Optimism is a way of life, like a virtue.We have the option to live like a scared lamb, worried and pessimist about everything, or live like a radical optimist. The world is falling apart.Our media keeps reminding us how miserable the world is.We can keep living in fear or worry. There is another breed of …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
cure
What is the cure for your crib, complain and itch? In all instances, it is about you taking the challenge. It is about going against all the odds and fixing things your way. We can die complaining about our relationships, work environment, or nth world problems. Most of the time does not focus on the …
Elevate
A high-growth startup is about shipping things quickly, iterating, and building multiple product lines. They end up hiring senior talents and paying above-market salaries. That’s how VC money gets burnt. A young, fresh-out-of-college kid continues being a fresher because the top dogs are leaving and joining. The growth is limited, and not all complaint about …
divide
The Internet has shrunk the divide.We are all in equilibrium.The information, knowledge, or content are all available on a single pipe. It does not matter which part of the world you are in, the US, Africa or remote India. We all have the same data pipe. It’s on us how to consume and make best …
support
Post-sales support gets no attention in a service business, reasons why customers are not loyal. We have replaced the personal touch and operators with bots. For generating revenue, we have forgotten support.
Good
There are bad people in this world. But we also have equal and more good people around. So don’t worry or be in pain with interpersonal relationships or services. I am in Hyderabad airport, and my flight got canceled. The other passengers are fighting for a refund and whatnot. I just requested and boarded a …
nice
What is the price we pay for being nice all the time? Why do we let others take credit for our work? Is it because we are too nice to fight for ourselves or scared of losing company? Do people take us for a ride because we are too nice? Is there not a thin …
ban
Our monkey mind does what we are told not to do. All things banned makes us experiment with them even more. It becomes like some guarded secret, and we would crave to unlock it. Is banning something good or bad? Is reminding a child what they should not do good? Instead of telling us what …
Change
How difficult is changing ourselves? How difficult is changing our habits? Are these new year’s resolutions of any use? We, humans, are lazy. We don’t like change. As a result, we end up overpaying or get stuck in an abusive relationship. We don’t change our habits. We are stuck to addiction. Is change a constant …
hard
We become so hard on ourselves that we end up living in a parallel universe. We become a critic of everything or suspicious about everyone around us. Could it be the upbringing, hardship, or we are too scared of losing and pain? Why can’t we take life as it is instead of adding all our …