Light vs Dark
One day, my wife, Ruchi, applied a light pink lipstick.
Our then-4-year-old daughter, Uzma said, “Mummy, please apply a light lipstick.”
Ruchi told her that it was a light shade.
Uzma replied, “No, this is dark. Please apply a light one.”
This argument went on and on.
Until it struck us.
For Uzma, light meant brightness and dark meant darkness.
So light lipstick meant a BRIGHT lipstick.
And dark lipstick meant a dim colour.
Same words, different meanings!
And I realised, that's what happens to us in life!
We listen to the words of others, assuming the meaning that we attach to them.
We listen to the words of others, without trying to understand what the words mean to them.
We listen to the words of others, to form an impression that we believe in. Not the meaning they wish to communicate.
Same words, different meanings.
I am travelling and thus have put a pause on reading.
Bought a bunch of awesome books for the year already. Will keep sharing as we move along the year.
You can check out my best books of 2023 from this Twitter post.
The video on my best books of 2023 is here on YouTube.
Here is a list of all the books I have read while writing this newsletter (in alphabetical order).
My third book MAKE EPIC MONEY is already available for pre-order on Amazon (starts shipping Jan 27th).
Results of last week's survey
Last week, I asked:
Which of these describes your feelings towards 2024 the best?
Here are the results:
Observations:
Basically, young folks think "important year" and older folks think "Yeah, another year, big deal!" Lol.
My answer?
I am excited about 2024. Lots of interesting plans for the year :))
Quotes to share
A year from now, you will wish you had started today.
Start today!
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No one year can make or break your entire life.
You are bigger than any one year.
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Discipline beats motivation, every day!
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In this section, I share my week in pictures, for those who do not like to read as much as I write :))
I do so not to show how cool a life I live, but instead to show you what are the highlights of every day. As you will see over time, my days are mostly in repeat mode - the same things, but different experiences from them.
Vidur, our 12 year old son, made this cheesecake from scratch for Christmas :))
He loves cooking and has learnt it all from YouTube!
Had a lovely time in the last week of the year with friends.
Something I love about straight lines and symmetry!
Do you know what these are and how they are used? :)))
The Sun, trees, and shadows!
Bliss :)))
That's it for the week in pictures. Have a lovely weekend and week ahead, all of you lovelies :)))
Question of the week
Do you believe that the first thing you do on 1st Jan, is the thing you tend to do the entire year?
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(2024 mein kya kya hoga uski excitement ki kasam)
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