koolhead17
We live in a world where everyone is fighting for themselves.
It’s an individualist society.
Thanks to the Western influence on us.
We are all fighting for our own.
How can one have any expectations from others?
Or if we keep any expectations, will it not lead to suffering?
I know we are no saints of the past, believing in just giving.
But I feel there is a reason behind it.
It is the ultimate liberation.
I see people suffering because of expectations and getting into anger or sickness.
Creation requires absolute dedication and sincerity. We cannot just outsource it to someone. As visionaries, many founders were hands-on, like Steve Jobs. They went through the fine-grained details.
It is like the vision getting molded like Van Gogh’s Potato Eaters or Michelangelo’s David. The patience needs to be there.
In the era of copycats, we have clones of similar products with newer UI/Brand floating around. But will all of them succeed?
One of the happy secrets of living is practicing detachment from the outcome. Being on the journey and giving the best should matter most. We attach so much to the result that the chosen path goes against our guiding principle. We become sick and vulnerable.
What is the purpose of an outcome that you cannot celebrate in the end?
A lot many of us keep things within us. We don’t speak up. As a result, we get sick. At the same time, some of us don’t like having tough conversations in life. We try to leave things for the future.
Our life works in mysterious ways. We don’t see things as they are but as we imagine. As a result, we get hurt.
What makes life easier is having clarity in life and an honest conversation with stakeholders.
Our life is now in this moment. We have to make the best of it.
The day we realize we know everything, we are doomed.
The beautiful part of life is that it’s an everyday lesson.
We meet, observe and see the world around us.
In most instances, we soak ourselves in those moments.
Our learning can come from anywhere.
We don’t need to learn from the wealthy only.
Most artists and poets died poor, but their legacy is what the world craves, even now.
The stoic philosopher Epictetus was a slave. His teaching has made Ryan Haliday a millionaire and billions of us wiser.
In short, keep an eye open. See the world around you. Don’t be a prick. You know nothing.
We don’t have to say but do. The rules of life are unsaid. Your parents will care for you without telling you how much they care for you. It’s the action that matters above words.
Your ace engineer in a team will deliver with or without you doing the pep talk or putting them on a delivery treadmill. They are aware. They will deliver.
The same goes for most lovers or companions, or partners. They should care, help and empower each other. The togetherness is about making the world better for both. It’s not about screaming or letting the world know about themselves.
Unfortunately, we are not living in an ideal world but on the internet and social media. Everything has become an Instagram reel. We are living for real than in reality. We are not living on the unsaid but carrying a loudspeaker.
Are we turning into a robot?
Are we on autopilot?
When was the last time we spoke to ourselves?
When did we get lost in our thoughts without any distractions?
We are so busy becoming someone that we have forgotten who we are. We are spending more time on screen than ourselves.
To be creative and to be productive requires a lot of freedom. Most importantly, to think beyond the reality of what exists. We need more time with ourselves.
Otherwise, most are running like a headless chicken and in panic.
Being born in Bihar and growing up there makes you a different human altogether.
You see everything worst apart from good.
Bihar is one of the poorest states in India.
Last few days, I have been seeing news about floods and heat waves across the country.
Some of my friends told me how power cuts are making them miserable. Many parts of our country are going through it all.
I am not trying to brag or normalize this, but anyone who lived in north Bihar 15 years back would have gone through it.
We grew up witnessing electricity as a rare occurrence and flood as every year excursion and the roads connecting my district eaten away by river and rain.
For a month, it would be like living on an island.
We will get sick, go fishing, swim, and enjoy the monsoon flood vacation.
Till 9th I studied kerosine oil lamps because there was no electricity. Waking up early to read was better advised.
What most of us have gone through in Bihar is ending up in another part of the country. It feels like a movie of the past.
PS: Things have improved now, and we do have electricity. Even flood situations have gotten better.
Building a startup and raising a child has similarity. You have to nurture both till the end. In the last few years’ crazy funding rounds, we rewrote all the definitions. A founder ended up becoming a celebrity rather than a builder. The incentives ended up being on Forbes or at some conferences.
As a result, companies ended up becoming disjointed. Building companies became fundraising announcements and secondary sales of shares and cash. There was no sight of revenue or customers.
It has changed now, and founders are working towards profitability. It might be a short phenomenon because of funding winter. But it’s other ugly sides of entrepreneurship. We are seeing accounts fraud, cashflow mismanagement, kickbacks, and all.
Due to a few bad apples, the overall ecosystem will have to go through this cleanup.
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”
Warren Buffett
Hum syahi se raste banate za rahe hai. Ek umeed mae ki mazil ek ho mil zaige. Is zindgi ke pal he hai kuch gine chune, chalte chalte raste pae chal chalo is umeed mae ki mukaam mil zaye.
Hum kabhi tanha hote hai kabhi logo kae sailaab mae doob zate hai. Hum khud pe bharosa nahi rakhte. Aisa lagta hai ki umeed sae zada mil gaya ho zaise iss zindgi mae.
Hum yae kyun bhool zate hai ki jo hamare mukadaar mae hai wo milna he hai hame, isko kam ya zada napne ko kisne bola.
Musafir hai hum, bhatak he rahe hai saath kuch apno ke hone ke umeed mae. Zinke saath yae baaki bache hue duniya kam muskilo mae nikal zaye.
Hum apne aap sae apne mann mae itne kahaniya bunn lete hai, khud sae lad-jhagarte hai. Hame khud pae bharosa nahi rehta. Ham darte hai aagee badhne sae.
Kabhi sochta hu ki hamse behtar to wo tittlee hai jo khule aasmaan mae apni marzi sae apno kae saath zindgi ko ziye zaa rahe hai beparwaah hue.