The easiest thing is giving assurance. Some people are just good at it. How much impact it makes in life, they don’t care. Be very careful with picking someone as your last resort, it can hurt and make you weak. Those who help don’t speak much, they keep giving without expectation.
Author Archives: Atul
Opportunity Cost
Being sad or living a miserable life is a choice. The reason for it could be anything from a job to a relationship. I find it weird when people crib about their toxic work environment and how they are barely keeping up with their health. In the same conversation they mention, pay is great so …
Fear
While reading “Age of Propaganda”, I came across the subject of fear. It talks about how to generate fear on a group or individuals. These are some well-known trick marketers, politicians and preachers have been using. A fear appeal is most effective when: It scares the hell out of people It offers a specific recommendation …
Dreams
We are living in an odd world. Dreams and working on making it true is limited for a few. Every now and then media glorifies success and we fall for survivor bias. Ask a farmer about his dream who has got cheated by a banker in taking a loan. Ask wife of an alcoholic about …
Reason
I have been rejected a few times during job interviews. Most of the times reasons for rejection were not provided. It made me angry and sad at the same time. One of the principles I am trying to adhere to is to give genuine feedback and reasons for not hiring someone.
Enterprise
My previous job got me hooked to watching Star Trek Enterprise, AB gets the credit. Some takeaways: As a captain of the ship, the first responsibility is the safety of its crew. It is easy to get blindsided with decision making. Our ego and bias can burst the entire ship. Handling crisis requires rationality and …
Power problem
There comes a professional stage in most of our lives where we become a manager or a leader. Most of us earn it with hard work and grind. It makes us humble and empathetic. There is another bunch of these folks who land into these positions without toiling hard. These are the power-hungry people, insecure …
Legacy
Humans like to leave their legacy. In princely states, kings would build castles, water fountains, and gardens. Tyrants, dictators and mass murders left us with many scars. Our legacy should be our contribution to society and people around for good. How we have changed millions of lives in a positive way. Most of those statues …
On Thomas Edison
I read “the wizard of Menlo Park, a life of Thomas Edison” recently. All this while I saw Edison as the guy who killed Tesla. I am not sure if that is true, but reading this book made me know a few other things about Edison. His entrepreneurial journey begun in early age, printing newspaper …
Sail
There comes part in everyone’s life where he/she feels completely broken. The lucky ones end up finding a sail, a person/book/hook which takes us out of our screwed up present. I have had many friends, sail in my life and it helped me in shaping who I am now. Help others, pay it forward. Look …