Our actions define who we are. It is the path for our destiny. It is easy to complain about all the bad things encircled around us in life. It is easy to complain about how bad our work is. It is easy to complain about how complicated or misaligned we are in a relationship. In …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Creative destruction
Capitalism thrives on Creative destruction. A concept shared by Schumpeter, an economist. According to Schumpeter, the “gale of creative destruction” describes the “process of industrial mutation that continuously revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one” [source] If we look back, see the history, we have many …
self
Be it Socrates or Bhagwad Gita or Japanese Ikigai: all had a core teaching of finding within. In short, knowing: who am I? The gurukul system was known for holistic teaching. From early on, a child was taught to self enquire: try, fail, learn, and once out of education, make their life. Your life becomes …
Freedom
Freedom is a double-edged sword. It comes with its own challenges. In the eyes of society, you are an outcast and, for actions, you are responsible. The sooner we realize that the consequences of our decisions and actions will be on us, the easier becomes our journey. In short, freedom comes with a lot of …
faith
Sometimes I wonder if faith is a poison. In another instance, I feel the survival of ours depends on faith. We divided ourselves on these faiths. The byproduct of faith ended up being a religion or worshipping some sect or joining some cult. Our upbringing or environment has a role in picking the faith. Some …
Time
There is time for everything, something elders told me in the past. I see the point in it. The fast pace of our generation has made us more machine. There is an app for everything: eat, walking, exercising, etc. We built machines for leisure. We are now a slave to it. Our betterment is nothing …
passion
Passion has become poison and, marketers, brands or, gurus are minting money out of it and propagates over various social media platforms or page3 or via YouTube. The side effect: everyone is passionate about everything because they are chasing their peers. Passion has ended up becoming an invisible unicorn. True passion comes from within, not …
route
A founder’s life is a roller coaster ride, someday painful while another with happy surprises. There is no end to it. One has to be or act like a router between customers, team, and other stakeholders. In the end, a founder is responsible for the journey of the rocketship. They decide and take the route …
Mine
I have been seeing a trend where we define an invisible wall defining mine and yours. It results in creating a divide and resulting in chaos. We add my name to everything: friends, work, loved ones, or our wealth. The constant urge of multiplying mine or keeping control of it is making us worried or …
Settle
I keep getting asked about settling down.I have never understood the meaning or context around it. Is setting down a pipe dream or invisible unicorn most of us are chasing. Or is it a kind of social construct? In short, who defines the life checklist, planner for us?