Communication skills have become essential across all roles, from startup founders to business leaders. They are key to success. Ten years ago in college, my communication skills were poor. I often found myself at a loss for words in conversations. Do you relate to that? If so, these tips will be helpful for you. The …
How would you design the city of the future? I think it was in the documentary zeitgeist. The proposal for the perfect town plan was to have all the industries and work places right at the centre of the city and then have all the residential complexes radially outwards. That way you’d have people going …
What is a word you feel that too many people use? I have heard so many people using the word “you know” and everytime I want to tell them “I don’t know, and so I’m here to listen to you”. I met people who use “you know” like a punctuation mark between statements. And the …
What brings you peace? Single phrase answer – “I don’t know” I clearly don’t know what brings me peace. If I knew, why would I do other things. There are obviously a few things like listening to music, playing a physical sport, meditation that bring calmness and focus to my mind… But does that equate …
What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time? I have seen a lot of people who are different persons in different places… For instance, a very good boy infront of their parents and a wild person with friends. Most people hide a lot of information at various places and they …
A typical conversation around government on a coffee table today – A: “How is the government in India?” B: “Areyy, don’t ask man. The roads are bad, the corruption is high, there is no scope for improvement and they are just too powerful also. Too bad” A: “Oh it is the same in my country. …
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We all live in a time where earning trust is a very very difficult task. Given the awareness and history of misuse, scams, security threats, most humans now start with a zero trust mode when they come across something new. In this era of zero trust societies, how do we build a trust worthy system? …
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I have always wanted to write about this topic, but just put aside time to do it. Today I wanted to experiment with ChatGPT and gave my thoughts for it to come up with few pointers. Here is what it brought about and I find this very impressive – This is absolutely brilliant and relatable …
Life is never all happy or sad. We all go through the emotions. Some days are super good and some days are not. It is important to pick yourself up on a bad day and get going. Here a few things that have helped me get out of a bad mood.
We are all drowned into relationships in one way or the other. As a children to parents, as friends, as partners, as parents and so on. Human life feels impossible and incomplete without having good relationships. So what makes these relationships tick? You know the age old concept of the barter system? You give something …