"Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical & expecting more than others think is possible."
GKa
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Thoughts Grow with Attention
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≻: Thoughts Grow with Attention-Karthik Gurumurthy If my thinking determines how I’m going to feel, then it’s very important to understand exactly what happens…
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Wisdom over worry
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≻: Wisdom over worry-Karthik Gurumurthy I’ve learned that I can’t figure out what my wisdom is trying to tell me through intelligence or…
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The wisdom of sway
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≻: The wisdom of sway-Karthik Gurumurthy I used to think balance meant having everything perfectly split—work and rest, happiness and sadness, giving and taking.…
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Learning to Act Through Non-Action
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≻: Learning to Act Through Non-Action-Karthik Gurumurthy There’s this Chinese concept that completely changed how I approach life: wu wei. It’s usually translated as “non-doing,”…
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What Roger Federer Taught Me About Success
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≻: What Roger Federer Taught Me About Success-Karthik Gurumurthy I watched Roger Federer’s commencement speech at Dartmouth recently, and honestly, it hit different. What I learned from…
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The Strangest Contradiction About How We Live
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≻: The Strangest Contradiction About How We Live–Karthik Gurumurthy “It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about…
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The Pain of Staying
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≻: The Pain of Staying–Karthik Gurumurthy Dear Me, I need to be honest with myself today. No filters. No excuses. Just the raw truth…
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The Art of Moving On
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≻: The Art of Moving Onby Karthik Gurumurthy Bad moments are inevitable. No matter how well I plan, how hard I try, or how good…
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Silence over noise
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≻: Silence over noise-Karthik Gurumurthy Sun Tzu wrote that your plans should be as dark and impenetrable as night. I think about that…
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The Real Math of Life
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≻: The Real Math of Life-Karthik Gurumurthy I have learned that the most important math skill has nothing to do with calculus or algebra—it’s figuring…
Striving Towards Excellence 