One of my favorite courses in uni was Philosophy. It kept me motivated to achieve my engineering degree. I learned a lot from it and listed below are some:

• Smile Project: You smile at everyone and note down the reaction of each and everyone and what happens next. I realized the power of smiles.
• Patriarchy: I read a book on patriarchy and its history. It was an old book, “Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women’s History of the World“, first published in 1988.
• Women have finite number of eggs. Men continually produce sperm throughout their lives.
• The origin of “whore”.
• Religion, beliefs, faith.
• The relationship between one’s learning curve and age.

I still believe that one’s learning curve decreases as one gets older.

I believed it ever since the day my professor told me so. It’s a scary thought but instead of focusing on that, why not prove it wrong? Mahatma Gandhi said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

It is difficult to continue learning and enhancing your skills especially when you work half the day. But it should start somewhere. So here’s the list to get us started, let’s call it, “Becoming Better Guide”:

• List topics you want to study. Order them in priority (based on what you WANT to learn). Keep the list short and manageable.
• In each topic, write down a reward you will give yourself once you’ve finished it.
• Research online and put all online information in one repository for the last topic on the list (you will start from the bottom).
• Look for books related to the topic.
• Allot 30 minutes of reading in the morning and 1 hour in the evening. You can read the online references in the morning and books in the evening if you like. Increase the time allotment if necessary, but never decrease.
• Based on the schedule (above) you should have a deadline.
• Reward yourself once you reached the deadline and proceed to the next topic.

It shouldn’t be hard. Sometimes we need routine and schedules to get things done.

Other interesting finds:

Ten places where anyone can learn to code
The Next Web deals – Awesome deals! Discounts on e-learning too!
Creative Live – Free live online classes.
A Book Apart – Brief books for people who make websites. Personal favorite!
The Perfect Strangers Project – Swap a letter. Swap a package. Find a friend.
Udacity – Earn a nanodegree!
The Falling Offical Trailer – Maisie Williams, Joe Cole Mystery Movie
Phone Stacking, a.k.a. Don’t Be A Di*k During Meals With Friends