Principle by Ray Dalio talks about keeping a set of algorithms, mental models, or life principles. The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin with a daily checklist of vice and virtues. It has added some clarity to my life and, life is less miserable. All I am trying to do is to stay sane. Life is limited …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
makeup
The grooming industry is hitting an all-time high, with companies going public and creating buzz. Going by some friends, a good chunk of money they spend on beautifying themselves. We are how we project outwards to the world. Fake it till you make it is the sales and leadership jargon thrown every day. We have …
Originality
There are testing times in our lives and, solutions come down to staying sane and holding together the originality. Will it be good or virtuous to become someone you are not because a doctrine, pact, or relationship requires you to be? How can you give the best of yourself after the transformation? It is easy …
Perfect
We chase perfection. Be it profession, possession, or relationships. This quest ends up being a curse or some burden. The definition of perfection is governed by society or someone else and, we are chasing it. The more we fail towards achieving it, the more distracted from reality. Humans are animals and, the hyper-competitive world is …
Race
Thanks to Capitalism and society’s modern outlook. Our priorities have changed swiftly. It is all about acing in a career at any cost. The best job, best professional achievement. But at what cost? Leaving personal life, family around? Why can we not have both together? We peak at our professional prime and, personnel life gets …
monster
Are we humans or monsters? I don’t know. But most of us are living with an anger balloon. We carry our supreme ego. We want to be the best and correct with everything. A waiter is treated like trash for his mistake. A cab driver gets treated like a robot. We have taken our gardener …
clarity
We aspire to seek clarity in life, work, relationships, in short, every sphere of our life. But is there an end to it? How are we seeking clarity? By taking the least traveled path or society’s playbook? Are we all not individually different? Why do we have to get into the same treadmill where actions …
books
Gift books to your loved ones. Reading adds so much perspective to our life. One can swim in a wide variety of subjects: arts, science, philosophy, nature, history. I was with Ashish in Delhi last week. One of the days, I took their kids for an outing at Khan Market for book shopping and eating. …
actions
We take some actions in an instant. We don’t think about the repercussions of it in the future. We go with the flow. Not always, it ends up as desired. In some cases, it leaves a scar that takes ages to heal. We get into doubt and self-questioning, cursing ourselves. What is right or wrong, …
trust
Trust comes with an unconditional belief that the actor involved will take care of us in good faith. It can be your partner, employer, customer, mentor, or client. Once we get into doubt or question our alliance, we are doomed for distress. If we trust someone, we should trust unconditionally. There is no middle ground …