Epictetus wrote enchoridian centuries ago. The paragraph where he mentions what things we have in our control and we don’t have has been a principle for me. I consider lucky getting to know about it, soaking it up. Many things we do in our lives with our best efforts. But if we decide the result …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Timeline
I met Akshat sir today. I have known him since 2004. He is my college senior and more like brother to me. Meeting him was so refreshing. We were lost in past, so many memories kept flowing. It was like going back in a time machine. We spent the whole day together over coffee/lunch/pizza. He …
Positive
Being positive is key to success in this journey of life. At every juncture, we have to choose our path and not being positive will let us down. I was a super pessimistic human until a few years back, then thunder lightning struck. Why am I doing this? In the end nothing matters, we all …
Capitalism
My tweets and previous posts must be signaling about my disliking towards Capitalism. To clarify, I am a product of capitalism. So having a biased approach against it is irrational. This independent life of mine, the freedom to do whatever I like and wherever I can travel is part of Capitalism. The meritocratic rise of …
Disruption
My ear hurts everytime I hear about disruption. I don’t understand why marketers, growth hackers, VCs, journalists or entrepreneurs make use of this. How can we disrupt something when in reality we are rebuilding it on the same base. Should disruption be not called progress? The enablers of any market become better with time. Disruption …
Sleep
I have got a problem with my sleep. As of 2019, I have planned to take continuous effort taking care of it. As a result : Giving away my coffee machine. No laptop in my bedroom. Time will tell how much this effort helps.
Read
There is a saying: You are what you read. I subscribe to this philosophy. Past few years have been great, I have been reading in bulk. I have also realized most of the new age writing: productivity, efficiency, and self-help writings are old wine in new bottle. Some of these best sellers are personal experiences …
Wealth
Death is a great equalizer. It treats rich and poor equally. The materialistic wealth does not go anywhere with you. Famous kings and pharaoh had their tombs built with all the amenities. What happened to those? The thieves are digging for that wealth and pigeons are shitting all over those tombs. The famous Greek and …
Silo
After leaving my fulltime job, I have been living in my own world. I decide and plan my day in accordance with my nature. When to surf the internet, whom to reply and whom to join for coffee is my decision. This living in my own world, like Silo mode, has made me better. I …
Delegate
Working with a small team has its own challenges. One has to wear multiple hats. While it makes you a multitasker and you end up learning many things, On the positive side, focus gets hit. The best way of handling this situation is to delegate some of the responsibilities to other members. I understand it …