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What It Was Like to Attend a British School in Africa in the 90s

25 years ago, I took a camera to school and videotaped my classes. St. Andrews is a British school in Blantyre, Malawi (affectionately…

Dec 3, 2022

What It Was Like to Attend a British School in Africa in the 90s

Dec 3, 2022

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Managing Time as an Engineer with Hobbies and Side Hustles

I’m not a professional writer. This is my real productivity system.

May 1, 2022

Managing Time as an Engineer with Hobbies and Side Hustles

May 1, 2022

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My Mom, the CEO Who Should Have Been

Leadership lessons from my mom.

May 14, 2023

My Mom, the CEO Who Should Have Been

May 14, 2023

How to Solve a Dilemma

Dilemmas suck up time and energy, but almost all dilemmas come down to two paths: love and fear.

Apr 13, 2023

How to Solve a Dilemma

Apr 13, 2023

How to Accomplish Big Life Goals Every Quarter using the GoFAR Framework

A simple, life-changing planning framework used by highly effective people.

Feb 17, 2023

How to Accomplish Big Life Goals Every Quarter using the GoFAR Framework

Feb 17, 2023

Create Your Thought Library

“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them” — David Allen.

Oct 31, 2022

Create Your Thought Library

Oct 31, 2022

How to Maintain a Razor Sharp Focus

Here’s my my method of staying focused on any task, however exciting or boring.

Oct 18, 2022

How to Maintain a Razor Sharp Focus

Oct 18, 2022

The Best Things to Do in the Morning

It’s not about eating a frog in the morning. It’s which frog you’ll eat.

Sep 28, 2022

The Best Things to Do in the Morning

Sep 28, 2022

Where Roger Federer Gets His Self-Belief From

And what he wants kids to learn from his story…

Sep 23, 2022

Where Roger Federer Gets His Self-Belief From

Sep 23, 2022

Motivation Curve: The Backbone of My Productivity System

Sometimes you’re so motivated that you get a lot accomplished in a short timeframe. Then the intensity wears out, and you are back to…

Aug 26, 2022

Motivation Curve: The Backbone of My Productivity System

Aug 26, 2022

How to Start Something New When You Don’t Have Time

The art of starting new habits.

Aug 14, 2022

How to Start Something New When You Don’t Have Time

Aug 14, 2022

An Easy but Smart Task to Do in the Morning

This article is from my productivity series.

May 20, 2022

An Easy but Smart Task to Do in the Morning

May 20, 2022

Don’t Wake Up at 5 AM. Do This Instead for a Productive Day.

This is the first article in my productivity series, How to Do More while Staying Sane. If you’d like to follow this series, see my blog.

May 4, 2022

Don’t Wake Up at 5 AM. Do This Instead for a Productive Day.

May 4, 2022

The Famous Janitor

It was 2004, in Tucson, Arizona. I was sitting in my office room staring at the computer screen — it was my first job out of college, at a…

Feb 11, 2022

Feb 11, 2022

Dad at Gunpoint

If he had pulled the trigger, my life and mom’s life would have changed forever.

Jun 21, 2021

Dad at Gunpoint

Jun 21, 2021

Vegetarians: Don’t Get Fooled on DoorDash — Swami Photography

I was surprised to discover some unethical tactics used on DoorDash to attract vegetarians. Recently, I looked up a vegan place on…

Dec 28, 2020

Dec 28, 2020

The Power of Writing Down

To a photographer, nothing is more fulfilling than to see your work in print. My work was recently published in a book created by Escaype…

Nov 15, 2020

The Power of Writing Down

Nov 15, 2020

What I Learnt from the Director of NSF

Dr. Panch has been in the news lately. President Trump picked him to lead the National Science Foundation. A lot has been written about…

Jul 31, 2020

What I Learnt from the Director of NSF

Jul 31, 2020

7 Life Lessons I Learnt in the Last Decade

We think so hard before helping someone

May 14, 2020

May 14, 2020

Swami Venkataramani

Swami Venkataramani

CEO @ Qtr.ai, engineer, designer, and photographer (swamiphoto.com). Sharing productivity insights gained from juggling a job, hobbies, and side projects.

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