There are few days in my life when I want to get away from humanity. The days without books/pen/paper diving in my thoughts, observing things around. This does not mean being anti-social. Only if I had Scotty to beam me somewhere. That would have helped me in avoiding traffic.
Category Archives: Life
Life lie
We are constantly fed with milestones and goals. At times they can be seductive and make us go out of our comfortability zone, make us think, build and believe. This is all good. What about us living a life constantly on the edge: worried about future and carrying past biases. The constant urge to seeking …
criticize
It is easy to criticize someone, some architecture or art. It is extremely difficult to understand creators rational behind it. We, humans, are loaded with our own biases, past experience, and expectations. We like to be always correct and get our opinions to stand corrected. We live in an imperfect world and not everyone gives …
Mentor
The term mentor has become a modern day marketing jargon. Social media platform or business cards are embedded with it. Why do we have to shout and make claims about being a mentor? Early days, a mentor would counsel his/her mentee, see him/her mature, excel in life. Our current construct has made mentorship a consumerized …
Cure
Where can we find a cure for our stupidity and anxiety? Will watching Netflix or listening to music be of any help? There is a market for everything. Music which makes you fall asleep to video course for feeding positivity. Nothing helps with eradicating the source but quick fixing it. Will you need those apps …
Distraction
Distraction is not limited to our overuse of social media. It is not something new to we humans. The vice has been around since eternity. Many sages and philosophers have spoken and written about it. Distraction has more to do with our thoughts and our association with the world. We can get distracted over the …
Leisure
Why is Leisure so far fetched? Are we machines running on checklists? Or is it our desire to do the next big thing which keeps us running like a workaholic donkey? I know many men who have made enough wealth to live a peaceful life, but, they are not satisfied. They are running like a …
blink
Our life is surrounded by TV, Smartphone, Laptop, Tablets, etc. The constant consumption is affecting us. It is resulting in the formation of many billion oculist industries. We are getting into a chronic disease and modern-day diseases are all over us. Can we save our eyes, use screens wisely and blink more?
Self
How many hours in the day do we spend quiet time without being distracted by the external world: Phone, SMS or meetings? How scary can it be, living in our own thoughts without being distracted with the externalities? Once left alone, the mind will run in multiple directions and thoughts from every corner will come …
Emotions
Charlie Munger says that most investors fail because their investments are driven by emotions. Bhagwad Gita preaches attachment is the root cause of all our miseries. Jiddu Krishnamurti says don’t fight with your thoughts but observe it. I am half way through emotional design by Don Norman. Where he talks about how our emotions guide …