How much should our past matter to us? We can sulk in pain or celebrate. In either case, it is gone. Past is a mere experience. We try to dive for numerous hours into our past for happy or sad moments. It depends on the current state of our mind. How much does it help? …
Author Archives: Atul
Believe and build
I keep asking founders who come to pitch for intros and funding why they are building this. On a few occasions, people walk away being angry. It comes as a rude shock to them. Our media and glorification surrounding startups have made entrepreneurship some fashion parade. As a result, many of us are not in …
PPP
We live in a world where most don’t like the grunt of PPP: pain, patience, and persistence. Nothing creative or marvelous came without it. Van Gogh, Leonardo Da Vinci, Wright Brothers, Monet, Edison, Tesla, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. All went through it. Our generation wants everything with a click: food, medicine, sex, etc. The …
faces
We all carry distinct faces, which we bring out in different scenarios or with people we are dealing with. As a son, we act differently with our close friend’s circle. We are different from a uniqueness when we are with our lover than in a formal setup. Sometimes in the journey, we get at loggerheads …
Learn by doing
How will we know the depth of the river? By measuring it. How are we going to measure it if not by swimming in it? A painful journey will lead to the destination. Every piece of advice, book, or teaching will have a limited influence on our life if we are not living in the …
know thyself
Who are we?What do we want and don’t want?Are we living our life or the one told us by our parent’s society or education system?Are we just living our life for the heck of it? During a conversation with my grandparents, I heard him saying what else he could have done better for himself and …
Hyperintention
We are working too hard to reach our goal. We obsess with the outcome leaving the grader picture. The author of Man’s Search for Meaning and holocaust survivor Viktor E. Frankl has coined it hyperintention. You are too obsessed with making money and getting rich. It has taken a toll on your mind and body. Even after …
introspect
Somedays, my brain gets into introspection mode.It will ask a few questions and leave me there.It feels like a hanging. These moments become tough on me as I enter into self-critique mode:It is me.I am responsible.It was my mistake mode. In these times, rationality, stoicism & all the learnings get into the warzone.It’s me fighting …
emotions
Stop being emotional. It’s a vice and showstopper in success. My friends tell me time and again to me. I feel they have lived or met enough in their world that has made them conclude all this. I see a different world, and the world has a place for emotions. We are still humans. Can …
Outcome
Has it occurred to you that you are absolutely restless about the outcome? The quest of knowing the result makes you work hard or distract you. Would pro athletes or mountaineers go through the same? How can we overcome this restlessness: walking on the journey, being in the moment? Is it easier said than done? …