The Ancient Greeks believed that the best way to understand human nature is by using philosophy, which uses logic and reason to arrive at the truth. Philosophy dates back to ancient Greece before Christianity was even invented. Socrates was one of the first philosophers who used a method called ‘dialectic’ in order to question people’s opinions on certain matters, and […]
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यह वाक्यांश “मुझे पता है कि मुझे कुछ भी नहीं पता है” आपको परिचित लग सकता है। ऐसा इसलिए है क्योंकि आपने इसे किसी दोस्त से या स्कूल में सुना होगा या कहीं पढ़ा होगा। यह एक सुकराती विरोधाभास है। यह मुहावरा, “सुकराती विरोधाभास” एक स्व-संदर्भित विरोधाभास को संदर्भित करता है, जो कि सुकरात के उच्चारण में उत्पन्न होता है, […]
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The phrase “I know that I know nothing” may sound familiar to you. That’s because, at some point, you must have either heard it from a friend or in school or read it somewhere. It’s a Socratic paradox. The term, “Socratic paradox” refer to a self-referential paradox, originating in Socrates’s utterance, “what I do not know I do not think I […]
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What is love? That is a question that has been posed to us thousands of times, and it is one that humans do not seem to be able to answer. I’m not sure if there’s an actual scientific definition for the word ‘love’ since its usage varies from person to person. We have no idea what love actually is, or […]
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Below is what GPT-3, an AI neural network has to say on Philosophy. I am both amazed and worried. Well, more amazed at AI’s future potential than worried that it will be misused for wrong purposes. (But that’s a topic for another blog. For now, let’s listen to what this wise AI has to say to us mortals.) Part 1 […]
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There is a lot of chatter going on around coronavirus and its comparison to flu and whether all this panic is justified or moronic! Well, my goal in this short post is to share a different perspective so we all can have more insights into what it is that we are dealing with and how they should personally approach it. […]
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At some point, the 10X rule stops working if you are a Solopreneur. Say you are an artist, writer, blogger, YouTuber, musician, designer, tutor, baker, and so on. (Someone without the long leverage of new technology or capital. Which would be most of us.) Say you just published your first blog or released your first song. Or you printed your […]
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Year 2020 is a leap year. You’ll have 2 extra working days but the same number of weekends & holidays. 😉 Yeah, that’s not fun! A leap year means more work (well, atleast in 2020). Here’s how: Mondays = 52 Tuesdays = 52 Wednesdays = 53 Thursdays = 53 Fridays = 52 Saturdays = 52 Sundays = 52 Total Days: […]
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If you are a millennial (like me), you would agree that the last 10 years were interesting and full of ups and downs. We started this decade at the tail end of one of the worst recessions (2008-2010). The economy then gradually started to recover in 2011 and since then has broken many records. A Decade In Review We saw […]
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Oftentimes we talk about being our own boss and dream of being a self-employed entrepreneur or a lifestyle business owner. We talk about making lots of money, about quitting our boring day jobs, and early retirement? We aspire about starting a lifestyle business and later perhaps someday even turning it into a billion-dollar empire! Not all career ladders go up, […]
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This is my personal list of the best books to make you wiser and a better thinker (and a writer, if you are into writing). But, most importantly each one of these books is life-changing and full of wisdom. By the way, these books span five continents, dozens of countries, and 2000 years of distilled human experience. I’ll continue to […]
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Every organization is made up of and sustained by a group of interdependent individuals and teams. As boring and unromantic it may sound, the truth is most of us are usually just a cog in a big, complex machine. So, for a moment let’s accept that we are all cogs. Once we are past the terminology (and get real with […]
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I wrote my wedding vows and shared with my love and to-be-wife. I spoke it first at our wedding. While writing, I could feel my heart and a deep sense of love within but I could have never predicted how it will feel at the time of the wedding. To say the least, it was an intense and powerful emotion. To see her in […]
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Anyone who is currently active in the workforce (any type of work) must have individually faced the growing impact of two related yet distinct global phenomena: Outsourcing and Immigration. In short: Outsourcing is: Capital —-> Cheap Labor Immigration is: Capital <—- Cheap Labor Outsourcing When capital (money) moves to a country with a surplus and cheap labor, it’s Outsourcing. It’s not […]
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The Future Of Work The future belongs to a new class of workers and investors. What does that mean? Well, this is going to be a short but deep post, so please hang tight. A month ago, Amazon added $62B to their market cap (or valuation) in a SINGLE DAY. In fact just within the 7 and half hours of […]
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In the ancient times, wars, food, a constant struggle for life used to turn children into adults through a series of life-events (most of which were not always pleasant). But in our modern world, it’s not exactly clear when one truly enters the adulthood. Is it when we get to legally drive a car or drink alcohol or are no […]
