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My curiosity to find out what runs Amazon, its philosophy, vision and roots resulted me in picking “One Click” Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com. The book provided some interesting insights, rise/fall, good/bad part of early days of Amazon and particularly Jeff Bezos vision and leadership. These are some notes from the book I …
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Continuing with my quest of reading more on J Krishnamurti I picked up Freedom from the Known. Its a series of discourse on various aspects of life. These are some of my clipped notes from the book: If one wants to see a thing very clearly, one’s mind must be very quiet, without all the prejudices, …
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Empathy One of the first thing for getting new contributors is empathy. Existing members should be kind enough to answer all kinds of basic questions. The new comer might be new to the overall ecosystem and trying the tool for the first time. Appreciation We all like being appreciated. A thank you note, congratulation …
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Our society and being part various different affiliations we are insecure. We are insecure about our job, relationship, future to mention a few. Will I get appraisal this year? My Gf/Bf loves me as much i do or not? What if my competitor raise more funding than mine, will it kill my business? Will I …
I am sure some of you have read about 10,000 hours rule. You can be an expert in almost anything if you can practice it for 10,000 hours. It comes out to be 7 hours of practice for almost 4 years [If my maths are still in place]. If you have read Scott Adams book How …
I got to know about “J Krishnamurti” long back when my sister went to study at KFI Rajghat Besant school Banaras. But sometime back I got to know about his writing and viewpoint about life and all things Philosophy. I am still in process of becoming a regular reader. Total Freedom has been one of …
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I have no clue if feeling is a good thing or bad for you. I do have some idea how it originates though. Attachment –> Expectations —> Ego is satisfied —- (Yes ) —-> Positive Feelings (No) —-> Negative Feelings Feelings can lead to daydreaming or over …
I am writing this post after spending good 45-50 minutes in figuring out how to install CentOs Linux 7.3. Disable IPV6 Configure network on boot Install net-tools to get my ifconfig command. In real life simple things are widely accepted. Booking a cab via Uber [Past call a taxi, fight with cab drivers] Booking a hotel …
From the day we are born, we are told what we should not do. Be it our teacher, friends, religion or parents. Stay away from those people, they are from inferior caste or religion. A true X keeps fast in Holi month or a true Y quits non-veg food for 10 days in year for …
Growing up in a society has its own perk. You are fed with certain kind of ideas, ideologies, prejudice[passed on generation after generation] What you should totally do is learn to unlearn : Bias fed by parents, society or religion. Past failures which would be stopping you for next risk taking adventure. Running for a …