Tapan Desai
tapandesai.bsky.social
Tapan Desai
@tapandesai.bsky.social
I distill high impact ideas on decision-making through simple stories.

Writing Monthly Mulling 👉🏽 https://tapandesai.substack.com/
Sometimes inspiration plays hide and seek.
November 21, 2024 at 10:31 PM
November 21, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Contrary to popular belief, having a plethora of options doesn't make us happier or more satisfied.

In fact, it often does the opposite.
November 21, 2024 at 10:58 AM
One effective question to ask yourself before acting is, “Will this action make the future easier or harder?”

If you don’t have an answer, analyze more rather than falling victim to action bias.
November 20, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Wealth = Have ÷ Want
November 20, 2024 at 6:09 PM
In a nutshell, humans tend to:

🧑‍🚀 Pin others' actions on their personality flaws, rather quickly.

🌪️ Excuse their own slip-ups as situational mishaps because, obviously, we're complex beings with nuanced lives.
November 20, 2024 at 4:33 PM
There’s something about walking that clears the mental fog. And surprisingly, there’s even a Latin phrase for this: Solvitur ambulando, meaning “it is solved by walking”.
November 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.
November 20, 2024 at 4:17 PM