People in the tech industry, glamour industry, or experts need responsibility for how they portray their thoughts or observation.It is because many of us look at them for inspiration. When a leader shares his learning or teaching under any influence, bias, or half-baked expertise, it results in disaster.It has been noticed time and again. If …
Author Archives: Atul
Nationalism
I love my country. I am lucky and proud to be an Indian. It does not mean I will not question the wrongdoings of my administrators or will have a close eye on the policies. My nationalism is for the prosperity of my country. My nationalism is on unity, not division. We want to change …
24 hours rule
I was watching a YouTube video talking about winning and losing as a leader. We dislike losing out. It is within us, our ego. Bud Grant, coach Minnesota Vikings, talks about 24 hours rule, letting losses not clutter our heads or thoughts for over 24 hours. I liked it and felt like sharing it.
Powerful
I owe most of my success in this life to my mother. Mom believed and persuaded my father to send me out for higher studies.I have no clue what I would have become without her belief in me.I have been staying away from them since the year 2000, all alone on my own. I feel …
migration
Why are only a few centers in our country flourishing, and everyone else has to move here for work or earning? Our country is gigantic and varied cultures and dynamics. Why do we have to suck, be stuck, or live a matchbox life? If we see history, this has always been the case. Nalanda and …
youth
Youth in our country is a case study in itself. The emergence of social media and thought leadership has changed the way most of us grew 20 years back. On the positive side, everything is at their fingertips, always connected, and no need for school, library, etc. Earning is not limited to getting a government …
darzi
Mafatlal has been in the tailoring business for eternity.His father took him as an apprentice at age 5.Mafatlal is in his 70s. He has chickenpox marks on his face. His bread is untrimmed flying high, and his big nose is like an electricity pole in a paddy field. The Jadeja family of Rajkot had called …
dormant
How easy it is to live in anger like a dormant volcano. Does it help anyone? Be it a relationship or business: disagreements are part of it. But keeping grudges makes things only worst. We start forming our own opinion and put everything in a prejudiced bucket. Who does it help? NoneWho does it affect? …
solitude
We underestimate the power of our Solitude.Some confuse it with loneliness.The connected world gives us no opportunity to spend time with ourselves. We are a robot of deadlines, tasklist, or mobile notifications.Everything has to be done on time in a defined way by someone else. Success depends on parameters defined by others. But what about …
battle
In the journey of building taghash, it has been at times that we are fighting a battle like David and Goliath. After demos, customers would remind us how our competitors are superior or have a mandate to buy US vendors. It was a painful rejection earlier. We have now realized this will not change, and …