This morning routine will not work for you

Why is my morning routine structured the way it is?

I wake up between 4:30–5 am every day (including weekends).

First thing I do is sip a glass of water for 10-15 minutes.

This allows me to wake up slowly.

To savour the first touch of water.

To set the day’s rhythm (which is to avoid feeling rushed).

Then, I meditate for 30 minutes.

This is to listen to my thoughts, not to control them.

So, before I listen to or attend to anyone, I attend to myself.

Then I read for 30 minutes.

This is to feed my mind the right diet.

So, before garbage enters my mind (through mindless scrolling or emails or messages), I nourish it.

Then I get my kids ready for school (30 minutes).

This reminds me of the most precious role I play in my life :)

Then I play tennis for an hour.

This is to wake up my body.

Get it moving. Taste the sweat.

Then I lift weights at the gym for an hour.

This is to strengthen my body and build muscles, so that it can age well and hopefully, provide me good company as I age.

Then, I come back and read the newspaper for 15 minutes.

This is my first connection with the world, after waking up.

But I am reading the news that I chose to read.

To the extent I choose to read.

Then I shower to clean up.

And then I sit down to work, around 9:30 am.

By this time, I have given myself 4-5 hours of a ritual that has cleansed and nourished my mind, soul, and body.

Ready to face what the world offers.

This routine works for me.

It will not work for you.

Because this is MY routine.

But a routine will surely work for you.

Because it will be YOUR routine.

Build yours today!

We’ve grown beyond what I could have imagined since we started in 2020.

5 lakh students.

100 crores in sales.

25 crores in profits.

But it makes no sense to continue it.

I’ll be sharing more about my decision and what happens next tomorrow.

May 16, 8:30pm.Set a reminder here.

Still reading A Mind at Play: The Brilliant Life of Claude Shannon, Inventor of the Information Age by Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman.

His MS Thesis at MIT is considered to be one of the most influential theses of all time - because it was the first time he showed that computers could be used to interpret and operate with logic, using Boolean algebra.

PS: He is the one after whom the LLM model Claude is named.

Here is a list of all books I have shared in this newsletter.

The kind of stuff that AI generates now is super addictive. This is Uzma, our daughter, with her friends :))

Our monthly catchup for ** India Genius Challenge** - which crossed 50,000+ students playing across the country.

National Finals in November in Delhi. Winner gets 10L scholarship!

Mother’s Day dinner :))

Ma with Radhika, my younger sister.

Nobody has ever told me they regret spending less time on their phone.

You don’t need more content.

You need one idea, one topic, one theme you refuse to stop talking about for 10 years.

Snakes and Ladders was originally Moksha Patam, a 13th-century Indian game about karma and salvation.

Ladders were virtues. Snakes were vices.

**Last week I asked: Which is the only Indian state that has a sunrise as its official symbol?**The correct answer is NOT Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, etc.

The lucky winner last week is Syed Nayer (sye*16@gmail.com)**

Which Indian state shares its border with the highest number of other Indian states?

Reply with your answer, and I will pick one random winner with the right answer.

They will get a signed copy of a book of mine :))

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This morning routine will not work for you