Half A Thought

In this episode of Audio Diaries (the letter-version of podcasts), Abhi responds to Ali's questions on non-verbal communication and shares his thoughts on how we can think about NVC. 

In this edition of 'Audio Diaries', Ali and Abhi write 'audio-letters' as they're in different countries, and continue to communicate meaningfully. This episode is the first part in this Audio Diaries section on 'non-verbal communication,' where Ali explores what NVC is, why it exists, and if we can identify it?

What, even, is quality? What, even, is perfection? Here, Abhi talks about why not thinking about the 'perfect' output is the ideal way to get started with something, and why the mindset of 'wabi-sabi' matters. 

In this episode, Ali takes a trip down memory lane and shares a few stories and defining events in our friendship of the past 3 years. Nostalgic, eclectic, and straight from the soul, this episode would go down as one of the few that touched me. Grateful to have such a brilliant co-host and friend :) 

In this inbetweenisode, we talk about how we do listen, how we should listen, and how we can sustain podcasts, in general. As we think to our previous episodes and look at how far we have come, we want to be a bit self-critical, reflective, and introspective on our journey. Tune in for a light, casual listen.

With Ali's lessons of explicit-implicit memory, long-term and short-term memory, and Abhi's lessons from augmenting long-term memory using Anki, this is an episode in which we delve into how memory works, both biologically and functionally. Tune in to listen to a practical, functional, and rigorous first-take on memory. 

Hey everybody, this week, Abhi introduces a new concept of 'time-blocking' and viewing time as the single-biggest constraint in your journey of being more productive. Abhi shares why 'calendar-time' is an incredible way of looking at tasks and explores calendar-time, time-slot-tasks, and how a dynamic-calendar can help 'get things done.'

Last night Ali had dinner with family friends and by the end there was the iconic argument over paying for the bill. Being courteous is a necessary human behavior. However, when to use it is a question that many people have not considered nor understand fully. Whether it’s in small complements or gift giving, or paying the bill, sometimes being courteous requires you to not be courteous at all.

In this episode, Ali and Abhi catch up after a long time and chat about how showing up is winning half the game. Consistency as an infinite game and the tradeoff of consistency v intensity is our shtick in this episode.   

As an inbetweenisode for this week, Ali shares with you the one essay he sent to all the colleges he applied to, and one that still defines him. What was it about? Volunteering? What he wants to do with his life? His proudest accomplishments? It's probably the last thing you'd expect; as it was for him.