Can you force someone into an agreement with you? Is this sustainable? How long will it last? Can you keep an employee dangling over salary or make a relationship work under a false premise? We are all humans, and we have our little soul. We think, most importantly lose our sleep over this in time. …
Author Archives: Atul
control
Are you in your control: your thoughts and actions? Are you aware of your shortcomings? What builds you in this life journey is: how much of life you own. It is easy to get distracted, flow in emotions, and get tormented. There could be many externalities contributing to it. The world and society we are …
Few
I was going through Elon Musk Wikipedia page earlier this evening. It lists all his achievements as an entrepreneur. One person running companies with moonshot bets requires silver balls. It is like running or walking on fire. I am not saying he is a saint or that all ideas originated from his brain. My respect …
Change
We talk about change, prosperity, happiness, and making a better world. Many organizations spend millions on marketing. Celebrity figures spend numerous hours as charlatans all over the place. Change is not just about changing social media mugshots or joining a cause online. It is beyond all of this. It has to start within us. How …
disconnect
Some-days, I want to disconnect from the world: like disappearing inside a cave with no external world around. The closest to this has been swimming for numerous hours in the sea or running at my pace. Reading and writing are other resorts. But then it takes you to the world you are consuming. What I …
trust
Trust is a universal currency. It’s a pillar that holds any tsunami or turbulence in our life or work. We have to be confident in ourselves and our decisions before trusting others. Trust gets you a big win. Be it business, friends, or relationships. One has to be in a company where both sides are …
enlightenment
What is enlightenment? A good night’s sleep An absolute authority as a dictator Being the wealthiest person on the planet Living life on our terms A companion who understands and is trustworthy enough to be there in the thick and thins of life No visa to travel anywhere Getting a healthy death and living disease …
alcohol
I remember getting introduced to alcohol in my early 20s. It was beer.My love for beer grew to the extreme, and at one point, I was in Brussels hopping microbreweries and learning the art and craft of beer making.I wanted to start my beer shop. We had less than half a dozen microbreweries across the …
Happiness
Happiness is new corporate trash positioned like a carrot to employees by human resources. Giving food coupons or movie tickets is not happiness. Neither are weekly alcohol galas post-work. Happiness is mental well-being. That can happen with good company culture. An environment with zero toxicity. A place where employees could question senior authority. That will …
responsibility
We take the responsibility of others on ourselves.We think the world will not move without us.As a pilot, we start imagining everything under our belt.We try to mend fences and go to lengths to win the crowd. Is it because we are alone ourselves? Or is it like a battle or race we are fighting …