We undermine the virtue of luck. Once we get famous or successful, we forget how much luck played its role. Our survivorship bias takes over reality. It was luck that you were in the right place to seize an opportunity. Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. ― Seneca
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Listening
Listening is one of the most important virtue for us. A good listener gets more love, respect, and recognition. This art can help us in being focused in all situations. A good founder grasps more from a board meeting. To me a great salesperson, you have to be a great listener. Not listening to your …
Lazy CEO
Constrain Driven Spends all the time equally on all the aspects of departments of their company. Gives the most important time on things which requires attention. Is visionary, is aware what could go wrong and take steps to fix it. Hires a set of lieutenants and delegates most of their tasks. A Learner He knows …
Summer vacation & Grandma
It is the time of year again when I start missing my Dadi(grandma). I see kids on the street playing gully cricket, shouting, laughing and crying. My summer vacation was a different story altogether, my village is a few kilometers from where I lived with my parents. Papa will drop us to our village and …
Commitment
I went to watch a Bharatnatyam dance show yesterday. It was a 1st time for me. What bewildered me was the grit of performers: they have been practicing for over 15 years. They have been a software engineer in their day jobs. How many of us continue doing something we like for 15 years? Don’t …
Network
Man is by nature a social animal. — Aristotle We like the people around us. We share our stories, mingle, jest and merry. It is like a lifeboat, helping us to pass the high tide. Find a network, be part of one or build one. As we age we will need more company, communication, and …
Technique
I have been a longtime worshiper of process, grit, and perseverance. In my naive understanding, I had this belief I that I can achieve anything with the ingredients mentioned above. I had to do the rethinking last week after chatting with my friends on my pace and heart rate. On reading more I realized I …
Fix it
It is easy to complain about things around us. From traffic, plastic, corruption, pollution, corruption, Et all. This world is not perfect, it has got many opportunities for us. How about working together and fixing it. History tells us about it. From Martin Luther Jr, Mahatma Gandhi, Henry Ford, Jamsetji Tata, Steve Jobs to Elon …
Reason
It is sad how we start finding reasons for everything. We forget that our life is too short to overanalyze and stress in every situation. Things are going fine, but why? Things are going bad, but why? We try to build our imaginary thesis on every situation. How difficult it is to stay calm and …
Jokes
Sometimes we laugh and make jokes on our peers. In the moment of time, we don’t realize it’s long term effect. The joke might not sound sexist or racist to us but it leaves its mark on a longer run. Keep laughter to a minimum; do not laugh too often or too loud. — Epictetus …