Cold turkey

Why does it so happens when all of a sudden people stop replying or communicating?

The other side gets into a situation he or she has no clue about. This is something very common in sales and relationship.

You are pitching someone, on the face, they will show all their interest. After some time the communication goes cold turkey.

In dating game, if the expectation of either side is not met most will go unresponsive, instead of giving a reason and walking away.

How would the other side improve on himself if he will not receive the feedback? Is it something one has to guess and keep in agony?

Why can’t we give honest feedback and then close all the ties? I find this going habit very absurd and irrational.

Aging

Death is part of our journey, yet we are all scared about it. At the same time, we get busy with our errands and forget about living.

We waste years regretting what we could have done when our parents were alive. We complain about our busy lifestyle.

We are so connected yet so disconnected in real life. We are all busy yet no task gets completed. We all have one life, those who matter most to us should get all our attention.

Connections

As we age, our life journey crosses various paths. We make connections and shed some. Some help us in shaping better of ourselves while others not so much.

Getting sad, angry or worried over someone making fun of:

  1. Looks
  2. Pedigree
  3. Life
  4. Achievement
  5. Virtue
  6. Principle
    or over rejections are not logical.

In the end, we were born alone and so will happen when we die. The only thing which will stay with us is our urge to acquiring self-knowledge.

Unknown

We have conquered many diseases as we progressed. The discovery in science and medicine is nothing less than a miracle. These scientist and researchers are true gods.

Modern life made everything better for us and gave rise to many new problems. We are more prone to dying of heart attack and diabetes than plague or chicken pox now.

Stress, food habit, and less physical movements as the reason for modern-day disease. We are living a life long on blood thinners and diabetes tablets.

I was lucky to be born in the ’80s. The mad rush I am seeing is shocking. Everyone expects them to be some superhero: great in everything. We are feeding pressure to excel, competition at every level.

As an optimist, I hope for much better unknown.

Hiring

Hiring seems to be like a big pain for an organization. Twitter and other platforms have many postings by various founders.

Hiring is not an art or a science. It is more to do with treating humans as they are. Most of these companies treat engineers as resources with salary being key incentives. This incentive works until your competitor pays them 2X-5X because he has raised a lot of money.

To hire and keep your team motivated you to have to be honest with them and treat them like a stakeholder. They should feel like part of the big operating system. Some founders tend to get good early employees by following this principle. As they grow and demand from investors changes, they forget the principle. That is the time when many old veterans leave and yes the incentives of ESOP does no good.

Product

Typing Product on Google gives enough results. Heck, same goes for many available books on Amazon. We are in the era of building and product leaders are key stakeholders.

There are so many methodologies and development practices which are used by these gurus.

What I have understood with my limited consciousness is:

A product has come out of necessity or solving a pain.
A product should empower its user to progress in their journey.

Roots

It is very easy to get lost in glory and forget our roots.

We, humans, are no different than a raging bull. We crave for approval and appreciation. We like recognition.

Our actions and affiliation changes as we progress. We get into the ego train which directs towards the vice.

It helps to remember our roots and the journey to who we are now. It helps us in staying grounded and reminds us of the process.

Expectation

Expectation is the cause of all our sorrows.
— Bhagwad Gita

Is it possible to live a life without expecting anything from externals? An ailing fathers expectation that his son will visit him this Christmas. Mothers hope to see her daughter’s wedding soon.

Why do we let our happiness in hands of another? Why can’t we let things guide on its nature? Why do we have to live a life with expectation and when things fail to go our way, we end up in pain?

Man is a rational Animal.
— Aristotle

I am not sure if humans are rational. Aristotle meant philosophers are rational animals.

Monkeys

I like monkeys, I am fascinated by their grit and perseverance. Their focus on what they want.

The other quality which has kept them going is a reproduction. I don’t know if they believe in Love and all, but they are truly aware of seeding their species.

Sigmund Freud said there is no such thing as love, it is all about our quest to reproduce our offspring’s.

I don’t understand what will happen to the marketers if humanity starts agreeing to Freud.

Cage

Man is a social animal.
— Aristotle

What we become has a lot to do with the environment around us, people we are connected to. This close-knit of connection is what differentiates us from other animals. Wherever we go, live and make a colony we try to build a community.

Most religions followed the same approach for its spread.

How will your parents feel if you make them visit and live with you? Anyone will say a great idea.

Thinking deep inside and asking the same will make you feel it’s like a cage and they have made to fit in it.

The life we are living in metros and the ever growing need for more leaves little time to spend with them. Even when we are with them in the same house, we are hooked to our own parallel world or mobile phone, laptop, and other gadgets.

Will you feel happy if your kids will make you visit them and spend the least time with you?