Bringing it all back home...
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Things that exist in our mind to be made real by an act of conviction. All things not here yet exist in the mind. Economy runs because people want to better their standard of living. How do they dream of it? Watching better off people. But would someone envy a Scrooge? People watch how someone spends their money. Making money is an act of habit but…
Dropped in the middle of a business unit. How would you proceed? Look at the flow? No. Look at the orders first. What is the deadline? What do we ship at the end of the day? Are we on course? Should I make a decision? Everybody seems competent. That depends on whether they were able to ship by the end of the day. Best course would be to just watch. Look at the flow. Look at bottlenecks. Look at…
There are leverage points to bring the most effective change in a system. As Thinking in Systems tell us, those that change goals, or transcend paradigms. When you know where to look and what to hold, all complexity is stripped away. Running a business is complex but it is not that complex. Though that knowledge only comes later after initial hard work. Look at this. I am trying to get a message…
What dies when you die? Certainly not your facial features. Your kids will carry it or your siblings' kids. What then? Your attitude towards life? Humour is common. Greed is common. So is lust, pride, joy. Is self a series of emotions? More I ask this, more I venture into philosophical territory. Get back. Self is a genetic zigsaw puzzle acted upon by the outside. Inclined to act this or that way.…
A person would use the words 'I was chased by ___' and fill in the next word. We would guess it's an animal. Chase would imply that he was running and keeping pace with the predator. Getting caught would imply some kind of disaster. 'I was chased by a dog'. 'I was chased by a car'. These make sense. 'I was chased by the sun'. These statements wouldn't automatically register on the mind. We do not…
How far has philosophy progressed over human lifetime? Not much it seems. Unlike Science, nothing is built on top of anything. While always aiming for the centre, the figure we trace is more of a circle. Questions are fascinating. How could mind ever tame reality, while itself being a subset of it? How did we do it then? A truly frivolous hobby, applied far too seriously in politics. How do we…
Okay. Here are the results. Tuesday-11 hrs, Wednesday-10 hrs, Thursday-10 hrs, Friday-8.5 hrs, Saturday-9 hrs, Sunday-8.5 hrs Total = 57 hrs, Average= 9.5 hrs Putting in the hours was not an issue. Screen time reduced significantly. There was no shortage of breaking news, though I remained mostly ignorant. Even at the end of the experiment, I was in no rush. 'So what?' was my response at every…
There might be a value in work for work's sake. Working hard. Not working smart. You need to get your hands dirty. If you do it for the sake of it, a momentum sets in. I will try this for the next week. I will put in 10 hrs of work each day for the next 7 days. What counts as work? Since I am self employed it's strictly on me to define it. Anything that will further my goals. This may devolve into…
"Hard Work" is the new religion. Your miseries conveys the lack of hard work in your life. Hard work begets success which begets money. Your problems would go away if you are rich enough. Something is lacking. This is the message of the self help. Amusingly it's the message on our social media feed. Self improvement might be the most viral content. Softcore porn comes second. But what is hard…
Software is eating the world. AI will eat everything. I don't buy it. I am excited for the next 3 decades to see how this plays out. Your company needs to maximise profit. You get fired. Lots of people lose their jobs. Not just programmers but all sort of white collar jobs. Company has increased its income. Now who are they going to sell their products to? Where are the customers? Since everybody…