Understanding Human Behaviour 4/10

Phantom Pain - Experience Pain in the body but nothing wrong with the body

Jun 17, 20232 min read

Phantom Pain - Experience Pain in the body but nothing wrong with the body

She experienced extraordinary pain in her left leg. She thought she had pulled a muscle or twisted a nerve or something. Some hot pack,...

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Giving people what they want, not what we think they want.

Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 16, 20232 min read

Giving people what they want, not what we think they want.

On the tenth anniversary of his father’s death, he decided to spend some money and give the orphan students something. He bought 30...

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Giving Help and Receiving Help - One is not superior to the other

Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 15, 20232 min read

Giving Help and Receiving Help - One is not superior to the other

There are times in our lives when we are physically okay and can assist someone else physically. Then there are days in our lives when...

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The importance of TRUST in a relationship

Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 14, 20232 min read

The importance of TRUST in a relationship

“My dad said he would arrange the finance for my studies abroad. This is the second time has let me down. I don’t trust him anymore. I...

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All divorced people are not itching to get hitched again

Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 13, 20232 min read

All divorced people are not itching to get hitched again

Those who are single in society fall into different categories. Those who never got married (either by choice or for other reasons),...

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Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 10, 20233 min read

Grey Divorces

I don’t recall the source of the piece of statistics: The fastest-growing age group applying for divorces in Bangalore courts are those...

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Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 9, 20232 min read

Let us not overdo the gratitude bit

“It is horrible to see the death and desperation in the world due to the pandemic” “Aren’t you grateful that you are not infected?” ***...

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Don’t discourage children from playing with informal toys

Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 8, 20232 min read

Don’t discourage children from playing with informal toys

“I bought him so many toys, but look at that he plays with rocks, empty carton boxes” the dad complained. The child, seven years old was...

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Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 7, 20232 min read

Praising the wrong things

She prepared hard for the concert. It was not her first, she had already done more than 100 over the years. At this concert, she was...

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Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 6, 20232 min read

When Seniors die

The average life expectancy has increased steadily over the decades. Today, if you are having the basic comforts of life, no debilitating...

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If you are sitting with your child to help prepare for the exams...

Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 5, 20233 min read

If you are sitting with your child to help prepare for the exams...

As a parent, quite a few people take an active interest in their child’s education, especially during exam time. If as a parent you are...

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Having a ‘chore’ curriculum for children at home.

Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 4, 20233 min read

Having a ‘chore’ curriculum for children at home.

I grew up with three siblings at home and all the four of us had chores to perform at home from a very young age. It was someone's chore...

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Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 2, 20232 min read

“Yet” is a word of immense hope

When conversing with people, we are often asked whether we know some skill or have achieved some milestones of life. “Did you clear your...

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Parents don’t have to make every moment into a teachable moment and blow away happiness.

Sreedhar Mandyam

Jun 1, 20232 min read

Parents don’t have to make every moment into a teachable moment and blow away happiness.

I was watching a parent read a bedtime story to a child. The child was enjoying the moment as the parent read the story with a lot of...

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Action is the antidote to anxiety - Focussing on things in our control

Sreedhar Mandyam

May 31, 20232 min read

Action is the antidote to anxiety - Focussing on things in our control

Many things keep happening around us. We can control somethings and most things are not in our control. If we take a look at the year...

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Cleaning can be Calming, Peaceful and Healing

Sreedhar Mandyam

May 30, 20232 min read

Cleaning can be Calming, Peaceful and Healing

Just as he was leaving for his office, she got into a huge argument with him. What started as an innocuous statement, slid into another...

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Everyone started on zero in skill-building

Sreedhar Mandyam

May 29, 20232 min read

Everyone started on zero in skill-building

We look at others who have mastered the skills we desire and wish we had similar skills. It could be singing, dancing, public speaking,...

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Empowered woman - one who can make choices

Sreedhar Mandyam

May 28, 20232 min read

Empowered woman - one who can make choices

The idea of an empowered woman as depicted in movies and books is one who goes out and earns. One who has a regular job goes to the...

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Sreedhar Mandyam

May 27, 20232 min read

Main regret in life - the Western bias

Most books on Psychology are written by Western authors and their main audience that they want to cater to are the people in their...

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“Make-up does not change who you are” is a controlling line

Sreedhar Mandyam

May 26, 20232 min read

“Make-up does not change who you are” is a controlling line

At the basic level, both men and women would like to look good physically. Some are just plain lucky to have been born attractive...

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