Lunacy

How do you know if someone’s a lunatic?

 They live in a world of illusions. They’re not grounded with reality. Their views and perceptions do not match that of the majority.

 How do you know if someone’s a genius? Often, comes down to the same things. Sometimes, illusions are the key to reality.

 Forget geniuses – Haven’t you been there? Haven’t you stepped out of reality? Seen illusions? Don’t you have views that don’t match the majority?

 The one thing that makes us different, is that we’ve learnt control. We’ve learnt restraint. We’ve learnt when to open our mouths. We know we could be the minority, and we know when we’re the majority.

 We’re lunatics too. We’re just accepted.

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What's risky?

Risk is just too subjective a word. How do you know what’s risky?

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When someone gets out of a traditional scenario to do something different, most people would call that a risky move.

To dump a highly profitable business to start a video blog that speaks about wine, and sell it -  Is that risky? It’s been done. That’s Gary Vaynerchuk!

Here’s the problem. Risk often refers to something ‘out there’.

It’s not.

Most people who took ‘risks’ and succeeded were aware of what they were doing. Yes, they were scared. But they weren’t blind. They sacrificed. They worked hard. They had the will. And the vision. Cliché’s. All true. 

So the next time you want to do something and you’re not sure, don’t always crunch the numbers. Don’t always look for references. Don’t always look for advice.

All of that is important – but start with you. Are you ready?

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You never know..

Everyday, people die. I know, it isn’t easy to figure that out. I’m just gifted.
 I’m not talking about natural death. I’m talking about the didn’t-see-that-coming kinds.



 Someone decides to take a walk on a nice, sunny morning - and the last thing he sees is a car heading straight at him. A couple decide to have a nice meal in a fancy hotel. Five minutes later, they see 2 men with AK-47’s spreading terror with a misguided sense of righteousness.

 Millions breathe their last on the road. In fact, worldwide, over 3000 people on average die in car accidents daily.

 The truth is – you never know. You don’t know if tomorrow, when you head out, you’ll be back in bed that night – safe and sound. You just don’t.

 But you head out anyway.

 We have no proof that tomorrow is going to be okay.

 We just have faith. We just have hope.

 Let’s keep that above the statistics, in whatever we do.

 After all, it’s how we live.
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Losing Control

   

The powers that be are losing control.

1. You now have a chance to have a free voice – blogs, twitter, facebook. Take your pick. People are listening.
2. Doing you own thing is getting easier and easier.
3. People are slowly trusting social media more than they trust organisations.
4. People are shifting to the internet for news rather than the newspaper.
5. Corruption isn’t as rampant as it was, with computerised systems in place.
6. People are looking into how voting systems can move online. It has its disadvantages, but it can get the urban vote, and reduce ‘forced’ voting.
7. Word-of-mouth is a clear winner. Case in point, Google.

So many fail to notice how technology is truly changing the world. How the internet continues to revolutionise the way things work.

Technology is slowly making sure that control no longer remains with the few. Monopolies are dying. Sure, many countries (primarily in the Gulf region) are doing their best to hold on, but the game is too massive for anyone to get a hold of.

I’m not excited about technology. I’m excited about what it represents for all of us.

The leaderless future.

The few who get agitated, can do nothing, because the internet has no head to cut off, and no person to sue.

Like anything else, this has its downsides. But let’s look at the past - It’s worked out for the better.

I know, India (where I am) has a good journey ahead to get there, and we have more than enough problems.

But we ARE getting there. In time. 

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Yin and Yang

As most of you already know, Yin and Yang is part of Chinese philosophy. It’s used to describe how polar or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, and how they give rise to each other in turn. Yes, you caught me. That bit was from Wikipedia.

In simple terms, it’s about duality – day and night, hot and cold, female and male, etc. For one to be true, the opposite must exist.

Looking at this from a different perspective, do you realise that we have our own version of Yin and Yang? That if we want something, we just might have to do the opposite?

Want all the time to do whatever you like? You need to give it up now to get it tomorrow.

Want to be comfortable in life? Do what’s uncomfortable now to get there.

Want to get? You’ve got to give.

In short, If you want the Yin, you’ve got to deal with the Yang to get the Yin. Sorry, couldn’t resist.

And maybe, this answers the question : If people want something, why do very few do what it takes to get there?

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Majority wins

Majority wins. That’s what most of the system is based on. That’s how we elect our government.

Quite simple, isn’t it? An easy way to run the world. 

There’s just one problem though. The system assumes that the Majority is right.

And the scary part? The majority has been wrong before. Not always, but they have. About the world being flat, discrimination, and definitely the government. 

Is there a fix to this? I don’t see an easier way to make the world run. But there’s something you and I can do.

We can listen to the minority. No, I don’t mean agree with them. I just mean, listen. They may be wrong today. And some will continue to be wrong.

But don’t be surprised if you see them as right today.

That’s enough for a majority.

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P.S – Right and wrong is a different discussion altogether. But you get the idea.

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I don't care

No matter which successful person I talk to, they all seem to say one thing : You’ve got to care, and you’ve got to make a difference.

 In all honesty? Everytime I hear that, I can’t stand it. 

 Why? Because I just don’t care. I don’t. Seriously. I thought I did, but I honestly don’t. At this point, I’m just looking out for myself. Yes, that includes my friends and family, but you get the picture. I keep thinking, ‘Hey, everybody successful says it matters, so start caring!’. I don’t feel it! And it frustrates me. Have any of you felt that way?

 I realised something though. We all make a difference, for better or worse.

 I don’t do anything unethically. I don’t cheat people. In fact, I need to know that if I talk to a client or a customer or anybody, they’ll get incredible value. Otherwise, I just won’t do it.

That’s caring too, isn’t it? As long as I live up to what I’ve stated above, I technically will make a difference. For the better.

 The good news is, most of us will.

 I hope. 

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Imagine..

Bomb blast in Pune, India. Friends of mine, very close to the incident. I really want to say something, but it's already been said. It's been said long enough. Sometimes I look at the lines below, and I wonder if it's really possible -

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

- John Lennon

And then i think it has to be possible. Because I don't like the alternative, and what we've seen so far. Why is this so hard to do? Wouldn't life just be simpler? Just one of those times I don't know any of the answers. Peace is complicated, people say. So? All I can say is I guess things will start with you and me. I recently went on a small trip to a popular saint's ashram here in India, and here's what I saw :

1. People from different cultures and countries living together as one.
2. The religion is to do good and be good.

It exists.

Here's to you Lennon, You're not the only one.

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The mark of a Genius

How do you know when someone’s  a genius?

Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile. Thousands after him did the same, just knowing it’s possible.

Albert Einstein ( E equals whatever guy) did plenty with his life. But he created and discovered things that gave many other scientists paths to create more.

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Writers are responsible for giving people an experience or shifting their thinking. That goes for artists, comedians, actors and speakers as well.

You know gravity, because of an apple and a man named Newton. And now we have rockets.

The mark of a genius isn’t just in the discovery. It isn’t just in the achievement, or what they do. All of these are important, of course.

It has nothing to do with how talented or smart they are. There are plenty of talented and smart people we don’t call geniuses.

The mark of a genius is in what happens after. In people, and around us.

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