Live the moment, Learn something, be grateful to Life!!!

A series of articles that unlocks the perceptions of travel, learning, finding the wow moment in life.

The first article about travel and perceptions of travel -

The key lessons are
#1. Save more and plan for travel, Reality is always expensive than what you actually save
#2. Travel with an open mind and take notes of your experience
#3. Talk to people connect with them know their story

The next best article is a totally contrasting article 

Some of the key lessons are
#1. Our happiness is tied to things we do not have, Excitement comes down after you buy materialistic possessions
#2. The routine we consider mundane is the box of experience we feel trapped.
#3. We underestimate the power of finding meaning in current life
#4. Inspect the mindful awareness of today's life and then the true amazement comes within it
#5. Be grateful and have gratitude for your life

"Embrace the life we have with the joys, its flaws, and everything in between"

The third article is important with respect to learning and knowledge, This is the most beautiful one that enlightens the importance of learning

The key lessons are
#1. Dedicate yourself to constant learning
#2. Knowledge is the new money
#3. Intellectual capital will always trump financial capital in the long run
#4. Knowledge often serves as a medium of exchange and store of value
#5. Selling your knowledge as a consultant, becoming a thought leader
#6. Master the skill of learning to learn

The beauty of life is
#1. Showing gratitude for people who look for you
#2. Gaze the stars and walk in the moonlight
#3. Take a midnight walk thinking about your life where you are now
#4. A little care about your health time to time, Fast often if you overeat
#5. Connect with Startups and solve problems, Find the intersection of your passion and expertise
#6. Reading a good article and able to relate to it and feeling good about it
#7. Accept all surprise, sad, happy with every moment and cut the ego of every experience

This is what is the actual beauty of life. Being able to goto bed without regrets and live each day to the fullest!!!

Happy Living!!!

Less Regretful Life

Life is a craft you are endlessly working out!!! 

Happy Living!!!

Quit Social Media

Social Media - Bytes of Personal Data, Minutes of Attention, Tend to make you addictive. Fragmented attention to large portion of day, Reduce your concentration focus, Care what other people think of us, technology companies control dial, social media depression, Highly addictive internet and social media addiction, Interfere medium and long term goals, Obsessive addiction of social media technology, perceived sense of perfection, fake brutal popularity, vicious cycle of likes, social media is not real, shows our best life not 99% of life, competition for user attention, If you feed the beast, beast will destroy you, Short term dopamine driven feedback loops, mistrust, misinformation, global problem

Be Real, Focus on Self!!!

Born Again

Life needs to be re-invented time to time to find a new meaning and perspective. Fight club is a perfect movie in terms of finding yourself and reinventing yourself. I have followed it closely one more time and captured some memorable lines from the movie

• Losing all hope is freedom
• Everything is a copy of a copy of copy
• Every Evening I died and born again resurrected
• She ruined everything
• You are never really asleep, never really awake
• This is your life, and it is dying one minute at a time
• You wake up at a different time as a different person
• We buy products for lifestyle obsession
• Things you own end up owning you
• Is it a problem for you to ask ?
• I wanted you to hit me as hard as you can ?
• I don't want to die without any scars
• After fighting everything else in life has volume turned down, you can deal with anything
• It isn't about winning or losing, nothing is solved but nothing matters
• She is a predator posing as a house pet, stay away from her
• I became a calm little center of the world
• Get yourself together
• Don't shut the pain
• Without pain, without sacrifice there is nothing
• You have to consider the probablity that god does not like you
• We are god unwanted children
• First you should give up fear, know that someday, you are gonna die
• It's only after we have lost everything we are free to do anything
• Slaves with white collars
• We buy shit we don't need
• Our greatest depression is our lives
• On long enough timeline, survivial rate for everyone drops to zero
• If you are not on your way to become a vetenarian, You will be dead in three weeks
• No fear, No distractions
• The ability to let that which does not matter truly aside
• Its not the end of the world, go away
• You are the same decaying matter as everything else
• I felt like destroying something beautiful
• Stop trying to control everything, just let go
• All the ways you wish you could be, its me
• I am smart, capable and most importantly, I'm free in all ways that you are not
• They see themselves as they would like to be
• Little by Little you are just letting yourself become Tyler Durden
• You are the worst thing that ever happened to me
• Everything is going to be fine
• You met me at a very strange time of my life

A lot of things the movie throws perspectives on life, money, relationships, ambitions, peace etc. 

Happy Learning!!!

