Volume 2 · The Discipline of Hours · Essay 70

Deep-fried Broccoli

Some ideas arrive wearing uniforms. Deep-fried Broccoli arrives in a kurta — plain, comfortable, and ready for work.

It is worth keeping in your pocket not because it is always right, but because it is always available. A tool you carry beats a perfect tool you left at home.

Consider the farmer. He does not argue with the season; he arranges his work inside it. The city man does the opposite — he argues with every Monday and is surprised every Friday.

Time is the one currency the Reserve Bank does not print more of. Do not memorise it. Notice it. Noticing is the senior discipline.