Metronome Technique

Metronome Technique is the kind of technique that looks too simple to respect and too useful to ignore.

Done properly, it feels almost disappointing — no drama, no transformation montage. Just a small improvement that stays. Small improvements that stay are the only big improvements there are.

It is worth keeping in your pocket not because it is always right, but because it is always available. A tool you carry beats a perfect tool you left at home.

The kirana shop opens at eight sharp, festival or fever. Ask the owner his secret and he will point at the shutter, not at his willpower. Systems outlast moods.

Time is the one currency the Reserve Bank does not print more of. Print it on a card if you like. Better: print it on a habit.