Is there any template available to be Successful? I know many have written in length and some made worth fortune on the topic. But what exactly is a success? * Finding a soulmate? * A billion dollar exit? * Being right in predicting Black Swan occurrence? Socrates drank hemlock and lived on a life seeking …
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Missing
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky have written in length about human bias. How we make decisions and how biased we are. Today is Dussehra, a Hindu festival. I am missing my parents and food. My brain is taking a tour of the past. Another instance, flashlights at the back of an auto made me miss …
Loneliness
How many of us crave for more people in our life? How many of us want to be part of social gathering? How many of us miss our childhood days? We were experimenting more without any fear. With the emergence of the internet and smartphones, we are more connected than before. But from inside we …
Happiness
In 2018, everyone is selling happiness. Be it Tinder, new bigger iPhone or your boss. Writers have become millionaires by teaching you how to be happy. What exactly is happiness, is it something one can buy or own? For some getting extrinsic appreciation acts as motivation. This is what has made all social media apps …
Cascading anger phenomenon
Let me explain the Cascading anger phenomenon with an example. 1. Shyam is a software developer. 2. One morning he gets a SPAM call. He gets furious. 3. His maid offers breakfast for him. Shyam shouts at her because it has little extra salt in it. 4. Shyam takes his car, shouts at his watchman …
Obsession
1. We are obsessed, since birth we are taught to be obsessed. It can be family values or maintaining the leftover fame of our forefathers. 2. We are granted name along with religion/caste, yet again we are told to be obsessed about the same. 3. We enter school and taught math, science, English again we …
Dreamers
Are we on our own? Who dictates on our course of action in life? Our thoughts, our dreams, what we want to be? Is this life we are living, is this what and how we wanted to live? Every 40-50 years world gets an outlier. Someone who gives a fuck to the status quo. Benjamin …
Emotions
A human mind is a complex operating system. The circuitry neurons, chemicals and it’s effect on us is a research. Philosophers, sophists, mystics and religious gurus have been teaching us to live a rational life. But is it possible? 1. You will get angry after being cheated by your partner. As a result, there will …
Minimalism
Minimalism as a concept has been around for centuries. Japanese are pioneers at it. Rest of us are living in consumerism. We are living in a world where preachers of marketing dictate our choices and guide us. Marketers and brands are selling us: more is good. Bigger soup bowl, bigger iPhone, bigger car, bigger house, …
Other India
India is a country of villages and agriculture plays a major role in our economy. The population plays a key role in power dynamics during elections. Still, they are most oppressed, silent and lacking on all government benefits. The incredible part is, even with all the shortcomings they are hopeful. Every parent aspires to see …