Connect with People

Connect with people - Share your learnings - Learn from them - Look for opportunities to collaborate - One day your passion will turn into product!!!




Happy Learning!!!

Training your mind

Being well emotionally, self-aware and physical well are what contribute to a Happy Life.

Happy Living!!!

Emotional Intelligence

Do not expect things to happen the way you want it to happen. Do not hide anger, guilt, shame. Feel the moment, let it go. We have to encounter several situations in life where things will not happen the way we want to. Do not blame on others or circumstances. Feel the pain, go through it. Emotional intelligence also comes from socializing. Socialize with people but do not live in illusion this is what we need to do to prove our point.

• Stop Quora
• Practice Habits
• Practice Compassion
• Practice Positivity

Happy Learning!!!

Emotional Intelligence

Keep Learning!!!

Life in a few lines

Sometimes lyrics in songs carry a lot of thoughts, advice to life. One such masterpiece I keep listening for ages I see a new meaning presently.

All the screenshots are from link . Credit goes to them. I keep it for my personal reference

The interpretation is simple - A great relationship will compliment all our relationships (Friends / Parents / Siblings) and push us 10X happier and productive in life. 

Happy Day!!!

Accept Mistakes - Live Life

Sometimes we need to accept things in life rather than trying to find fault in it. A mistake becomes guilt when you accept it. Mistakes become anger when you blame on another person.A mistake is a mistake no matter what. Do not find someone to blame it.

Rather than showing anger, ego, accept the fact its a mistake and you did it. Move on. (Source - Pinterest)

Happy Living in Peace!!!

Searching for love to escape ourselves

Good Notes from the talk

• Breakup makes you vulnerable
• People leave after making you weak
• After all excitment, fantasy you are nothing
• It was magnet of chaos
• "Not Approaching love in right way"
• Continue to chase chaos
• Love can be beautiful, exciting, escapism
• Minimalist strategy for dating
• Desire is good and human, Sometimes we go crazy, ridiculous
• Loneliness, Escapism is not love
• We are not getting what we are entitled to
• When you sleep don't think of past, needs
• Focus your mind on real work
• Fix the work that stops you becoming Happy
• Ridiculous ideas of romance, needs, Inability to get through without smart phones
• Discover more about self
• Do not recreate same mistakes
• Be aware again
• See a shadow of youself
• Stop waiting for anyone come in your life
• Live in here and now
• More grounded
• Do not run away from your life
• Be alone until you find someone else
• Collect and carry with us throughout our life
• We do not need to prove anymore
• "Just be"

Happy Self-Discovering!!!

Monk Mentality

A Nice video to train yourself and keep yourself focused

• Train your mind and focus on self control
• Focus on where you wanted and when you wanted to be
• Detached and undeterred from external ups and downs
• Navigate fun, challenges with balance without being too excited or pleasure
• Navigate every situation

Learning's

• Having money, fame just doesn't add up without peace of mind
• Plant trees under whose shade we do not plant to sit
• Selfless sacrifice - Give up for service of others
• Never Hurt, Be kind, Do not carry any grudge in life
• Fulfillment, Purpose also matters on top of accomplishment
• Fast forward and ask yourself is there where I want to be ?
• Find your path from Observing, Questioning, Seeking from yourself
• Find an Uplifting powerful path
• Hypothesis - Test - Open yourself to new experiences
• We are surrounded by same thinking
• Seek out the truth, Find purpose and master your mind
• Opening yourself to new role models
• Do not fit yourself into boxes that we see
• I am not I think I am not your think I am, I am what I think you think I am, Do not give identify based on your surroundings
• Self-Actualization, Self-Exploration
• Being exposed to new people, new role models
• Take it seriously, Observe them, Work for them, work with them
• Observing, Focusing, Shadowing
• Bring mindset into real world
• Mindset is trainable, feed clarity and perspective, Pull back / close in from something
• Nothing owns you even if you are close to everything
• Do not let anything consume you or own you
• Ability for more clarity
• Overcome ego, envy, anger, negative state is what matters in life
• Enough clarity to purify self
• Time, energy, clarity for self purification
• Environment that allows you to be more purified
• Working in alignment of Head (Vision) and Heart (Understand your intuition, connect deeper)
• Realize we need to be sustainable, service, give it forward

Accept, Realize, Apologize, Adapt, Grow, Keep going!!!

