Insta-only doctors and their medical advice

 I switched from being a software developer to a product manager back in 2008. Except for writing SQL queries, I haven't done any coding in all these years. I don't have experience in engineering management either. Now imagine that I scream out loud on social media that engineers should always follow test-driven development and write detailed unit test cases. I give gyaan on TDD (make reels,...

Is your Success yours?

 Imagine this scenario.It's a bright, sunny Monday morning in June in Bengaluru. You are the founder of a startup and are currently in the process of finalizing a deal with an investor Mr. YC.You meet up with Mr. YC, do a fantastic presentation, and answer his questions/concerns about the market...

Seek right knowledge

 We are noticing a certain "reels" trend off late and it is between two groups -Group A is "apparently" fear-mongering about packaged/junk foods and claiming that they are poison/cause cancer.Group B mocks group A and makes fun of them by saying that they are exaggerating.I don't belong to either group, though I used to write detailed reviews of packaged foods in 2017-18 before the reels era.When...

How our subconscious gets affected by the food we feed our minds?

I had the opportunity to attend the live lectures of Arun Sir as part of my course "Vedas, Upanishads and Darshanas" last few days.One insight after anotherOne aha moment after anotherOne revelation after anotherMany questions I had got cleared thanks to his amazing lectures. I was trying to jot down as many of these insights as possible, but couldn't keep up with the speed!I want to share with you...

Book Review: Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

 First book of 2024, is a gripping, eye-opening read in many aspects. Though I have read some of the principles and factors in other books like Digital Minimalism, Deep Work, Indistractable, and Why We Sleep, Johann Hari's Stolen Focus is an informative compilation of 12 different factors that...

Three steps to sustain motivation

 It's been a week since the New Year began. How are the resolutions or habits (that you wanted to kickstart/drop) coming along?Are you able to keep up the motivation or has it dipped after a few days of feeling good?Many health and wellness apps, gym memberships, and online workshops capitalize on this sudden surge of motivation of the general public during this New Year timeframe. There is a...

Identities are like the shirts we wear

Identities are like the shirts we wear.Some shirts are very precious to us as they might have been gifted to us by someone specialSome shirts are a must in our wardrobe. Though we may not like them, we choose to wear them to get accepted by society or if society demands it (formal full sleeves for example)We hold onto some shirts, thinking "What if we need them in the future?". Though it might have...

Spiritual inquiry from childhood

 Is there a shloka to pray for the safety of planet Earth?What is the difference between courage (dhairyam) and fearlessness (nirbhayam)? Aren't they the same?Does Lord Hanuman exist on the planet now? How can we see him?Why is Lord Krishna called the guru of the Universe?What is the scientific proof of the Mahabali story?Where is the original book on Veda kept? Who wrote it?Why do we have to...

Book Review: Scattered Minds by Gabor Mate

 The book that kept me engrossed in the last 2 weeks of Dec, it was neither on my to-read list nor recommended by anyone. Somehow, this book grabbed my attention and I have been raving about it to everyone I have spoken to. Though the focus of this book is Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), it delves...