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Many of you may have already read “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future” by Peter Thiel. Some of you may not have got the chance to read it yet. I recommend adding it to your reading list. (It’s a great read and also a prism to look inside Thiel’s mind, one of the […]
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Someone I know (through someone) got fired today. Over a *BS* reason for misspelling a name. We all know that’s just a veneer for the true underlying reason: workplace politics. “Workplace politics” is just a fancy phrase for “battle of egos.” No one wins in the battle of egos. This person was technically strong, friendly, a long-term full-time employee. Loyal […]
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Jeff Bezos In 1999. Doing the work himself. Buying and selling one book at a time. A long journey from “only books” to “everything” in such a short time. What a journey! In just 18 years, Amazon turned from being an unknown tiny online store to world’s largest online retailer. What 18 Years Can Do This is what 18 years […]
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Everyone feels that the current education system is broken and outdated. Throughout the history, we have had several forms of educations. Before we talk about the future of education or an ideal education system, let’s first look at our history. In the ancient Greece city-states, for example, the purpose of education was to produce good and loyal citizens. In ancient Egypt, education was […]
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Today, we live in the age of social media. We are connected with one another over several digital mediums. Some social platforms make it easy to follow influencers while some are good at keeping in touch with family and old high school friends. How would you define each social media platform? I have given this a lot of thought and based on my […]
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Privacy is dead. Privacy has already lost the battle. There will be no privacy in the future. The future of instant media powered by Artificial Intelligence will make it impossible to hide your successes or failures. What do I mean? In this era of intelligent platforms, which knows a lot about us, any noise you make, will be sent far […]
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I have been on the Internet now for more than 18 years now. And, I have been blogging for the past 12 years. Starting from the Google Groups, Yahoo Groups, Blogger blogs, WordPress blogs, to Facebook Notes to the many aggregated blog platforms. Eventually, for me, this long journey reached its first significant milestone with the launch of “The Naked […]
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How to crush it on the social media? Today’s customers and fans expect every brand to be on the socials. And most brands are. We are. But, how do our fans judge us? What are the criteria that determine which pages, personalities, or accounts get followed or which brands are cooler? I have found that there are three critical criteria. Social […]
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Recently, I was having an interesting conversation with one of my team member at The Art of Travel. I think it is worth sharing here as well. One of the “best skill” that you can bring to any team or project is your “travel experiences.” The more you travel, the better you can serve any project and in any team […]
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Last year, this was the week when my brother told me that doctors are suspecting that Dad might have Cancer. He was not getting better and all other options were crossed. Doing a Biopsy was the last remaining test. This was hard for him and everyone. I suspected this through intuition since January. I told Neha (my fiancee) I am […]
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Do what you need to do, do what you want to do. Anticipate pain. Without pain, you won’t last long under pressure. Pain is the jet fuel for inner motivation. People say pain is temporary, don’t give up. Don’t quit. BS. Pain is not temporary. Pain is intermittent. It should never be completely absent. When you reach the state of […]
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How do you know if you will be successful? How can you tell if you will make it to the end of the tunnel? The answer is “you can’t!” The only thing you can do is to keep the faith and keep walking. You can only give your best. You can plan and strategize. You can mitigate risks. But, you can’t […]
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There are times in our lives when we all feel we’re on the top. But, there are also times when we slip down unknowingly. They are the high and low points of our life. Sometimes, I wonder why we need to experience these low points, when in fact; we know that such states make us unhappy, doubtful, and unsatisfied? Why […]
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Two years ago I had my first nightmarish experience with pollen allergy. Since, I had no clue what I am having, I went on suffering for weeks without knowing how to treat my symptoms. Spring season pollen allergy is bad and I wrote about it in full details describing what can you do, from taking allergy tests to various allergy prevention […]
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Today, I forgot to take my cell phone in the morning. And what happened is nothing short of a transformative experience. I woke up, got fresh, boiled water, made coffee with organic coconut oil, ate a banana and left for the work. Usually, my fiance and I drive to work together as we have only one car. I dropped her to […]
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What is the experience of being human – the one we wish to inquiry into, investigate, experiment with, or examine? We like to believe that we are living an ordinary life in an ordinary world, but are we really living an ordinary life? Examining our life under a “transpersonal lens” may be thought of as living a self-examined life. And, a life […]
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