Be strong; do not show your weakness. But why? Why can’t we be vulnerable? Why do we have to talk to a faceless therapist about what is fucking us up from inside? We have lived in a close-knit since eternity, what happened to us now? We got all it takes to make: wealth, social status, …
Author Archives: Atul
spoonfeed
Is it our culture, education system, or society that craves newcomers for being spoonfed or micromanaged? In my limited experience, I have seen most dislike in figuring out things: be it with life decisions, education, skill acquisition, or work. I have been interviewing candidates for various roles in the last few months, and most of …
right
A leader’s job is not to be right. Their job is to ensure an organization is working together as an operating system. They have to ensure that the team is motivated and aware of overall milestones and companies vision. It is the team and togetherness which guarantees any organization’s success. The cult leadership creates a …
On Leadership, Robert Iger
Robert Iger is executive chairman of Walt Disney and was formally CEO of the company. In his book: The Ride of his Lifetime, he talks about his leadership principles. Robert’s shared his leadership principles in the book’s prologue. Optimism Courage Focus Decisiveness Curiosity Fairness Thoughtfulness Authenticity Integrity The relentless pursuit of perfection I let you …
past
How much our past matters? I was going through photograph dumps, notes, scribbles. We change with time; Our priority, People, and the journey keep moving. I am barely in touch with my school and college friends. I am hardly in touch with folks from my first job. At the same time, I have noticed our …
Shoe Dog
It was 5-6 months back when Karthik had recommended the list of autobiographies. Shoe Dog was one of the recommendations besides a dozen others. Sometimes we need encouragement and autobiographies like these help. It resulted in me reading Shoe Dog. I enjoyed every page of the book; It was like a script out of a …
Daughter
Patriarchy is part and parcel of Indian society. As a son, we have more authority, freedom. Although we are getting better, we are still far away. The priority of dream, aspirations, independence of daughter still takes backfoot over son. The choice of finding a partner, job, city to live in, who to meet, and when …
Vipassana
In 2010 I went for Vipassana. I was between jobs. It was Karunakar, my mentor, who strongly suggested to me. I was in my early 20’s, hormones kicking, enjoying salaried life on alcohol and consumerism: the advice for meditation retreat made no sense. I cannot say no to Karunakar: I registered for ten days of …
What
I was on a call with Ajey today: one take away was WHAT? As a founder knowing “WHAT” drives “HOW”. Our journey becomes less painful. We then start seeking for How. In short, “What” brings clarity and depth to our purpose.
Umeed
Ek umeed ka daaman thame hue hai, ek door se bana rakha hai umeed ko zindgi ke saath. Kya Nahi ho Sakta umeed ke Saath? Umeed hogi, josh Hoga, Junoon Hoga, Kuch kargujarne ki chaahat aur badhege. Kitne ja chuke hai kabr me na-umeede liye, mitti naseeb hue magar chahaat ke mohaz rahe. Umeed akale …