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For any given month, all the multiples of 7 fall on the same day. I usually have memorized what day that is for the current month and the next few months. So October is a “[F]riday month” and November is a “Monday month” and December is a “Wednesday month”. You only have to memorize a new one every month.

Now when somebody says, “We should get together one Saturday. Say… December 12.” you can snap back with “That’s a Monday. Do you mean December 10?” All you have to do is find the nearest multiple of 7 and work from there. So when they ask about December 12, that’s close to December 14 - which must be a Wednesday (since December 2011 is a Wednesday month).

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Either of those can come first. What is important is that the other should follow. You might read an interesting quote, be told about a good investment, develop a liking for something, want to take an impulsive decision…; since these all are controlled by left brain, it is necessary and helpful to support it with proper logics.

On the other hand, you might have finished with lot of theory, attended an interesting talk, read a news article, read a good book…; these are processed by right brain. To get accustomed to them, one needs to apply them practically and develop it as a part of left brain.

To summarize, if a new thought / idea comes, then develop logics. And if a new thing is learnt, then try to develop a mental model for it.

As popularly said : if you ASSUME - you make an ASS of yoU and ME.

Whether it is about acceptable ID card, flight timing, dress code, location of something… if you have even a slight doubt then it is better to confirm it. These things are few of those trifling ones but can cause high impact.

Save yourself from an embarrassment - clear your doubts!

Want to respond to letters - complete the report - read a book - spend quality time with family?

Try turning off the router for an hour. Handling impulsiveness is easy, you just have to:

Throw away the key: Close off tempting alternatives.

Setup a couple of Pomodoros to complete the job; or talk the matters with your complete presence. Don’t let your impulsiveness distract you! Your job will end up better and your clients will be happier.

Similar “tempting alternatives” might include: phone, television, tickers, IMs etc. When work starts expanding, turn these off - focus, and you can happily return to them after that.

You can stay afraid forever of:

- a subject (taxation, particular disease, English grammar, politics),

- a term (SQL joints, standard deviation, VLOOKUP, Piotroski score),

- a method/framework (organisation manuals, guidance notes, new technology, Gmail, Linux), or

- an activity (swimming, public speaking, driving)

or get into its depth, learn about it, practice it and become its master. It might take some time and patience to learn something new (especially when you fear it), but you will soon realize that you have removed a bottleneck.

So start taming your fears!