My quest for happiness: Part 2 – Learning

All our lives, we signed up for involuntary learning. Be it schools or colleges. And we ended up hating the process of learning. But once you discover voluntary learning, it can be so much fun.

My quest to find happiness: Part 1

We, humans, are in the never-ending chase for happiness. In this quest, We often mistake the pleasure of happiness.

Thoughts on starting a startup with your spouse

I co-founded Carrom with my spouse Keerthi. Carrom was recently acquired by Oyster. A question that I get often while talking to investors, entrepreneurs, or customers is that, how do I manage to work with my partner. I thought I’d write about that. The dynamics Starting a startup can be hard. Starting a startup with your spouse can … Continue reading Thoughts on starting a startup with your spouse →

Fail often: An honest account of my failures

Society portrays failure as a negative thing. The stigma revolving around the word failure leads to the thinking that it is a bad thing. Often in the world of startups and life, failures are as good as winning. Failure is learning. Failure is like waves in an ocean, whittling the rocks, one wave at a time. … Continue reading Fail often: An honest account of my failures →

Practice vs deliberate practice

Something that you hear often is practice makes it perfect. It is only partially true. Mindless repetition is not deliberate practice. Yes, practice will help you do the exact thing you are practicing with perfection. That doesn’t mean that you are improving that skill. Legends are not born with greatness. It is developed over time. … Continue reading Practice vs deliberate practice →

Active thinking and decision making

Sometimes when people ask me what I’m doing, I’d say I’m thinking and they would smirk. I have dedicated thinking time every day. It is well worth it. In this post, I’ll talk about how active thinking helps me in making effective decisions and can help you too. There are two types of people. People … Continue reading Active thinking and decision making →

Kill the routine

In this post I’ll talk about how moving away from a daily routine has helped me improve my life. A few years back, when I set out to improve my productivity I thought routines are the way to go. I planned my days and weeks. I stuck to it and made good results. I built … Continue reading Kill the routine →

Take time to appreciate the smaller things in life

I was lying in my mother’s lap teaching the way around her first smartphone. It was amusing to see her taking baby steps in the world of touchscreen mobile phones in a year in which Augmented reality has started to take over. I showed her what Youtube is and played one of her favorite songs. … Continue reading Take time to appreciate the smaller things in life →