Under My Turban

Plan A life vs Plan B life

How to know if you’ve drifted into your backup life without realising it

Sep 21, 2025 • Dev Singh

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August 2025

Set unrealistic goals

This isn't a generic motivational rant, I promise.

Aug 16, 2025 • Dev Singh

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July 2025

Your intelligence is cute, but can you actually get your point across?

Some of the smartest people I've ever met have also been some of the most inefficient communicators - and dare I say messy thinkers - I've ever met.

Jul 21, 2025 • Dev Singh

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I'm wrapping up the weekly wraps (Europe made me do it)

Learning some things about letting go to refocus in Stockholm, Poland and Prague

Jul 3, 2025 • Dev Singh

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June 2025

Taoism and creative expression for the sake of it under pressure (weekly wrap #24)

A quick one from gate C4 at Bangkok airport before I board my flight

Jun 19, 2025 • Dev Singh

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Big Magic, real life assassins, and a sharp-witted management consultant (weekly wrap #23)

Inspiration and wisdom on creativity, curiosity and design from Elizabeth Gilbert, Mariana van Zeller, and Russell Ackoff

Jun 12, 2025 • Dev Singh

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Japanese wisdom on burnout, regeneration in service to life, and photography that made me feel in love (weekly wrap #22)

“Only by also caring for self can we effectively and over the long-term care for our human community and the community of life.“

Jun 6, 2025 • Dev Singh

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May 2025

3 speeches (weekly wrap #21)

Ursula K. Le Guin on some truths about fantasy, Leo honours Robert De Niro at Cannes, and the Princess of Denmark gives maybe the best birthday speech…

May 30, 2025 • Dev Singh

A 71-year old taxi driver gets a millionaire vacation, Stanford teaches AI-powered creativity, and being at peace with my journey (weekly…

Wholesome community, working with AI like a human collaborator, and thinking about the most important foundation for everything else in life

May 23, 2025 • Dev Singh

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Doubling-back aversion and self-narrative dissonance

How this psychological self-sabotage ends up costing us more time and effort to get where we want to go

May 19, 2025 • Dev Singh

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An electric Eurovision song about mother nature and your relationship with goals (weekly wrap #19)

A bit of pop culture and a bit of self-reflective philosophy - not a bad combination.

May 16, 2025 • Dev Singh

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Moral Ambition, sacrificing efficiency for meaning, Late Bloomer, and Positive Peace Index (weekly wrap #18)

How to seek and find inspiration, check the wall your ladder is leaning against, prioritise meaning, and reconnect with yourself.

May 9, 2025 • Dev Singh

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