change

Change has to come from the inside. You can teach someone how to swim; you cannot cross the lake replacing.

There are situations in our life where we think of helping our friends and loved ones. We end up giving them pep talks and teachings. We feel good, hoping they will get better by changing moods/lifestyles.

Most of the time, people don’t need you and your philosophy of change. They love their current life, pain, and misery.

regret

Want to live a sane life or die in peace: one way to do this is to avoid regrets. Don’t let your past decisions come and haunt you. Do what it takes now. Don’t leave things unfinished for the future.

Our thoughts appear like recorded cassettes of a tape recorder, and memory will keep appearing. Be strong enough to bear it with a strong heart else the wind of regret will kill you every moment.

Optimism

Optimism is a way of life, like a virtue.
We have the option to live like a scared lamb, worried and pessimist about everything, or live like a radical optimist.

The world is falling apart.
Our media keeps reminding us how miserable the world is.
We can keep living in fear or worry.

There is another breed of a radical optimist.
They see the world through a different lens, where positivity trumps negativity.

Our time on this planet is limited: the choice is ours to live a life like a lamb or roaring tiger.

cure

What is the cure for your crib, complain and itch? In all instances, it is about you taking the challenge. It is about going against all the odds and fixing things your way.

We can die complaining about our relationships, work environment, or nth world problems. Most of the time does not focus on the solution or cure.

Elevate

A high-growth startup is about shipping things quickly, iterating, and building multiple product lines. They end up hiring senior talents and paying above-market salaries. That’s how VC money gets burnt.

A young, fresh-out-of-college kid continues being a fresher because the top dogs are leaving and joining. The growth is limited, and not all complaint about it as less responsibility and a lot of money.

There is a crazy bunch who would like to take more responsibility and lead from the front and should be elevated and given responsibility.

divide

The Internet has shrunk the divide.
We are all in equilibrium.
The information, knowledge, or content are all available on a single pipe.

It does not matter which part of the world you are in, the US, Africa or remote India. We all have the same data pipe.

It’s on us how to consume and make best of the information. In short, most of our time will be in curation and our focused approach to attain the knowledge.

Good

There are bad people in this world. But we also have equal and more good people around. So don’t worry or be in pain with interpersonal relationships or services.

I am in Hyderabad airport, and my flight got canceled. The other passengers are fighting for a refund and whatnot.

I just requested and boarded a flight to the nearest airport. It’s not ideal, closest to the best.

I could have been furious and fought, but I was calm and desperately wanted to be with my parents today.

Later in the day, someone reached out to me over LinkedIn, connecting me to his friend, who could be our potential customers.

At the airport lounge, the staff was clueless and delayed the order. I could have fought with them too.

It is small 12 hours of the day so far. What more at the store, God knows.

Update: I landed safely and am with my parents.

Projection

We are a projection of our thoughts and consciousness in philosopher’s terms.

I think there should be a revamp in the definition. We have become a projection of whatever gives us attention.

We are no more living with consciousness. Our thoughts are dead, and we are lab rats of technology.

nice

What is the price we pay for being nice all the time? Why do we let others take credit for our work? Is it because we are too nice to fight for ourselves or scared of losing company?

Do people take us for a ride because we are too nice?

Is there not a thin line between being nice and letting others run over you?

I am not sure if others see our niceness as our weakness.