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Why do some creators win and others don’t?
As the credits for Avatar part two rolled, I could read James Cameron holding various titles; the director, the writer, the editor, the screenplay, the producer, and so on. If you try to read between the lines, he is a person who dreams, invests in his dream, plans, and executes his dream. This man is…
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Objective lens to understand mental health
People usually struggle at three levels when they try to manage their mental health. I learned about this in Jonah Hill’s mental health documentary on Netflix. One of the tools that I could really appreciate and relate to was called the three levels of life force. The three levels are like a pyramid. The first…
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The trap of being the listener
A couple of years back, during the peak of Covid, I got a call from a college friend. He hadn’t called me in years. The initial 2 minutes were spent checking on how we are keeping safe and when the pandemic is going to end after all. For the next 30 minutes or so, there…
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Moonlighting, an eventuality?
On a lighter note, moonlighting simply showcases the access capacity of a knowledge worker. I just googled “Moonlighting” and I got the following: Moonlighter is “one who takes a second job after hours” (1954), from the notion of working by the light of the moon. Moonlighting in which case is more of a side gig done…
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The trap of job identity
The video of Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin went viral, a couple of days back. Why did the video go viral? Because there was a stark contrast between her personality and expected job identity. This contrast caught the eye of the masses. There is little room in our minds for an extroverted librarian. Or for…
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There is a part in the marathon where you walk
This was me in my first half-marathon in June 2022. Though I am smiling in the pic, that’s because runners care more about their appearance in the marathons. They pay for the pics. Under that smile, there is a slight disappointment. I could have done a little better but never mind, it was my first.…
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Who is a bad manager?
Do employees really leave because of bad managers? Who qualifies as a bad manager in that case? We tend to overuse the word “bad” here because we simply fall short of defining the inadequacies of a manager. The word “bad” always has a negative connotation to it. Most employees attack the personality of a manager…
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The value of decisiveness
Being decisiveness in life is like playing Tetris, every random block that emerges at the top is a decision to be made. It is your choice to not make the decision but then you also don’t get to play for long and have fun. Keeping this in mind, thought of sharing a simple perspective with…
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The Value of Planning
The value of planning in career progression. In my first job, as a trainee maintenance engineer, my core duty was to just read the open job register in the morning and allocate resources to get the job done. Issue tools and new components from the store to a person who is supposed to do the…
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You always need a conflict
Growth only happens when you resolve your existing conflicts. Just recall all the movies that you have seen so far. Almost all movie scripts are based on a conflict. Here are the types of conflicts that are used in movie plots. Character vs. self (Joker)Character vs. character (Dark Knight)Character vs. society ( Rang De Basanti)Character…
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