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# Painful but Life-altering lessons I learned during the pandemic
- URL: https://ishangirdhar.com/painful-but-life-altering-lessons-i-learned-during-the-pandemic/
- Published: 2022-06-03T19:31:28.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-17T14:35:51.000Z
- Author: Ishan Girdhar

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1. Always buy an extra bottle of Ketchup and Tabasco.
2. Wash your hands.
3. Don’t sneeze or cough in public.
4. Call your Dad Monthly, or as needed; He won’t mind. Call your Mom every other day, if possible, every day.

# Concepts I have learned:

1. Flow
2. Deep work
3. System Thinking
4. How important is writing for critical thinking?
5. Investing, Trading & Technical Analysis
6. Change Equation
7. Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology by David Allen
8. Habits are automation for your brain.
9. Power of Nootropics, Cold Showers & Meditation.

# Courses I have learned:

1. Inner Engineering Online by Sadhguru
2. Deeply Practical Project Management by William Stewart PhD, PMP
3. [The Habit of Ferocity by Steven Kotler](http://https//www.ishangirdhar.com//habit-of-ferocity-by-steven-kotler/?ref=ishangirdhar.com)
4. How to Crush it on Twitter?
5. Discovering Your Personality With Dr Jordan B. Peterson
6. Building a Second Brain
7. Money EQ Masterclass by Ken Honda
8. Write of Passage by David Perell
9. Notion Life Design by August Bradley

# Certifications:

1. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
2. AWS Certified Developer Associate
3. AWS Certified DevOps Associate
4. AWS Certified Security Speciality
5. ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

# Skills

1. Swimming (Beginner level)
2. Tennis (Beginner Level)
3. Journaling