Learnability

• Identify emerging trend and adapt to them
• Agile mind ready for new challenges
• Endlessly Flexible to stay ahead of the game
• Constantly reskilling, ongoing learning
• Keep going

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— World Economic Forum (@wef) July 27, 2017

Keep Rocking!!!

Learning from Nature

Last couple of months have been period of self-unlearn, re-learn and re-look life in different perspective. Have been to a beautiful place of nature in North Karnataka Chickmangalur. Nature teaches a lot of beautiful things

• Life outside city with beautiful and unpolluted air
• The true dimensions of nature
• Minimalist living

There are different learnings from the Trip for Personal, Professional learnings.

"Have worried enough for things missed in Life, Time to move on"
"Always be on the positive side of Life"

Every phase of life has its own fantasies, needs. Life sometimes needs some knots to connect different broken pieces. 

Stay Alive, Be Active

Happy Learning Stay Happy Stay Alive, Keep Rocking!!!

Lessons from Failure

Failure provides more lessons than a success. Success gives pride, failure gives humbleness. A blissful failure is better than a minimal success. Failure provides an opportunity to introspect, unlearn and relearn. Do not carry failures close to your heart. You have to continue the rest of the journey and bring more success. Live on the positive side of life.

Keep going!!

Life in Data Science Perspective

I believe decisions need to be data-based, logical and not just based on emotions. In the same context prioritizing life objectives. Looking back at 60 I wish to have

• Well accomplished career
• Less regretful life
• A small happy and contended family
• Be kind and help people you meet in this journey
• Live up to your values

Taking it further, We need to allocate time for all the different goals in life

•  Self-achievement
•  Relationship
•  Family
•  Environment
•  New people and places
•  Living your values and be an inspiration for people to get inspired
•  Be consistent with words, deeds
•  Being the best version, tuning yourself to be the best from your learning

The total happiness lies in small acts of kindness, being open to people, trust people no matter what, work hard, go the extra mile, stay focused and consistent in life goals.

Reality - The real phase of life is

• Love for self (60%)
• Love for parents (30%)
• Love for relationships (10%)

As an individual, you need to focus on

• Learning (20%)
• Career (30%)
• Self-goals (30%)
• Relationships (20%)

You need to be happy with yourself and your family. Happiness begins with self. It does not come only from relationships. A relationship can be a passing cloud, rainbow or a long lasting one. Only time can answer the loyalty, trust, and truth in a relationship. When things are not allocated in right proportions for what they deserve you will not get expected results. A relationship grows as the family, kids come into the picture. The real sense of commitment will show up in years of being together and still remain as good friends.

Looking at how I wanted my life to be looked up for accomplishment in different perspectives, Be someone whom the world can look up to values, efforts, deeds, and actions. Everything exists but not everyone lives.

• Live a less regretful life
• Live a life that inspires your surroundings
• Don't look for example strive to be an example
• Don't look at the present situation, focus on the larger purpose and goals
• Give hope, Stay alive, Live this moment
• Keep your soul happy, Don't be an eye candy be a soul food

Professional Debts - Yes it took time to understand your skills, expertise, I do not believe Education ends in college. I did masters after 30. I still continue to spend hours every day on this I like to learn / work. I would says being single is a biggest major contributor for better knowledge / learning acumen. Reading technical papers / blogs / upskilling was possible because of lesser dependencies

Financial Debts - Very much it takes time to settle down financially. I have better planned disciplined lifestyle, planning. Having a planned way to track down and close on debts

Relationship Debts - Because of focus on Above two this was not focussed or less successful. I happy for that. Even if I had a good relationship and failed in above two I guess I would not be happy either. Not everything happens at the time we want. We just need to continue the journey and move towards next milestone.

Follow things in order of priority Learning, Self-Goals, Career, Environment and Friends, Meaningful relationships. 

Happy Living with Values!!!

What are the top ten things I should experience in life?

What are the top ten things I should experience in life?

From the question, Whatever I had already covered and what I need to do more

Completed Ones

• Feel the rainfall - Enjoyed rain couple of times without any means of cover
• Continuously read great books and learn their lessons - Still learning from Quora, Kindle, Books
• Be a scribe - Yes did this once writing exam for a blind girl
• Spend a day without electricity - 10 days in a row during Chennai Floods
• Feel Poverty - Yes when searching for a job
• Go on stage and be applauded - Yes I believe during my school days
• Take an adventure/Go to the wilderness - Yes going it still needs to do more

Pending
Dance like nobody's watching
Learning different language

Pending my wishlist

• Target PhD
• Work in new places/locations
• Meet new people, