Why can’t we be honest and respond with the truth? I can’t believe someone has no time to follow up or reply to your mails. No one is that busy, responding is not the priority. Would it not be easy to respond and “reply we are not interested?” Would it not save back and forth …
Author Archives: Atul
books
Aging
Aging is part and parcel of humanity. We get old with time. Our social circle becomes limited. We get more immersed in ourself. I have seen my grandparents, with age they got hooked to some purpose and a routine. My grandmother would wake up and spend a few hours in prayers and later in the …
price
Price is part of every transaction. At times price becomes immaterial because our needs are non-monetary. It has more to do with us, self-control. Epictetus in Enchiridion talks about it. Do you wish to win the Olympics? I do too, by the gods; for it is exquisite. However, consider the leading things and the things …
peanuts
lost
There are times in our life when we are at the crossroads. Feeling clueless about everything: job, relationship, finances. clueless about our choices. The definition of good or bad makes no sense. Even with everything around us miserable. We are lost. It is good that one gets lost, it helps in knowing self better. Asking …
kitchen garden
Social Media
Social Media is a great place for sharing knowledge. It connects us to great achievers and successful folks. Social media is also a place for spreading FOMO. It is easy to get caught up in a fight, become vulnerable. I have been a superuser of Twitter for over a decade. But over the past few …
Jason’s India trip
freedom
How will your enterprise succeed without creativity? Why will someone buy your service, not others if you are not different? I have been seeing a trend where employees are just code monkeys or workers. The level of freedom to come up with creative ideas and solution are dead.