The Maximum Project

Is life deterministic, or does free will exist? A belief in the latter may better serve us, but this question is no longer philosophical. AI is a human creation capable of eradicating free will in insidious ways for …

Les Edgerton is a writer. He is also a writing mentor, published author, trauma survivor, father, husband, and human being with a rich and complex past.

As someone capable of preventing and inflicting harm with equal …

Tushar Bajaj used to be my boss. He is also someone I’ve always enjoyed speaking with. Tushar is an executive leader at MSL, an integrated communications firm part of the Publicis Groupe. Not originally from a …

You’ve thought about getting fit, haven’t you? And you’ve slipped in the quest a few times, too, eh? It’s a massive concern but might just need a few tweaks to fix. The first tweak? Your mindset.

I heard of Dan (or …

Teachers are often formative influences in our development. But, unfortunately, they are also subject to more flak than is often due. So when I …

Allen Justin is an artist, therapist, and teacher who lives in Goa with his cats - Death and Patronus. Living with borderline personality disorder, Allen has found refuge in art and a keen interest in science. He is …

Ramya Sriram is a comic creator and writer from India currently based in Cambridge, UK. Her comic strip, The Tap, attempts to capture her bizarre, …

Prithvi Raj is a product developer at Cadabams Group, a mental healthcare organisation based in India. I first met Prithvi after a guest lecture at Christ University, where he and his team met me after class to workshop …

I met Micah when I was teaching a public relations course at Christ in Bengaluru. He reached out to me for a chat after class, and we’ve been in touch ever since. Now, Michah always struck me as a bright, driven, …

Caoimhe and I met through, you guessed it, The Portfolio Collective. I left a comment on one of her queries on the community board, and we’ve been in …

Heather Sharp is the founder of Forces Wives Challenge, a community of military wives who discover their unlimited potential through challenges …

Brian Carvalho is a communication consultant and amateur musician. With over 25 years in the PR consulting game, he currently leads communication for …

Sahana Dasharathi is the founder of Dash of Nourishment. A practising nutritionist, Sahana specialises in sports nutrition, weight management, gut health, lifestyle management, auto-immune disorders, and hormone …

Dinesh Borwankar is the founder and head coach at Movement Strength Performance (MSP), a functional strength and conditioning centre in Bengaluru, …

Are you creative? What was the first response that came to your mind? I have had a lot of conversations with people who don't believe that they are …

Everyone will die.

That's not a foreboding statement. It's a reality and one that we may wish to start acknowledging every now and then. Collective …

Solitude makes us more aware of our thoughts, feelings, and state of mind. Maybe that's why it can be intimidating. Have you had a day where things …

How often do we find ourselves in self-destructive patterns? Have you ever had those moments of self-awareness where you see what you're doing and decide to change? If you said 'yes', you're probably going to say yes to …

Have you ever felt that surge of pain at the end of a relationship? The edginess of possibly losing work or the anxiety of a conflict about to explode? Why is it that suffering always seems impossible until it passes? …

How often do you base your reactions to people on how you feel? Ever so often, in a burst of anger that goes against my 'inner peace', I have said things that I will regret later - a joke, a jibe, a retort, or even just …

If I didn't have a clear image of how you would like things to turn out, would uncertainty still bother me? A vision is useful for direction, but it …

Our anxiety is often spiked by the prospect of interacting with someone. What are the thoughts that create it? Are your thoughts your own? Where do they come from? Do the people we encounter have anything to do with …

Do you ever sit back and wonder where your life is going? Or where it has ended up? I did. I do. Often. Lately, I've replaced the impulse to freeze …

The first episode of The Maximum Project where Adarsh introduces the idea. Listen till the end for a little special something that might move you, get you thinking, or crack you up. Who doesn't need a laugh, eh?