Paneer(cottage cheese) came to my menu on one of the Thursday nights during dinner. I was studying in class 4th in a hostel in Ranchi. I was lactose intolerant those days. The smell of milk would make me puke. Paneer was served in a limited capacity. My dislike of it got noticed by one of …
Author Archives: Atul
Carnegie
We all know Andrew Carnegie as a philanthropist, industrialist, and robber baron. At the early age of 16, Carnegie joined the Pittsburgh telegraph office and became Thomas Scott’s private secretary and telegrapher. Later on, Carnegie joined Thomas Scott at the Pennsylvania Railroad, where he became general superintendent. Their relationship continued and, Carnegie learned, prospered, and …
lucky
I watched: Lucky, the movie, last night. The song hit my nerves. Added lyrics from the comment someone had added to it. I stole the right to live as if there was no time. I stole the eyes of God as if those eyes were mine. I took and did infuse a light that was …
poor
I was reading his post on hacker news and, it talks about being poor. I am not sure what to make out from the entire thread and original post as a conclusion. But one thing is clear that the definition of poor depends on what we are seeking. It boils down to our needs. A …
less
We are living in abundance. We strive for a big fat salary, car, house. That is society’s definition of being successful. Consumerism has taken it to the next level: ice cream scoop, soda drinks, clothes, jewelry, or chicken buckets. All are part of the system in making us feel good. But think within, is more …
Atrium, lessons
Justin Kan opened up about his journey of building Atrium, a company working on disrupting Legal Tech and helping more transparency. The company is no more; Justin returned the rest of the money to his investors. In the video post on YouTube, he mentioned things he learned after its failure. I have added some of …
freedom
We want to live independently and seek freedom. For each one of us, the definition of freedom differs. Some want enough material wealth to retire early. Some others seek for fulfilling their parent’s wish list. Many others give back to the community by opening non for profit or spending hours in a month for a …
castle
I was speaking with Jay last night. We got deviated from regular chit chat to wealth. The summery was short in simple: what will I do with 100 castles when in the end I have to sleep in one each night. The difference between a poor and a millionaire boils down to our needs and …
noise
The recent Hidden Brain podcast features Daniel Kahneman author, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment. The author describes noise as a mental construct loaded with our bias and environment in making decisions. He cites examples of various court judgments which resulted in people spending too long or less time in prison. Kahneman suggests the use …
fallen leaves
I picked Will Durant’s fallen leaves this week. It’s his collection of random thoughts on various aspects of life. In the chapter: middle age, he shared this list of virtue/vice respective to our phase of life. I felt like sharing it.