broken

We are all broken. Broken by rules, relations, and rituals.
This brokenness has its misery, a hollow world. A world that makes us not believe in ourselves. A world that makes us no nuts over our minuscule success. A world that makes us not believe in our own self.

There is so much one can achieve in his own silo. The aspiration of self can drive us to glory. But the caretakers of this society thrives on our brokenness. They make us their disciples via religion, god, and gurus.

It is wise to know the broken self. It helps us in not getting run over some leader, demi-god.

past

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?

Team

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.

sleep

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.

  • Closed the windows of my bedroom to cut noise and light.
  • Not having electronics in my bedroom( phone and laptop)
  • Drinking calamine or hibiscus before sleep.
  • Having an early dinner.
  • Thinking about how the day went, learning.
  • Reading some fiction.

tribe

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.

BS meter

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?