At 33, I stumbled upon philosophy. This time it was Jiddu Krishnamurti, thanks to Twitter and one of the tweets of Naval Ravikant mentioning his name. Over the years I have realized that most of the modern day self help books and motivational content are nothing but recycled philosophy. With time, my interest in reading …
Author Archives: Atul
Meeting
In this super connected world, we are seconds away from introducing our friends for business or other advice. We think it will help them, but is it really so? Who are we to decide on their behalf? Why can’t we ask them? And once we are done connecting, we feel that we are done with …
Raw
I like interacting with people. Most of them help me and give great advice. At times I also help a few of them – with their job search, work related projects or financially. I like those who are raw, honest and humble. The ones who say things as they are. I tend to dislike fluffy …
Those who matter
Sometimes, people will avoid you. They will not pick up your calls. They will not reply to your emails. They will keep rescheduling meetings. You should not feel bad about it. You should give attention to all those people who stood by you When you were nothing. When you were broken. When you were clueless …
Mother
She is one of a kind. She cared when I had nothing to share. She was there when nobody else was out there. My mother is everything for me. She has been there for for me always. I was never a loser in her eyes. I remember getting extra pocket money from her to buy …
Feedback
Feedback plays a key role in our life. It is not just limited to our profession. Our seniors at work are not the only ones to give us feedback. If we have an open mind we can get better. Life is a journey and we are time traveler’s. In the end, it depends on us. We …
Design
Last year I was reading on product design. I was fascinated seeing the innovation in this domain. I picked up a design book (don’t remember which one) and made some notes after reading. I found this file after cleaning up my system’s drive. Design implementation takes time, working on iterating and incremental upgrades helps. Communicate …
Arguments
Partnership gets a hit because of heated arguments. We turn into a beast, our ego takes over: rationality and logic takes the back seat. We get passionate and forget about empathy and virtues. Why does this happen? Is it because our lizard brain takes over? A solid partnership requires respect, empathy and rational conversation. We …
Divide
Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and many others were murdered. We got racial equality added in our constitution. But what about society? Are we treated equally? Has our bias on looks, color, beard or tuban got any better? We are living in a united country divided by caste, creed, religion and colour. A society where …
Greed
We inherited greed from apes, our ancestors and it evolved. We fought for food, women, land and supremacy. Later religion came: mercenary killed many. These days it is about selling more arms, controlling oil fields. The quest for profit by food giants has given rise to many disease. The easy access to loan, credit card …