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Running a business, life or a relationship requires a set of defined fundamentals. The system will only sail smoothly until our fundamentals are correct.
Defining a fundamental is not an easy job. It requires a lot of thinking and answering 5 why’s
Whatever ship you are sailing, try to keep your fundamentals right. Ask questions with yourself. Do not fall prey to society or glory.
Everyone wants to succeed in everything, very few think about what could be the reason for them failing.
Leadership is about being true to the principle.
Leadership is about treating people as humans
Leadership is about being clear with fundamentals.
Leadership is about fostering positivity, celebration, and empathy.
Leadership is about eating at last.
Leadership is about taking pain/failure head-on, learning from it.
Leadership is not blaming others, but working together.
Leadership is about US than I.
Power is a double-edged sword. A lot depends on you how you handle it. Some add pride and arrogance to it. Some stay calm, empathetic.
Industry and capitalism celebrate assholes. They are the poster boys, omnipresent in media. But once they lose their power, most are lost in darkness.
We, humans, dwell on love, empathy, respect. Why do you have to treat someone the way you would like to be treated yourself?
Whether someone is doing sales, marketing, or customer support. At the end of the day, they are human. You have the power to treat them as you like.
The early ’20s is a difficult phase of everyone’s life. While we are figuring out, society is at us guiding what we should do. Be it our parents, elderly siblings, or parents. At the same time, our body and brain are juggling with the hormonal changes.
From building a career to falling in love everything happens at this age. This is the golden moment of our life. This period shapes our future.
With the advancement in science and technology. We are getting better and youngsters are learning about every aspect of their life. But still, a lot is on our own shoulder.
Why do we have to shove our ideology to family or peers? People who are closer to us can be independent with their world view. Why do we have to force our belief?
We want to see our peers, family progressing in their life. Progress should happen in all realms apart from monetary, education. Having independent, free thinkers with their way of seeing the world will be a better company.
We, humans, thrive in society. Likeability and respect are jewels. In 2020, we have moved beyond living in a tribe. We have information on plenty. What we need more is an independent way of thinking, not following the herd.
Why do you run? I asked.
It is like a meditation. It keeps me sane. She replied.
Painting, singing, dancing, cooking, reading, writing has a similar effect. The list can go to infinity.
We are living in a world where being with self is disappearing and meditation is a way to know ourselves better.
Breakup seems like the biggest epidemic of our modern civilization. Social media, smartphones, and instant gratification have increased it further. Everyone goes through it with mixed feelings.
The reason for moving on:
The human desire for likability and reproduction makes us seek for the other half. A huge trillion dollar market makes the best from it. Best selling fiction and Hollywood flicks are selling the utopia of true love.
How difficult it is to live life on our own terms, not letting our fate, happiness in the hand of one individual? How difficult it is to not fall for herd mentality, relax, and take time before venturing?
How many great things have happened in your life, the challenges you took because someone was out there cheering you up? As much as we seek self-knowledge, we need people around us. People who believe in us or those make us go the extra mile. They fuel spark in you. I have been fortunate to have some such incidents be it starting up, doodling, writing every day, or having a healthy lifestyle. In all these intervals, I had my friends fueling those spark.
You are defined by the company of friends, pick them wisely. They will be your shining star and bring a spark in your life.
I am halfway through my life, I am optimistic about meeting many more friends who will help me in becoming a better version of me.
How many ideas, innovation, and projects got killed because of groupthink? How many times the assembled crowd made a mockery of the skeptic?
Our organizational system is hierarchical, like christ and his followers. No one dare question the leader and worship him/her and their ideas. If by chance once in a while someone went questioning the ideology, they became an infidel.
Running an organization and innovation requires seeing every side of the coin. Ingroup bias or groupthink affects radical openness. It results in class creation: You fresher, STFU. We know more than you.
Everyone likes sailing with a course of water, very few challenges the unknown. Success depends on knowing all odds and moving beyond groupthink.
We have to avoid falling for CEO disease.
Sugarcoating sucks. We should be very open and honest with giving feedback. Be it your kid, partner you have to give honest feedback. It does more wonders and helps in growing and getting better.
My product journey has made me realize users avoid giving honest feedback. They don’t want to hurt you or have not used your product.
Be it life or business, this honest feedback has made me a better person. No bullshit feedback.