There are some scenarios when we get triggered, agitated. It can be because someone’s action which is hurting us. It can also be ill-treatment by others. These are moments when rationality fights with emotions. To live in a hyper-competitive world we are in, knowing what can get us triggered can be a boon. The externality …
Category Archives: Life
Coffee
Over the last 40 days, I have been experimenting with my coffee intakes. Coffee was screwing up my sleep, that has been my conclusion. I tried different beans and timings for consumption. The learning has been the quantity of beans in my glass has a direct result on my sleep. I have restricted my consumption …
journalism
What is wrong with media off late? The journalistic ethic has gone bonkers. More and more post I read over web seems like written by the PR team, not journalists. The journalism I have witnessed comes with courage, research, and finding the truth. Do I have to blame the internet for this or new breed …
On sales
There are a million hours of a podcast recorded, thousand books written on sales. Each book has something to offer. Each podcast has some advice. My limited learning in sales has taught me a few lessons. Customers will buy if they are in pain. In other cases, discounts or other offers might get you closer. …
siblings
Siblings and rivalry go hands in gloves when you have a small age difference. I was talking to my team about their siblings and fight. We all agreed that those fights on petty things. But we all fought. With time as we grow old, we start becoming more responsible and respectable for each other. We …
crazy
Innovation requires little craziness. One has to be crazy to go against all the odds. A lot of it comes from inside, not to prove someone or for the status quo. Mozart, Kalam, Beethoven, Ford, Picasso, Einstein, Jung, and living legend Elon Musk. Each has been crazy in their own ways. The world made fun …
moments
There are moments when people would try to run over you. They will try to show you your worth, or what you are selling. They can do that because they are the decision-makers. It does not mean whatever their opinion is about us is universal. Do not get disheartened, keep building, shipping, and delighting your …
Cats or Dogs
The success of any enterprise product depends on the team it caters. These teams have their working comfort. Some teams work like a herd of dogs, all in together. Success is for everyone resulting in shaping the organization. Some teams like to work as a herd of cats. Each is unique, in its own way …
lazy
Do only we humans fight with our brains? Is our brain lazy? The brain takes shortcuts and avoids high cognitive tasks. Is it because of our past? When we were hunter-gathers, be alive being the default? Is this reason we worry before even starting anything? The constant reminders of what we can not do? Can …
observation
What happened to our observation skills? We surrendered it to click through advertisement. Or we moved to the virtual world and raising cattle? Einstein got a clue about apple while being an idler, lazing around and observing. Wright brothers spent many days watching birds flying and observing. Once we start observing surroundings we become more …