Wisdom

Every once in a while, we stumble on Insights, which are nothing but new patterns. These insights help us update our intuitive framework and make us better equipped.

Read about the only fundamental driver of all evolutions and all our motivations & behaviour.

Life’s not about hiding in a cave for the fear of something unpleasant outside, for the unpleasant is inevitable. Life’s rather about stepping out and exploring the world of opportunities, growing mankind’s knowledge and taking it to such heights that the problems of the cave look diminutive.

Uncertainty is not good or bad…it is.
Failure is not bad, but a necessary evil.
Risk is what you track, while treading Uncertainty.
Ruin is the only thing you fear and avoid…whatever it takes.

The Scope of God has been squeezed out by science, but the Role of God has remained the same all throughout – expression of gratitude & source of hope!

Life is vicious or virtuous in a non-linear way.

The era of formal education should segue into an era of bespoke, self evolving autodidaction.

An inefficient reader reads superficially, without making any notes, without connecting any dots (fast) and does so by reading at a painfully slow pace such that he gets lost in the details, misses the context of the book, takes months to finish it or even leaves it incomplete (slow). An efficient reader, as I prescribe, does the exact opposite.

The spirit of perseverance needs to be backed by the wisdom of course-correction based on feedback. Zooming out is a great way to wriggle out of difficult problems.

Selfishness is an integral and natural part of evolution with survival instincts at its core. You’re selfish for the survival unit under your consideration.