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Branded Fruit – A service to get your brand printed on any FRUIT!

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The only limit to our creativity is our imagination. Branded Fruit is a true example of that.

Branded Fruit is a new kinda of creative service that offers to print logos, text, and graphics on fruits! Look at the featured image in which logos of brands like Twitter, Heroku, Mailchimp, SoundCloud and Stripe are printed on different fruits. Well, it’s an innovative & fun way for branding! Isn’t it?

Before Branded Fruit, who could have thought of printing on fruits? While the logos printed on fruits are not edible, these are designed by Branded Fruit in a way that doesn’t affect the taste and usability of the fruit either.

Currently, you can get your brand printed on a variety of fruits like bananas, mangoes, pineapples, persimmons, limes, beets, potatoes, eggplants, avocados (most popular for now!) and much more! Options are plenty great.

Big brands are using Branded Fruit service for promotional giveaways, events & providing healthy fruits to their stakeholders at the same time!

References: Branded Fruit, Image courtesy of Branded Fruit.

Why Saying “No” More Often Is A Good Approach?

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Many people say: “Saying yes is a good approach”. Is it really? We don’t think so. Saying “yes” means devotion of more & more time to things you say “yes” for! We all have 24 hours. We can’t increase that number. If you say yes to everything, you’re left with very little time to do things that are most important in your life. What’s the solution? Well, learn to say no! Sometimes, we have to say no to even good things to choose the better things in place of good things (like not attending our friends’ party to complete that project!). If you have the habit of saying yes to everyone & every task you come across, mind your habit. Start saying no. This way you can keep yourself focused on what you do, use your resources, time and skills in the best possible manner. The more time you’ll have for particular things, the better you’ll do them. Remember, if you have a yes for everything, people will “AB-USE” you & you’ll be good at nothing.  In short, be smart & say “NO”, more often! Initially, It’ll be difficult. Later, you’ll thank yourself (& hopefully Minute Crunch too!).

References: Photo Thanks: Maxpixel.net.

7 Reasons Why Failure Is Cool!

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#1 Failure is an important part of learning. You fall many times before you learned to even walk properly. #2 Failure is a sign of creativity. World’s biggest adventures are the outcomes of world’s biggest failures. Famously, Thomas Edison failed 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb. Remember his quote: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” #3 Failure makes you humble & generates empathy for others. Once you have the taste of failure, you’ll be in a better position to understand the pains of others. #4 Failure lets you truly enjoy the success. Those who have not failed in their lifetime, or claimed so, are the most unfortunate people. If you have failed, take pride in it. It shows that you’ve at least tried something meaningful in your life. #5 Failures makes you stronger. Once you’ve faced difficult situations in life, you become stronger to face even more worst situations. #6 Some people got their biggest success just because of their failures. Take APJ Abdul Kalam for example. He failed to fulfill his most cherished dream of becoming a pilot. Later, he turned out to be President of India – much higher position than a pilot (no offence to pilots. Take it positively). You never know! Your worst failure may turn out to be the way to your biggest success. #7 You tell us. Yep! You tell us why we should allow ourselves to fail. After all, your words count here at Minute Crunch!

References: Abdul Kalam’s My Journey: Transforming Dreams Into Actions, Photo Thanks: Flickr.com.

Obsession: Good or Bad?

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Answer to this question is simple: It depends! It depends on what are you obsessed with. If you are obsessed with good things – good for you. If you are obsessed with bad things – bad for you. Perseverance is the key to be successful and obsession can be seen as one of the forms of perseverance. Obsession, if channeled in right direction, can be one of the most important factors you can use to boost your lifestyle. The problem is, most people are obsessed with things like Instagram, their favorite song that keeps on changing with new releases, their favorite TV show, their favorite celebrity & things like that! We rarely find people who are obsessed with what they do in their work life, and these rare people who are most successful as well. Top sports person are obsessed with their sport (Take Mr. Virat Kohli for example), top actors are obsessed with acting (take Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio for example), top politicians are obsessed with politics (take Mr. Narendra Modi for example), top businessperson are obsessed with their innovations (take Mr. Elon Musk for example). So, obsession is neither good nor bad. It’s us who make it good or bad. So, let’s make it good!  

References: Photo Thanks: Pixabay.

Why You Should Not Get Too Comfortable In Life!

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Comfort Zone defined by Lifehacker: “behavioral space where your activities and behaviors fit a routine and pattern that minimizes stress and risk“! To be successful in life, we need to do new things & push ourselves outside our comfort zone. Trying new things may feel scary & stressful but it’s a part of long journey to success! When we get too comfortable in life, doing something different can become very difficult. Once we push ourselves out of our relax zone, take risks & aspire to do different things, innovation happens. Challenging life with courage has its own magic feeling. It makes you more strong & confident. Most importantly, life outside of comfort zone is most dynamic, non-boring, adventurous & “more live”! We’re not saying that you leave your home or work & go to mountains or forests to  test yourself! All we’re saying is that you must have the courage to bear the stress & discomfort of moving out of your comfort zone so that you can deal with unplanned work & life situations. It will help you grow, becoming more creative & achieve your best.

Reference: HuffPost, Lifehacker, Photo Thanks: PxHere.

How Much Do You Care About People Facing Same Struggles You Have Already Faced?

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You care less, at least than those who have not faced the same struggles. Research found that people who have faced certain hard situations in their life like bullying, unemployment et cetera are less compassionate towards other people in similar situations as compared to the people who have not faced such situations. The results are shocking & hard to believe but true. We frequently hear people saying that ‘I understand your situation. I’ve been there’. But the research outcomes are just opposite. You having been there doesn’t mean that you care as well. In fact, prior experiences of the similar stress reduce our emotions & empathy for similar situations & experiences of other people. What you think of yourself on the issue? We’d like to know, seriously! And yeah… we’d like to appeal you to please care about others. After all, we all are humans. #WeCare

Source: Curiosity, PsycNET, Photo Thanks: Pixabay.