Study well, Get a good job, Earn well, Settle. The society created paradox that we ought to follow People complain about their bosses or jobs but continue for money. Earning takes precedence over family, personal health and relationships. Loyalty goes to dustbin for 2X salary raise. Money is important to meet our ends. But craving …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
O, Twitter!
I love Twitter. It is my gateway to the outside world. It feeds me with daily news, gossips, celebrations and mass outrage. Twitter connects me to the makers and those who have made it big in their domain. I have learnt a lot through them. In the pre-internet era, social engagement meant meeting over beer, …
On my own
1st June 2017 was when I was free from my last full time job. It also means since then (aka over a year) I have been on my own. Looking back at these 360+ odd days, I have realized that I have done good for myself. I feel I have become more calm, healthy and …
On Advice
Advices are the easiest to come by. They have come from my friends, parents, relatives and even from those I have not met. Advices can be on anything and everything like I have shown in the following sketches. Career Marriage Programming Languages Starting Up Fundraising My constant struggle : Who should I take advice …
Being Authentic
Everyone is trying to be like someone else, everyone is looking for success mantra – from reading blog posts of famous entrepreneurs, learning about their daily routines to copying some hip hop artist look. We have turned into breed of copycats, but for what? Why can’t we be authentic, be as we are? We are …
On Algorithms
Algorithms are not new, we have been using it in stock trading, ticket booking etc. Just that in 2018 we are hearing more about it. Four interesting scenarios happened in past few years. Emergence of cloud computing made processing fast cheap. Newer Open Source and proprietary technologies like Keras and TensorFlow took Deep Learning closer to …
What I learnt reading philosophy
I spent a good amount of time reading after quitting my full time job last year. I read on various subjects ranging from food, health, science, literature and philosophy. I found Philosophy the most interesting among them all. Some of my favorites were J Krishnamurti, Epicurus, Seneca, Socrates and Marcus Aurelius. I maintain my reading …
Monkey Mind & me
Its 12 am and I just returned from Corner House after having Death By Chocolate. I am someone who tries to keep himself away from sugar, but does it always work? I would say NO, the evil side of mind or monkey mind as Naval says, gets its fair share. Isn’t it amazing that even …
Socrates and his questionings
Socrates bought a fresh way of seeing any situation, thinking and responding to any challenge, conversation. Socrates, a famous Greek philosopher and founder of Western Philosophy [Wikipedia]. According to Socrates a truth is always outcome of discussion filled with logic and reason. Like other Stoic philosopher, he too stressed on having a human life filled with …
We are all Epicurus
Epicurus was Greek philosopher and founder of school of philosophy named Epicureanism. Centre of his Philosophy revolved around pleasure. According to Epicurus: “Pleasure is the beginning and the goal of a happy life” The school of philosophy aka Epicureanism was started on donation from wealthy people because they resonated with it. He spent all the money in setting …