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Connecting with people and asking for help in this world has gotten better. All it requires is email, WhatsApp or Twitter profiles.
The trick is to ask help in the right way. Successful people make the most use of time. If you need their help, keep the mail or communication short to the point.
It is a waste of time and a wasted opportunity if the communication is not simple and crisp. Also, you lose the opportunity to interact in the future.
It is good to be opinionated rather pleasing an entire village. When you have got too many ideas flowing, it derails the focus. As a result, the product loses its uniqueness.
In the early days of product development, focus on solving a pain rather than making a single painkiller. There is no one fit for all.
It requires a different kind of mental models to do thing differently in a crowded market. I am still 100 pages through reading Nuts, it talks about Southwest Airlines and its founder Herb Kelleher.
Herb was a lawyer by profession and regular flyer. It occurred to him over a drink, the idea of starting an airline. It was not easy because of the law, monopoly and legal battles. It took them 4 years to go out and launch their 1st flight.
What kept Herb and Southwest going was doing things differently:
Sonal gave a quick 30 mins podcast where Herb Kelleher is sharing his Southwest Airlines journey, worth listening.
This world has equally good people. The ones who help, inspire in becoming a better version of ourselves. Let us learn from them and be like them.
Our cognitive defacto is anyways being an egoist.
Joy is subjective. It can be achieved by eating ice cream or meeting loved ones. Joy has no checklist or price tag associated.
Have you seen a newborn child playing with their pet, parents with all eyes hooked on to their baby?
Our never-ending expectation and desire to become popular has re-written the definition of joy. It has made difficult to be in the state of joy.
Consuming sugar feels so good. Going by research papers, sugar causes so many disease. At the same time, it is very addictive.
Going by all the problem sugar comes with, sometimes I wonder why sugar is the center of our religious celebrations.
Many jobs have a role of gatekeepers. It is a powerful role. Some get carried away with this newfound authority. It can be their inexperience, age or bias. The judgment of these gatekeepers makes or breaks an organization.
If you are in one such job, be very rational and take judgment with logic. Your act will shape the lives of many others and the profitability of your firm.
How many of us have got control over our life? How many of us are aware of our actions? Are we in control of ourselves, our actions?
We multi-task, run errands, listen to a self-help book or practice keto or mindfulness. Why are we doing this? Is it because we want to do it or someone told us to do it?
With the constant noise of the outside world, social media it appears our mood, actions, behaviors nothing is in our control anymore.
Focus is the key virtue in running a successful enterprise. It takes a sec to lose focus or get carried away on some new idea.
Having a core and sticking to it instead of pivoting over the advice of outsiders is a disaster for failure.
Most of us in this era can easily get carried away with influencers or friends who have got no skin in the name.
A lot of self-belief is needed to stay focused. This is where a mentor comes to rescue, they keep reminding you about the basic aka focus.
How do we know we are right?
How do we know that our history is not dubious?
How difficult it is to not have an opinion?
Can we not see this world as it is?
Why do we have to fight to prove our superiority on account of caste, creed, color, race or money?
How right are we in seeing everything wrong around us?