Today I was trying a little bit of coding in JavaScript. It was so refreshing to me. There was a time when I literally drank, ate and slept programming. Later I took a break from it and explored other areas of expertise which were equally challenging and interesting. The freedom to choose is the beauty…
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day326 – Ubuntu
I was listening to a speech given by Barack Obama during his visit to Johannesburg. He referred to the word Ubuntu which means “humanity” in the Nguni Bantu language, it has one more meaning – “I am because we are.” It implies that we are all connected and one can prosper only when others also…
day325 – Guru
When we look at great leaders like Alexander, Chandragupta, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Jawaharlal Nehru, Pele, Sachin Tendulkar, Steve Jobs etc. we find that they all had great mentors in their lives who literally made them who they are. A mentor (or in Indian terms a guru) is literally a kingmaker who can foresee…
day324 – Sell with confidence
There is a renowned business coach who’s more like a celebrity in India who has authored many powerful books on selling and building enterprises. Once he met me at a private business gathering. It was during the very early stages of our startup journey and I was not able to afford the entry fee of…
day323 – Wealth
The abundance of valuable possessions or money is what is generally understood by the term wealth. Even though we could look at this from different points of view, one of my favourites perspectives on wealth is this: “Wealth is the power we accumulate to choose.” On that note, financial wealth can be defined as the…
day322 – Seed of creation
I have always wondered about the question of what it is that triggers creativity in human beings. There is something subtle behind and before the flow of creative energy in us. Because when we try to create something, it may not be easily repeatable like a machine to engage in the creative process. But if…
day321 – Timenomics
I happened to read an excerpt from the novel “If Only It Were True” (French: Et si c’etait vrai) by the French novelist Marc Levy.It was this: Imagine you wake up every day with 86,400 dollars in your bank account. And by evening the bank will take back whatever balance money you have in your…
day320 – World of odour
Years ago a master once told me to try something out to expand the experience of living. it was this – Our most powerful collection of memory is the visual memory. We recall things as visuals. We have the power to travel back time with past memories played as visuals in our minds. There is…
day319 – Perfect shot!
I stumbled upon a wonderful analogy of “perfection” on the internet, today! Of course, I have seen so many of these, though this was different. This was simple and so relatable to the post-internet generation of people. It said, “Looking for perfection in a person or a thing is like searching for a superhit YouTube…
day318 – Ice candy
I went on an evening drive today and found a new ice candy shop that had opened nearby. They were selling the very old classic flavours available in every millennial’s childhood. I tried two flavours and both were so tasty and nostalgic. When I was very young there were no refrigerators at home for me…