It is always a nice feeling to talk to people who have a bunch of ideas and want to make things happen. I was talking to my friend yesterday and as a part of the conversation he came up with this phrase – “Proof of failure”. His exact words were “ I want to try this new … Read more
I had been to our college today, on a meeting with our Principal. Half way through, I realized that I was going to be there for quite a while and luckily for me, I had a book in my bag. I pulled it out and then I realized, there was something I have always been … Read more
Nobel syndrome! Quite catchy isn’t it? We all know of the very sought after Nobel prizes, we also know of the highly avoided syndromes. So what is a paradox doing here as a Nobel Prize syndrome? Certainly not a word which everyone would want to be associated with! So what is the Nobel syndrome and … Read more
Recently I was watching a serial where a particular scene depicts the protagonist going into a nervous breakdown where he acts as though he loses his senses and then comes back to his normal senses. The word Nervous breakdown sounds like all hell is gone loose. The first time I heard the word, I was … Read more
An interesting person I met today was Mr Surya, twice Mr Karnataka winner, now a very happy sculptor who was telling about the way things have happened in his life and the way his journey came to doing stone carving and why he does what he does and where the bloody passion comes front. His … Read more
Calvin seems to have a fair grasp on the decision making. There are too many parameters involved, too many options and too many outcomes. It kinda makes things very hard. There are two terms which management defines- Information overload and information shortage. Both of them play a fair role in decision making. Calvin here … Read more
The technicality of motivation Interesting to see how topics turn up. I was talking to my frien today about motivation and how to keep oneself in an inspired state of mind when the common perception is that it is the worst phase. He drew out a beautiful analogy to support a very cogent argument. As a … Read more
“There were 6 of my friends who wanted to start an alumni meet, 3 of them are dead now!” I was a part of the Alumni meet at our college- SJCE yesterday. It was a nice event to see so many people turn up and especially the ones of the 80, 90’s batches. This one … Read more