Most of our life we are on ourselves. We live with our body and thoughts. We have externalities in the form of companions and society. If we master and accept living with ourselves, in our consciousness living this life becomes very easy. It keeps us calm and going in the flow of life without any …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
no
Why is it so difficult to take NO for an answer? Is it because of our pride and ego? Why can’t we accept that not everything goes in our way? Why do we have to get furious and start hating the person or organization after hearing no? Why don’t we accept that rejection is part …
Overthinking
Overthinking is a cause of great misery. We tend to complicate our life with numerous thoughts. Some of it can be constructive while most being painful. I read somewhere 22000 different thoughts crosses our brain every hour. In the case of sages, yogis it is much less. Vipassana and other eastern meditation talks in great …
belief
One has to have a belief system of self. It helps us in all spheres of our life. It is not limited to selling, starting up but living a day to day life of ours. Having a belief is a cause makes purpose more achievable. It helps us in focusing towards goal with more positivity.
path
We have to find our path in this journey of life. We will get mentors and loved ones in the journey. But the path has to be chosen by ourselves. Our allocated time on this planet is limited, following someone else’s path will do no good. We have to ask ourselves about what we want …
comfort
It requires coming out of comfort to lead a life on your own. I keep hearing from a few friends about starting up or settling down for past 3/4 years. Everything comes with a tradeoff. Either you keep sucking to your boss for a monthly salary or work on the dream idea. The dream idea …
opportunity cost
Am I happy with my current job? Am I happy in my current relationship? Is this what I wanted in my life? Am I doing engineering because I have to make parents wish come true? I am okay about buying a house and paying EMI for the next 20 years? Opportunity cost is a great …
writing
There are few days when I don’t feel like writing. There are a few days I end up writing half a dozen post. Is it because of my mental state? I don’t know. It is not that I don’t like to write. It is just that I have no clue what to write on. Instead …
network
We are fighting about creating or being part of a network. Every minute we are weaving a network. We are either lightly or tightly connected to a network. These networks are no less than oxygen. It can be your running, riding, eating club.
experiences
We are slaves to our thoughts. Our past experiences govern many of our actions in the present. We respond and react to a situation according to those experiences. Sometimes this can act in our favor and many times not. Charlie Munger calls it the man with a hammer syndrome.