Imagination drives us to build a castle in thin air. It pushes us to work harder and seek the unachievable. Our imagination enables us to leave our daily chores and fantasize about travel, food, falling in love, or becoming a billionaire. Our imagination gives purpose to our life. It makes us more creative, frees us …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
list
Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography talks about his vice/virtue list. It has been a transformation for me in the last six years. My list of virtue list has controlled eating and avoiding meat, sugar, wheat, and milk. I have monthly notes pinned on my room which list dates I missed my eating habits. Has anyone else done …
Innovation
India’s future growth depends on creating impactful software product companies. The ones which can go head-on with the companies from the US and China, be it in cutting-edge research in the areas of environmental research or space tech or software products. India will soon become the most populous country. It also means we can be …
time
I was supposed to join a super-experienced mentor of mine for lunch. I could not reach on time, and the meeting got called off. It was painful and sad. It also made me realize how important time is and being punctual. Show up early is one virtue am striving for now.
dormant
How easy it is to live in anger like a dormant volcano. Does it help anyone? Be it a relationship or business: disagreements are part of it. Some of us keep grudges and make things worst for everyone. We start forming our own opinions and keep everything in a prejudiced bucket. Who does it help? …
plus 30
Once you cross 30 years of your age, you should start taking care of your health more. The body and metabolism are not the same. We are living in a hyper-connected world with a continuous flow of information. It affects us adversely. We are social animals which result in impulsive drinking or smoking. With the …
karma
Karma is a real thing.It will come back and hit you.Be nice, be good, and be honest. In the end, it is you and your consciousness. Your karma will come and bite you in one or the other ways. Your castles and money will not fill the void with all your bad karma. I am …
critique
We all crave love and respect. It is easy to get angry and give feedback point-blank to your subordinates. But is it the right approach? Can this take your team far in the journey of building the rocket ship? Why can we not make constructive criticism instead of pointing fingers? As a leader, you are …
Ingrained
A leader’s role is temporary but the organization lasts for decades. A successful leader creates an environment and trains and motivates their team so that teaching and learning continue even in their absence. You don’t want to be a control-free leader but create an environment where teaching philosophy has deeply ingrained within your organization. Whether …
community
Over seven years as a community manager and an evangelist my only job was to spend time with community contributors. The thing working for me has been treating contributors as human’s first code contribution or organizing events being secondary. The same goes for gifting swags, it came last. I still hang out with folks from …