experiences

Our life is the sum of experiences. We are writing our story every day. We meet people, visit places, read, and visit places. In all instances, we gain a lot of learnings. It is on us how to apply to us in the present moment.

Most successful people learn and observe from these experiences but do not cling to them. The reason is that all situations and people are different. We cannot apply past templates to the present scenario.

We have to understand every day is full of new opportunities. It has so much to offer. We should take it instead of clinging to the past and getting stuck. We have to move in life and see a new world every moment.

insecurity

Our insecurity is a root cause of suffering. We don’t take a step forward seeing the light of success. We are scared and fearful of venturing in because of past experiences.

We have a small life and limited moment of opportunity. For someone insecure, it does not matter. Many are living in their bubble and calling it their comfort zone.

Many people don’t venture into relationships because of their insecurity. Some don’t get into business partnerships because of fear of losing before the start.

We get out of insecurity by changing our mindset. We start seeing a world of possibilities.

lucky

Are we not lucky breathing, living a life out of fear?
Are we not lucky to have parents around with us?
Are we not lucky to have enough to live an independent life?
Are we not lucky to have few friends with whom we share all our secrets?
Are we not lucky to have a life partner helping you grow professionally and personally with their attitude?
Are we not lucky to have people leaving us while teaching us valuable lessons for life?
Are we not lucky to have mentors guiding us to succeed in life?

The world gives us an opportunity. It is on us to cease it for our lives.

PMF

I feel sad seeing the plight of founder friends who raised millions and burning cash like there is no end.
With the new normal, investors are asking founders to cut costs. And turn profitable overnight.
As a result, there is mass layoff.
In the first place, these companies had no PMF and burnt money in all directions to find one.
Now, with no money or PMF, these companies are at the crossroads of death or acquihire.

I see the next 10-12 months as a feast for PEs as they will be on an acquisition spree. Many startup founders take a job, and the luxury of overall employees is affected.

It’s an economic reset, not an entrepreneurial reset. After the US election, things should come back to normal. But before that, many startups will die.

The race to reach quick PMF with money, funding, or hundreds of team members has failed. You can’t fatten a pig and make it ready for feast overnight. Things take their own time.

Religion

Religion is a bond that keeps society behaving. Otherwise, we are all animals, and we have our animalistic itch, which goes beyond social norms.

Every religion existed out of our fear. We were scared, and we needed something to cling upon.
It could be a stone, a supernatural, or living humans as gods.

In the early days, we bowed to nature, and the sun, moon, and animals prayed.
With time, this changed, and we ended up joining camps.
The religious evangelicals made us join groups with dominance, fear, or luring with food/clothes.

During imperialism and monarchy, priests and the church played a huge role in making decisions. A king cannot make decisions without the church on their side. Other leisure, plays, and arts had religion and churches showing their dominance.

Religion drives the economy: from priests to flower sellers to sweet sellers to cloth sellers, all depend on the temple and auspicious days of prayers.

With democracy, our politicians are banking on religion and the vote bank politics. The grand divide is increasing more and more.

Jai Shree Ram.

hiring @ Taghash

We are hiring at Taghash. 

  1. Customer support and success engineer: All these years, the team has provided customer support over WhatsApp. We need more hands now. We want to institutionalize it now:  more details here
  2. Paid interns for six months. We are looking for react/node dev interns for six months. We have half a dozen auxiliary projects mapped where one can independently work and gain expertise and skills. more details here

Please write directly to sudheesh@taghash.io. All these roles are in our Udupi, Karnataka office. 

framing

Framing technique helps us combat any situation. It’s about taking a challenge and trying to solve it positively.

A good part of life is a collection of failures and challenges. What most successful people do: they frame it where it becomes a chore instead of a burden to fight and win.

sun

I have been home in north Bihar for over two weeks. There is so much sunlight. It is cold and foggy. I cannot imagine as a kid waking up and going to school in this weather.

I have now spent good time in south India. This weather of north feels alien. I got sick a few times as well.

Aksing mom, untiles, and others around. All they want is sunlight. After a few weeks there was sunlight for few hours, and we were all on our root top.

The power of sunlight is undermined.

Education

Education can get us certificates, degree but in the end, we have to apply it in the real world. The solution to numerous challenges with our educational skills is waiting to be solved.

We apply our thinking, see the world’s pain points, and solve the challenges. Our education can be an aid.

Merely having a degree is useless. It has to generate wealth and make the world a better place.

inside

Some of us die every minute by keeping things bothering us.
It could be our actions or the actions of someone else.

We don’t have to fight with ourselves but vent it outwards, speak up, and settle. Otherwise, we will live our lives with a burden.

One harm we could do to ourselves is living with regret or burden. Our life is limited and precious. We have to live to its fullest.