question

How can you think about the world or its betterment when you yourself are in a mess? It can be student loans, fear of losing a job, or healthcare.

We blame our society for becoming less grateful and inhuman with everyday progress. We miss seeing the new normal of living under debt, suffering from FOMO, and matching up to social needs.

When our new normal is uncertain and disarray, what are we expecting from it, if not the world turning into a mad rush?

Which protest will you participate in? How will you question your managers?

We are getting closer to becoming a civilization competing with robots and animals with consciousness. A world without asking questions, standing against wrongs.

On Love

People write poetry, sing praises, and what not call it love. Some show wealth and fake themselves to win over someone.

I realized love is about companionship, integrity, respect, and nakedness. It’s about being true to yourself and enjoying the moment. It’s getting better in life and making the journey better for both.

Love is about being naked, honest, and vulnerable with each other. It’s about knowing a person really well: their pain and anxiety. What makes them feel better and brave to face this mad world? It’s the togetherness which makes life for both.

company

We are living in a society that accepts your fakery and showmanship. The world expects you to be brave. It is a social construct that has idolized bodies and looks in men and women.

Everything is more of a transition. The interpersonal connection has died, and everything has become a popularity contest. The social media world has a different barometer of success.

To be at peace with yourself means knowing what you don’t want. It is about knowing less is more.

The company of friends around and people to cry and being naked in front of should matter most.

Friendship

We can’t be friends with people who do not complement our value system. As we age, we learn things. We need to unclutter. We need to get more towards minimalism in making connections.

Our allocated time on this planet is limited. The sooner we realize this, the quicker we will start unfriendling the world around us for sanity.

You want people who accept you for your vulnerability, without judging you, with whom you can be that breakfree little kid.

We live in a world where people get attracted to your wealth and looks. You have judged on your vacation Instagram pics, mobile, laptops, and
whatnot.

That human connection is degrading and feels like we are in a matrix of fluffery.

Calculate

Some of us live a life where we calculate everything. Everything becomes a transaction for them. It’s like playing some game.

Are we all living in a matrix and some supercomputer running us all? Or we are heartless aliens fighting every second for everything from wealth to attention to relationships.

If we live a life with such a mental model, what is the difference between us and the AI model?

Stakeholders

A successful enterprise requires over a decade of patience. In the journey, we have multiple stakeholders. They can be employees, customers, and investors. The founder will be the captain of the ship. But these other stakeholders play an equal role. It becomes more significant to have an aligned progress path for all.

In the last few years, we have seen all the media and glamours around founders and their houses, cars, and jets. Very few spoke about making employees rich.

Our stakeholders are with us shoulder to shoulder in our journey. What are we doing for them and their progress?

Soul

Every business has it’s soul that makes it tick.
One thing that is it’s unique USP. It can be their unique product offerings or how they put customers above rest.

Your organization’s soul gets emitted outward, and every team member has it embedded in them by default.

We have online ghost kitchens and food delivery apps. For particular dishes, we order from known restaurants. Why? Because over the years, they kept food quality intact.

Why do people go rage over Apple products? It is because, in every new iteration, the product has something new for its customers.

Identifying your organization’s soul should be the top leader’s job, and propagating it too.

I am reading the book “Small Giants”. One of the entrepreneurs has spoken in lenght about importance of soul in thier resturant business.

globalization

With globalization, our world has become one. We have become interconnected. Everything got shared from culture, technology, and teachings. We got rich. Other countries are more prosperous.

In short, the world is becoming better. We are fighting a war with many diseases. We are working towards infrastructure building and making clean water accessible to more.

We have more and more labor class waking up and getting ready for work. In my father’s time, jobs meant government jobs. That worldview has changed now. It is acceptable to be an entrepreneur or work for a private company.

Success

Our success depends a lot on our worldview, taking responsibility, and leading the life.

The mindset of successful people has no place for blaming others. History shows people who succeeded in life have failed multiple times. What kept them going was that they did not give up.

Seeing opportunity in adversity makes the journey less painful. I am not saying you become delusional but living a rational optimist.

Giving up is easy. Blaming others is easy. What is difficult is owning our actions and responsibilities.

History

In the last three years, we witnessed the emergence of wealth thrown at the Venture Capital market.
On the positive side, people could get funded on ideas.
Everyone was raising and splurging.

There were multiple occurrences where potential hires would tell us to our face that we could not compete with other offers.
It was extremely challenging to retain and hire.
We sailed through the valley of death.

We at taghash sell our product to VCs.
Every other sales demo would end up with our potential customers offering us money for growth.
In all instances, we had to deny it.

I have been part of the hype cycle in the cloud computing era.
Some people made enough money in those two years to retire for life.

Our greed and FOMO have always turned a noble cause into a fake show. Many friends who raised or enjoyed the cycle are in pain. Some speak offline about the stress because of THAT lifestyle and the debt. I feel sad seeing all this.

It’s like history repeating itself every decade. We are not learning from the past.