Month: February 2021

Yesterday I happened to meet a friend of mine here in Dubai and we were chit-chatting about decision making, which is one of my favourite subjects to talk about, the art of decision making. So while we both arrived at common points, there’s one perspective he framed in a way that I really love. He…

Simulation is an approximate imitation of an operation of a process or a system. It has been used in many contexts such as technology, performance-optimisation, safety, engineering, education, entertainment, and others. There is even a theory that even the life we experience on this planet is a simulation, we are not really here, our consciousness…

One of the finest perspectives of eastern philosophy which I find quite compelling is the idea of being a custodian. I think the awareness and idea of being a custodian resolves almost every problem and challenge of human encounters in life. Whatever we have acquired, whatever we have with us is ours for a very…

Many of us really like reading books but most of the time we don’t get enough time to read, though it’s a fantastic experience reading a book for sure. There are fundamentally two kinds of books. One is the kind where, when you read, the reading itself is an experience. The other kind of book,…

This evening when I was driving I played a popular Tamil song which goes: “Malargalae Malargalae Idhu Enne KanavaMalaigalae Malaigale Idhu Enne NinaivaaUrugiyadhae Enadhullam PerugiyadhaeVizhivellam Vinnodu Nee DhanMannodhu Nee Dhan Kannodu Nee Dhan Vaa” It’s a superhit song but today only I paid attention to the lyrics of the song. In fact, today it touched…

A popular perspective that I strongly believe in is this: there is nothing like a right decision or wrong decision, there are only decisions. Our responsibility is to make a decision and put our effort into making that decision the right one. Think twice, multiple times, and make decisions according to our convictions and gut…

The Flaming Lips is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983. I heard one of their songs “All We Have Is Now” and its title triggered me to write this note. I think there is no other powerful and genuine way to address our reality, all we have is now. It’s a powerful statement…

I listened to a professor who was delivering perspectives on management studies. A very interesting idea that he explained was the idea of loss aversion. This is directly connected to behavioural finance – the psychological pain of losing is about twice as powerful as the pleasure of gaining. If you put your experience on a…

I’m not sure whether it is the same for all of you, but when I check my wardrobe the majority of my clothes are of one colour, in my case blue or shades of blue. I’ve loved the colour very much since I was a child. Many times I’ve thought about why I lean towards…

Yesterday I had a discussion with a friend of mine about the different systems we build in life, it could be organizations, it could be engagements with people. All of these pretty much run on a set of actions. A point my friend brought to the table is an Arabic word called “Niyyah”. The Niyyah/Niyat…