Life Lessons
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Creativity
“Making simple complicated is commonplace”, Charles Mingus once said. “Making complicated simple, awesomely simple without loosing its essence, that’s creativity.” Famous author Yuval Noah Harari received a critique review for his bestselling book Sapiens from an anthropologist as “merely citing the facts and no contribution to the knowledge”. Harari graciously accepted and acknowledged that he Continue reading
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What you know about people?
One of my favorite writer Morgan Housel shared a beautiful post about ‘Information that would get your attention’. This section in the post resonated me Everything you know about people – everything everyone knows about people – comes from what someone was willing to say, or write down, or that was observed in action. What percentage of Continue reading
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Lollapalooza effects
The term lollapalooza effects/results was popularised by late Charlie Munger to describe the exponentiallly amplified outcomes when couple of forces/factors which might be mild, act in the same direction. Financial markets are the prime example for lollapalooza effect where bubbles and bursts may look sudden but these are because of the impact of many small Continue reading
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Character & Personality
Character is often confused with personality, but they’re not the same. Personality is your predisposition—your basic instincts for how to think, feel, and act. Character is your capacity to prioritize your values over your instincts. If personality is how you respond on a typical day, character is how you show up on a hard day. Continue reading
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Ambition & Aspiration
Philospher Agnes Callard said, “ambition is the outcome you want to attain, aspiration is the person you hope to become.” Hoping to use my ambition to achieve my aspiration while remembering that ambition is merely a means to an end. Happy new year! Continue reading
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Ars Rhetorica
Aristotle wrote Ars Rhetorica. In Latin it is usually translated as “The Art of Rhetoric”. Aristotle positioned rhetoric firmly alongside logic. His purpose was to illustrate how you can use debate and persuasion to get people to see things your way—not by using omission or manipulation, but in a logical and ethical manner. According to Continue reading
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Something I’m pondering!
The same people with same intelligence have wildly different potential under different circumstances. However, too little attention is given to the circumstances. A leader’s job is to create right circumstances for the people to achieve their potential. Continue reading
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Hold onto the fishing pole!
Ryan Hawk described an interesting story from his interview with John Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems. John shared an old memory from his childhood when he was six. John went for fishing with his father. He went too close to the water and fell into the river. Even though John was a good swimmer, the Continue reading
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Consistency
The consistency of your endeavors is more important than the quantity. Doing big things occasionally is overrated. Doing small things done every day is underrated. Continue reading
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What you own will own you!
The natural state of all possessions is to need repair and maintenance. What you own will eventually own you. Choose selectively. – Kevin Kelly Continue reading
Thinking Space 