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 …
Author Archives: Atul
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 …
On Softbank
I know Covid19 has had the biggest impact on a shared economy. Companies like Uber, WeWork, OYO are struggling to stay afloat. Layoff stories are everyday things now. Matayoshi Son, the visionary behind Softbank fund is in the midst of all these crises. His vision fund 1 had to right off many investments. Venture Capital …
core
Why do we get distracted and move away from the core? Many organization tries to expand and enter into non-core and lose their focus. The one thing which defines them gets a blow. Is it a growth mindset or greed? The quest for expansion is a double-edged sword. When it backfires, your existence comes crumbling. …