Is writing a skill, or an art? Does it come naturally to people, or is it cultivated? In either case, how do you go about it? How important is language and structure? Should I focus on them, or should I just write whatever comes in flow? The answer to all of the above questions is …
I’m Rohit I’ve learnt a few things on my journey, that I like to share. I don’t claim to know everything, but whatever little I know, is there for you to take. I completed my Engineering in 2000 and worked my way through starting my own company in 2009. For nine years, I worked under …
It’s not often that you come across a person who is all heart. As children, we all are. And then we grow up. It starts with small things – competition being one. We don’t learn to complement each other, we learn to compete. We don’t learn to share as much as we learn to make …
What is your daydream? Heard this well-written song on America’s Got Talent today – Daydream by Lily Meola. A simple song, but strikes the heart. A song that I wish everyone sings to their kids when they are about to enter college. A song that we should continue to revisit every time we realize that …
I haven’t given a Ted Talk as yet, but then, Ted was never around. Public speaking is not easy. There are many who speak in public, there are some who speak to the public and a few to who the public speaks back. I have seen a lot of the first two, but a handful …
Was just having a conversation on education and skills. The current system of education is quite new. For a large part of our existence, we have been working on skills, those that passed down for generations. Each generation added more to the mix thus resulting in an accumulation of skills over time. A 5th generation …
Yesterday’s post brought in a lot of reactions. Thankfully all were positive. Some asked about my writing, others suggested that I make a book. Well, for one, I don’t think I have reached there yet, nor do I aspire to. It it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, I don’t really get affected. I guess …
As I pen this note, I put a lot in perspective. About me, about the business, about what we do, and who we are. About what it takes to build something, that resonates beyond invoices and checklists, reports and profit. About what we look for beyond a job that feeds us and our families… About …
When I finished my meditation in the morning, I realized that the pearl necklace was still with me. I am not a man of the world, I have no use for much material possessions. And so I asked my disciple here, to go the market and dispose of it…. एतच् छ्रुत्वा पुराध्यक्षो गत्वा भूपं व्यजिज्ञपत् …
अनारम्भो हि कार्याणां प्रथमं बुद्धि-लक्षणम् ।आरब्धस्यान्त-गमनं द्वितीयं बुद्धि-लक्षणम् ॥ १२७ ॥ anārambho hi kāryāṇāṃ prathamaṃ buddhi-lakṣaṇam |ārabdhasyānta-gamanaṃ dvitīyaṃ buddhi-lakṣaṇam || 127 || The first sign of intelligence is to not begin any task. The second sign of intelligence is to always finish a task that has been started. Another of my favorite shubhashitas from the Panchatantram. And …
