Charlie Munger talks about inversion, taking a problem, and thinking backward. A unique way of seeing any challenge, want, or task. Once we stay out of what we do not want in our life, profession, or relationship, our brain stays saner and cognitively active. Hence knowing what we don’t want trumps over our desires and needs.
Category Archives: Life
JOMO
I have known Vinay for over 15 years now. He has been around in the thick and thin phase of my life. We met after some time today. I was busy all this while, in one or the other things that kept cropping up. The more we spoke, the more I realized how amazing it …
Free
I am a sucker for freedom and dislike being a caged bird under some command or doctrine. Our society and upbringing do a lot to us during our growth and shape our worldview. How we act, react comes from our past experiences. One of the conversations I frequently keep listening to and discussing is Love, …
David
As early-stage startup founders, we are always like David’s in the battle with many Goliaths. A laughing stock, underdog, and with few believers. A very few crazy heads, after all, side with the ship sailing against the tide. Founders have a huge responsibility to go after existing players, win trust from engineers, customers, and everyone around …
Closure
Why do some people move away without proper closure, be it in a job or relationship? Is it to keep their high moral ground or avoid sulking? Are they too scared to accept the reality? With the limited time allocated to us, how are they doing justice to their counterparts? Every relationship has multiple actors …
Principles
Principle by Ray Dalio talks about keeping a set of algorithms, mental models, or life principles. The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with a daily checklist of vice and virtues. It has added some clarity to my life and, life is less miserable. All I am trying to do is to stay sane. Life is limited …
Originality
There are testing times in our lives and, solutions come down to staying sane and holding together the originality. Will it be good or virtuous to become someone you are not because a doctrine, pact, or relationship requires you to be? How can you give the best of yourself after the transformation? It is easy …
Race
Thanks to Capitalism and society’s modern outlook. Our priorities have changed swiftly. It is all about acing in a career at any cost. The best job, best professional achievement. But at what cost? Leaving personal life, family around? Why can we not have both together? We peak at our professional prime and, personnel life gets …
clarity
We aspire to seek clarity in life, work, relationships, in short, every sphere of our life. But is there an end to it? How are we seeking clarity? By taking the least traveled path or society’s playbook? Are we all not individually different? Why do we have to get into the same treadmill where actions …
Schopenhauer
Arthur Schopenhauer reminds me of a philosopher who was super pessimistic about the society around him. I am not judging on his life’s philosophy. Leaving the external world around him must have taken a lot of courage and living in solitude with his poodle named Atman. Schopenhauer read, translated, and was influenced by Bhagwad Gita. …