Aditya’s Blog

I am Thinking...

Are you making a difference?

So?

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   Me   Pictures   Random  
Posted February 13, 2010
// 0 Comments

The new mother of invention

Everyone knows that necessity is the mother of invention. We have been told this since the time we were in school.


But, I think this has changed in the past few decades. Necessity no more is the mother of invention. Invention has been adopted by none other than good old curiosity. So at present, Ms. C is the mother of invention. Or if we go by what Jason Mraz says, then it is Mr. Curiosity; but then it would be the father.

Moving on, till the time that all the now basic things were being invented, it was necessity that drove the wheels of invention. We needed electricity, we needed faster means of transportation, we needed the gas stove, we needed the safety match-stick and many many more things. But did the guy who designed the iPod or the color printer or even the cordless phone need any of those. He was just curious about what the possibilities of stretching the use of a certain technology beyond what was envisioned for it by others are.

Curiosity to find out how much the boundaries of possibilities can be pushed. Curiosity to find out what happens when the supposed wrong buttons are pushed. Even the curiosity to google something just because it is bothering you too much. Being insanely curious is a gift I believe. 

In a knowledge economy, curiosity is going to be the most important driver of growth. The country, the organisation, the department, or even the team with the most number of curious individuals is going to succeed.

Albert Einstein once said:

I do not have any special talents, I am just passionately curious

How curious are you?

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   Random  
Posted January 11, 2010
// 0 Comments

Lost in transactions

It is that time of the year, when all the conversations are about slots, packages, profiles and locations. You keep hearing terms like PPT, JD, CTC, LPA etc. This is the time that students across the country go to B-schools for. All their effort, right from the time they started preparing for their battery of entrance exams till they gave the last of their submissions in college, boils down to this. Or so they believe.

Yes, the first job out of a B-school is extremely important. This is the first step of your new and hopefully successful management career and you do not want to get it wrong. But, what is right? I understand that this is a totally subjective question and cannot and will not be the same for everyone. But you can generalise at some point, can't you? Generally, people worry about package quite a bit; quite a bit more than they are supposed to. This is usually the priority for a lot of people, and I don't agree with that.

I have always believed, that if you do what you want to do, do what you would love doing and do what you see yourself doing forever, money will never be lacking. I might sound philosophical, but I do believe that you loving what you do is important. The logic is, if you love whatever you are doing, you will be best at doing that, and no one can not pay the best. This logic is believe has been lost in the cacophony of transactions.

I know I could have done a better job at writing this down. But maybe I am not really loving it that much at present.

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   Me   Random  
Posted December 30, 2009
// 2 Comments

How to stay young

I am not into telling people what to do with their life on my blog. It is usually about stuff that I think about, or stuff that I see and make me think. Things that I presume should be shared and people would enjoy reading.

But, here are 10 things you should keep in mind to stay young. I got this in an email and agreed with most of what it says. I think everyone should read it and think about it.

  1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them'
  2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down
  3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle
  4. Enjoy the simple things
  5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath
  6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive
  7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge
  8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help
  9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is
  10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity

 

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   Me   Random  
Posted December 22, 2009
// 2 Comments

The Facts About Bottled Water

Hat tip, Achint Parekh

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   Pictures   Random  
Posted December 15, 2009
// 2 Comments

The Boy Paradox

This is quite funny actually :)

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   humour   Pictures   Random  
Posted November 30, 2009
// 4 Comments

What are the chances?

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   Random   videos  
Posted November 22, 2009
// 2 Comments

You walk on...

You try to walk, you stumble, you balance, you stand, you walk, you slow down, you spot, you like, you jog, you run, you pant, you struggle, you slow down, you stop, you try to reach, you reach out, you tip over, you fall, you grunt, you get up, you dust, you wake up, you look, you watch, you walk on...

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   Me   Random  
Posted November 14, 2009
// 2 Comments

Our deepest fear

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

- Marianne Williamson

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   Random  
Posted November 14, 2009
// 0 Comments

Keep Walking...

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours.

- Ayn Rand

Loading mentions Retweet

Filed under  //   Random  
Posted October 20, 2009
// 0 Comments