Breakup seems like the biggest epidemic of our modern civilization. Social media, smartphones, and instant gratification have increased it further. Everyone goes through it with mixed feelings. The reason for moving on: Our unmet expectations Being cheated Letting our happiness in the hand of others Peer pressure Change of mind or life’s priority The human […]
Author Archives: Atul
spark
How many great things have happened in your life, the challenges you took because someone was out there cheering you up? As much as we seek self-knowledge, we need people around us. People who believe in us or those make us go the extra mile. They fuel spark in you. I have been fortunate to […]
groupthink
How many ideas, innovation, and projects got killed because of groupthink? How many times the assembled crowd made a mockery of the skeptic? Our organizational system is hierarchical, like christ and his followers. No one dare question the leader and worship him/her and their ideas. If by chance once in a while someone went questioning […]
Sugarcoating
Sugarcoating sucks. We should be very open and honest with giving feedback. Be it your kid, partner you have to give honest feedback. It does more wonders and helps in growing and getting better. My product journey has made me realize users avoid giving honest feedback. They don’t want to hurt you or have not […]
super forecasting
The book was with me for over a year, I have realized over time you cannot read things you buy at an instant. As the title suggests book talks about people who predict or hedge bets on future events. Below are the excerpts from the book summarizing them.
Emotion
One thing which differentiates us from Robots is Our emotion. Emotions play a key role in how we respond to challenges. Our emotions can make or break our relationship or formal alliance. We are not Socrates to remain logical or rational on all occasions. Emotional outbursts lead to an argument and act as a sign […]
magic
Carol S. Dweck, author of Mindset has given intellectuals a whistle. I had my share last night, I heard Growth Mindset over a dozen times on a call. MindsetGrowth: Work hard, learn new things, and grow.Fixed: Don’t work hard, stay as you are, and lose the competition. Malcolm Gladwell wrote Outliers on the research paper […]
hedge
I am not saying leave your current job and switch to better pastures. I am definitely saying hedge and take chances. Dislike relationship, move one. Dislike job, switch. Just don’t crib and sulk in your miseries. In the end, it is your short life, you are the master of your destiny. Also no one gives […]
what matters
What matters is now, What matters is who we are, What matters is who are with us, What matters is who believes in us, What matters is whose advice we can take. Everything else is noise.
world
When we stop caring about the world for appreciation, liking, salutations, and love that is when we are free. Once we are free we are living in our dreamland carefree as a child working on self-creation. Creativity requires complete freedom but the world we are living in, we are a slave to externality. We all […]