Are we living in some simulation? I was talking to a friend last day and, that was the topic of our discussion. I have no clue: what or who governs us: our consciousness, god, simulation, or some alien. One thing I do believe in is karma, treat others well. Good things will happen. You will …
Author Archives: Atul
compounding
We underestimate the power of compounding. Be it with a task, action items, or picking up a hobby. I don’t subscribe to that 10000 hours of mastery but believe in the process of compounding. All we need is little effort every day but for 365 days a year. Reading a book for 30 mins every …
panic
Some of us are not happy with whatever we have got. We thrive in panic. If everything is going normal in our life, we will get worried. It is more like living in a boiling pot and live life as long as being roasted. People who suffer most from such people are their loved ones, …
perception
In the end, it is your customer who will define the value of your product. Those marketing and PR can get your sales, licensing done only for a limited period. As a founder, you must be having a great vision, roadmap, and expectation. But if a customer fails to get those rewards from it, their …
Sticker
The sticker of our Alma Mater or who we worked for takes us somewhere. The ills of it are that we end up living in a herd with tunnel vision. In the end, execution matters, how we treat others matters, how we see ourselves matters. These stickers can become a burden on us if we …
little things
Founders life is different from media or news channels fundraising announcements. 90% of startups fail. No one cares about those founders. The founder’s life is about dealing with rejections gracefully.A teammate will fight and leave.A customer demo will go haywire.An investor will tell you all the wrong things you are building. It is like fighting …
loudspeaker
Social media is a loudspeaker with an unlimited scream, a battleground for thought leadership without knowledge. It will be difficult beyond a point to distinguish between a dog or an expert shoving theirs thought leadership. During Covid, these folks were fighting with the doctors and experts. During the India-China standoff, they were the ones throwing …
earrings
It must have been around 9 pm and, the DVG market was buzzing. There were folks busy street shopping. I saw this kid staring at the box of earrings the hawker was selling. I felt like she is imagining to be wearing one of them from the collection. The city was going for a night …
disconnect
It can be the weather or, I don’t know what, sometimes I get in the zone of complete numbness when I feel like doing nothing. Just stay still, sleep more, listen to some instrumentals along with reading some fiction. It adds more perspective, makes me think and, I end up writing a few fictions or …
conflict
We conflict within. Our actions, decisions, approach, acceptance all are fighting within. The conflict of eating healthy or eating unhealthy. The war of watching Netflix or reading some fiction. Drinking or not drinking coffee post-lunch. In every instance of our life, we are fighting with ourselves and trying to convince ourselves for our actions. That’s …