Our life is limited. Our thoughts constitute what we think, our company, and what we read. We can say we are living in a closed world. It has its positives and negatives. The negative is that we are unaware of most other intricacies of the world. Our world becomes limited. The positive is that we …
Author Archives: Atul
roles
We were living in an entrepreneurship bubble. A low-interest era and cheap money resulted in making everyone rich. At the same time, anyone with an idea could raise it in bulk with connections and pedigree. The side effect of this is that many unwanted job roles crept in. Fast forward now. Most of those roles …
tribe
A successful founder creates a tribe and leaves a legacy.The real wealth benefits everybody, not just founders.We have numerous books dedicated to building successful startups. Very few founders talk about treating humans above the stock price.And even less on values and radical openness. A company is built by it’s people. Building a successful enterprise requires …
Hostel
Thinking about hostel days in early childhood gives me goosebumps. My parents thought this would show me life and make me more human. I think it was class 4 or 5. I thank my parents for this. When you are thrown early on into unchartered territory, you grow up. There is no one to pamper …
India
I feel blessed and lucky to be born here. The unity in diversity makes me better every day. We are a young country and developing. We all have our way of seeing our world. For me, I am loving my country and living here. What is the meaning of asking not what your country can …
Meritocracy
We are living in the era of Meritocracy. If you have a dream and work hard, you will have backers to make your dreams come true. You will find the way, but all hard work needs to be done by yourself. I know many rags-to-riches stories where people built their lives with hard work. They …
Superpower
We all carry certain powers deep within. It has been through us all along. We can’t see it because we get lost in daily chores and world pleasures. As a result, these powers become dormant. We were born with a clean slate. As we grew old, society conditioned us. Our worldview became opaque with a …
Frugality
From Benjamin Franklin to Charlie Munger to Sam Zell.All talk about frugality, a life where you spend as much as you need. The current world of consumerism and frugality has become a dystopia. Buying on loans and credit cards is a norm.We are in the era of hoarding.Our happiness has transitioned into fast fashion and …
Practice
Many great authors wrote their stories that later became a masterpiece. It is their personal journey and life experience inside which they live constantly. It results in easy writing for the masses. Another trait that made them all write well is clarity, which comes with lots of practice. We undermine the value of practice and …
Scar
We are all carrying a Scar within us.It is our past.Some of us come out of it and make a new life.Rest others continue the baggage of the past and succumb to it.As a result, they continue to be miserable.They don’t want to live in now.Their past becomes a scar and makes them vulnerable.Every minute …