. … Read more

  • 5 ways to energize yourself

    I have days when I feel meh or low-energy for no good reason. I find it super hard to be productive in that state. I bet you’ve had such days … Read more

  • What if you get comfortable with discomfort?

    I have anxiety issues. Some situations trigger mild anxiety in me while others trigger deep, ‘I-want-to-throw-up-right-now’ sort of anxiety. I also find that my anxiety levels especially spike if there … Read more