Karthi Subbaraman

Self Lens

As a behavioral science student I am nerdy about all things human. I love to dig deep into all aspects of human including the mind, performance, behaviors, psychology, identity, ontology, anthropology, human body, spirituality and more. The fun is to figure out the pieces of the puzzle by seeking. One

Major Life Update

I have been super silent here for many weeks now. Sorry about that. I truly did not know what to write that could add immense value to you. Life was happening. This time it was around work and existential crisis around which path to choose. This is the biggest confusion

Musings from a practitioner-teacher

If you are a practitioner trying to teach (keynote, running cohort courses, conducting webinars etc), this post is for you. Musings of a failed practioner teacher 👇 "Doers do and others teach" - That must be written by a doer who has no idea about teaching! If they understood

Empathy

There are a few words which makes me feel: language is limited. Empathy, Breathe, Love, Compassion etc are those words in my experience. The depth of the word is lot more than just the word. I don't get to talk about other powerful words in my profession but

Dying well, a design tenet

Five years ago, the idea of life design hit me strongly. At that time I was 38 and I was already dreading my 40th birthday. If someone tells you a cliche statement, age is just a number, you should punch them in their face 😅 Age is (not just) a number

Pendulum swings, rightfully so!

Being human is the most fascinating experience I have ever been through so far. Nothing beats me to it. The awe is intact 😅 For example: I spent 1000+ days to build consistency and recently I spent 100+ days undoing all the consistency in my life. Crazy isn't it?

Step-wise approach to achieving big in anything

As a behavior science student, I love messy problems. I love problems that are far beyond my control. Problems that are so dynamic and so unpredictable. That is exactly why i am fascinated by the study of human performance. As human beings we are amazingly greedy. We all want to

Taking Breaks

This longish post is dedicated to workaholics like me 😅 Sooooooooo good to be back after a 42 day break from everything old-normal. Pls tell me you didn't miss me all these days 😜 This break was serendipitous. It wasn't planned. Life happened and the break happened. Earlier

Why you need a post pandemic vacation at the earliest?

The pandemic fatigue is real. Whether we like it or not, we moved lesser, we worked more, we slept less, we exposed our eyes to more blue light, we ate more junk (at-least 90% of us did), we connected less and above all we did not take a break from

How to answer your mid life crisis with data?

Back to makerverse after a short hiatus 🙌 Every life is unique and everyone approaches it differently. I approached my mid-life with a plethora of questions and a bunch of experiments. Been at it for 6 years. I thought I will be able to figure things out in 3 months. Boy!