Build Habits which you want to continue as Lifestyle!

Today if you check any social networking site (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) there are tons of accounts which pretend to be something which they are not, and most of us gets fooled by their appearance and want to start doing some thing these people are doing for example starting a morning routine. A morning routing is a thing which a person do once after he wakes up and that time of the morning usually qualifies as the 'Self time' because there is no disturbance at that time of any kind, If you manage to wake up at 5AM then there are good chances that your neighbourhood will be asleep and you can work on something which is important to you and you like to get finished. There are lots of such videos out there which make you follow such routines and habits but the only thing is they don't last longer. The problem I see with this approach is 'Anything which doesn't comes from within you, will not be able to mould you'.

The Habits as I mentioned in the title, should be chosen wisely. Simply picking up a habit that doesn't even align with your work schedule or the goal which you have is not going to help you in any manner. you should think twice or even few more times if you feel its required before picking any habit as they have a negative impact on you when you don't follow through.

The habit should be chosen with all the awareness that you want to really change that aspect of your life to something better. There is a nice book by Author named Charles Duhigg Book is "The Power of Habit". If you really feel you have to changes something I suggest you to read that book.

Any habit worked upon seriously for a long duration throughout lifetime becomes a lifestyle. A few examples are:

• A habit of brushing your teeth at night daily in a long run is a lifestyle you live by.
• Waking up early to spend some time peacefully with your self is a lifestyle.
• Reading daily before going to bed is a good habit or a lifestyle if pursued for long time.
• Eating healthy food is a good habit but a proud lifestyle when you say I have not eaten any shit food in last 5 years.
• Walking 10k steps everyday.
• Going to gym 4-5-6 days a week is a habit and a lifestyle to follow. 
• Writing a Journal.

what kind of  habit lifestyle do you care to build?

Scheduling meetings like a Pro!

It is a Sunday evening and a meeting reminder pops up on your mobile screen. It's damn annoying, but I have seen people doing it all the time. They schedule a recurring meeting without considering your weekend and that makes me go crazy. It's my day off, that meeting reminder popping on my mobile screen is the last thing I want to see.

This post is dedicated to those dummies who have certainly got promoted because of their hair greying but don't for sure know how to schedule a meeting.

For Office 365.

click 'New' on top left corner -> Calendar Event.

2. Fill in all the details you need. (Location, Title etc)

The title should be meaningful, something like 'Let's meet' doesn't make any sense if you are sending that invite to 5-10-20 people in your organisation. It has to make sense. Remember to cross-check your spelling because it is going to be there in the calendar for some time. You don't want to be wrong in that.
while adding people make sure you want them as an optional attendee or required one. Scheduling assistant can help you in determining whether the person you are inviting is available at that time.

Now the most important thing, making a meeting recurring without disturbing people at their weekend.

You can select 'Every workday' or select 'Other' from the dropdown if you want the meeting to occur on a specific day.

For MS Outlook.

Goto Home ->  Meeting. (Opens a popup dialogue)

Clicking on Appointment in the Meeting popup will open one more popup to help you schedule the appointment.

Recurring appointment - Daily.

Recurring Appointment - Weekly. It provides you with the option to select your weekdays.

Which Software/Application/Platform do you use to schedule meetings?