open

Some of us are so locked and hurt by past experiences that we never open up afterward. We end up becoming a living cynic. We see reasons in every opportunity offered to us. We focus on the negative side than conducting an overall holistic evaluation.

The other part of any opening or opportunity is its limited window. It is not there for us for eternity. When an opportunity hits, we have to accept it with open arms and see where it leads us.

Our negative thinking creates a blind spot, and even anything positive coming our way ends up leaving us because we are too busy finding the flaw.

In short, we are not open and not seizing the opportunity coming our way.

build

A masterpiece requires complete focus. One cannot build something incredible and sale worthy without it.

In the world we are living in, we want the best of everything and, as a result, we get lost. We get frustrated and sail on multiple ships without having control over even a single one.

Be it life or career or product development, having a focus resulting in execution matters over everything else.

Our monkey mind creates all the noise and incentivizes us to get lost. We have to be extra careful and avoid being a puppet to it.

insecurity

Our insecurity makes us do things that we would have otherwise considered irrational.

Is it because of our quest to fit in with the group or society?

Are we ignorant enough when we pretend to be who we are not?

What can go wrong with such actions? Are we going to be happy and content in the future?

We, humans, crave love, respect, and longing. As a result, we try to put our best foot forward by acting in a certain way, behaving in a certain manner.

sugar

Last few weeks, I have avoided sugar. Apart from rice, I was not taking anything else. The side effect of it was not getting enough sleep. Again, this is my observation.

I had some sweets yesterday, on the eve of Holi. After which, I good 8-10 hours of sleep. I am not sure if it was sugar or I was sleep-deprived all this while.

Alive

The world is in a mess. From the middle east to Africa to Asia to Europe people are dying because of war, famine, disease, and hunger.

Millions are getting displaced everyday in tribal war, religious war or country battle. These people are working hard to build there new identity and because what they have gone through, it will take time.

How lucky are we to live in a world with enough food to eat, school to study and healthcare on the call.

I feel blessed to be living in India. We are not perfect, but inching towards getting better. We have our challenges, with time we will fix it.

Muskile

Muskile jo bhi aaye, ji lenge hum. Har muskil se kar lenge samna hoker nidar. Insaan hai ji hum, humne pathar pighlaye hai aur chaand ke chakkar lagaye hai.

Kya nai kar sakte hum agar hausla hai. Kya nahi kar sakte hum agar kuch kar guzarne ki kavayaat hai.

Insaan bann jine ka mauka kuch ko hi diya hai uperwale ne. Baki sab kideee-makaude hai ji.

Apne khuskismate ko taqdeer bana lete hai aur ho zate hai apni manzil ke taraf apne kadam liye.

Zindgi hai mere, jina hai mujhe apni marzi se nidar aur bekhauff.

sulking

There are times in our life when nothing is in our control. We gave everything we could. We don’t have a time machine to fix past mistakes.

What matters is your commitment. It helps you reduce sulking. The constant question monkey mind throws at you: what if you had done this or that.

Death of your loved one. You gave the best possible treatment and your time. You will not live life in regret, because you were there beside them, taking care.

Companies success. If we had not raised so much money, we would have focussed on building products instead of launching new products for pumping valuation. You will not have any regret even if the ship fails, because you are aware.

Most of us live a good amount of life sulking. It is like a virus that continuously plays as a rewind tape in our thoughts. It gives us all the disease.

shadows

Are we shadows of our past, experiences, or learnings?

As we grew, many learnings got transferred from our ancestors and forefathers.

We still have restaurants with secret recipes passed to each generation, like making cheese, bread, or wine.

Some remaining folklores are passed through generations. With the change in society, we care least about them.

But the shadow is still deep within us. We can not escape it for our new identity.

view

Goodbyes are never easy, especially where both sides want to be in the journey but not stick to a common viewpoint. Not having an aligned view in the journey will cause pain and frustration.

Be very careful with what you are getting, and how far can you align with the person or organization’s ideology?

Our life is limited, so are the relationships we build.