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I was at dinner last week where my friend told his son that “boys don’t cry.” I was tempted to remind him of the number of times he cried during college days for many reasons.
I dislike gender-based stereotypes. We have grown up hearing and listening to what man should do or not do. This stupidity has to end.
Still reading The Anarchy. It depicts the East India Company’s rule in India. How true are the described incident, I have no clue?
How from Mughals, Afghans, Persians, Maratha, Dutch, French and British rule: India was robbed.
I felt sad for our country, reading thought the atrocities and loot. The various small empires, their strategies, and their greed.
Was our past so bloody and painful?
Running a startup is no less than running a family. I read themorningcontext.com on the same.
In the early days, startups are all about the team. It is extremely important to have like-minded folks with the same vision and end goal.
As an individual contributor, you are part of this family that is taking baby steps to bloom. Honesty and trust are incredibly important.
Founders are just one piece of this bigger operating system. If founders are not committed, the dawn begins and ends then and there.
Strive for finding the right team before shopping for funding or copying some valley/Chinese model.
Monkeys see monkey do. We are all animals.
I picked this book: why can’t we sleep, last week. The author talks about everything around Sleep.
Thanks to the modern era and consumerism. Sleep is a multi-billion dollar market. From music to mattress to light to watch, we have got everything to measure and pay for good sleep.
Time is not far when like gyms, we will have sleep spas: people will pay to sleep there in peace.
These are some of my steps for attaining good sleep.
Man is a social Animal said, Aristotle. We thrive in a community with like-minded people. We grow and become better as a tribe.
As we grow old, our connections and the social circle get broadened. We make friends, acquaintances during the journey of our life.
With the limited allocated time in our life, it becomes important to pick and live with your tribe.
A tribe of people who trust you, who like you for who you are and lastly who celebrate in your success and cheer you up in your failures.
Pick your tribe for a healthy life.
Our communication channels have skyrocketed in the past decade. Social media and IMs have replaced in-person meetings. Postmen rarely deliver any mails, besides online shipments.
The vehicle of sharing opinions, feedbacks and criticism has increased too. Sending a hate or love message can be done with a tap of our fingers.[via smartphone]
It is too easy to get lost in this endless communiation and take less thought through, impulsive decisions.
How can we live rational or have our independent thoughts if we don’t have a BS meter or a filtering mechanism?
“Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our actions. The things in our control are by nature free, unrestrained, unhindered; but those not in our control are weak, slavish, restrained, belonging to others. Remember, then, that if you suppose that things which are slavish by nature are also free, and that what belongs to others is your own, then you will be hindered. You will lament, you will be disturbed, and you will find fault both with gods and men. But if you suppose that only to be your own which is your own, and what belongs to others such as it really is, then no one will ever compel you or restrain you. Further, you will find fault with no one or accuse no one. You will do nothing against your will. No one will hurt you, you will have no enemies, and you not be harmed.”
― Epictetus, Enchiridion and Selections from the Discourses