Random Thoughts: What are we living for?

I am still reading J Krishnamurti discourse/book on Love and Loneliness. I will be posting notes soon, while reading though this book I had this question, “What are we living for?” I sent a questionnaire to over 100 friends anonymously only 50 responded.  I have added graphs & code for same below. Group A = [18 …

Business advice from Ashish [my friend]

I studied my 11-12th with Ashish & have known him for over decade. We grew up together, he got married and blessed with two kids and running a successful business in Delhi. I am  here in Bangalore, trying to figure out what is next. Last week I was in Delhi all for him, because we …

Notes from reading: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

This book is list of wisdom shared by Randy Pausch, he had cancer and few months to live.  I got this book from my sister’s bookshelf, it is one of the best read for me so far this year, extremely recommended. These are some notes, some are titles of the book [self explanatory] : Dream …

Notes from reading: On Fear by J Krishnamurti

Continuing with my quest of reading more on J Krishnamurti  I picked up On Fear. It is his series of discourse on our fear. These are some of my clipped notes from the book: We have so accepted the pattern of fear that we don’t want even to move away from it. When you compare …

Falling in love, breakup up and moving on

Falling in love We have to fall in love, it is mandatory : You won’t get place to sit or meal if you are alone and visiting eateries or elsewhere. How will you share all those photos to your Facebook et all. Peer pressure and friend circle around us takes over this. How do we …

Random Thoughts: society baggage

Society has  its own yardstick, from  birth to death it wants you to follow a protocol. Stick to the rules or become a misfit. I remember how my dad wanted me to do engineering in electronics & comm, because it was hot{he heard it from some relatives}. I don’t blame him, I am proud of …

Notes from reading: “One Click” Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com

My curiosity to find out what runs Amazon, its philosophy, vision and roots resulted me in picking  “One Click” Jeff Bezos and the Rise of Amazon.com. The book provided some interesting insights, rise/fall, good/bad part of early days of Amazon and particularly Jeff Bezos vision and leadership. These are some notes from the book I …

Notes from reading: Freedom from the Known by J Krishnamurti

Continuing with my quest of reading more on J Krishnamurti  I picked up Freedom from the Known. Its a series of discourse on various aspects of life. These are some of my clipped notes from the book:  If one wants to see a thing very clearly, one’s mind must be very quiet, without all the prejudices, …

Random Thoughts: Our insecurity

Our  society and being part various different affiliations we are insecure. We are insecure about our job, relationship, future to mention a few. Will I get appraisal this year? My Gf/Bf loves me as much i do or not? What if my competitor raise more funding than mine, will it kill my business? Will I …

Random Thoughts: Playing by strength

I am sure some of you have read about 10,000 hours rule.  You can be an expert in almost anything if you can practice it for 10,000 hours. It comes out to be 7 hours of practice for almost 4 years [If my maths are still in place]. If you have read Scott Adams book How …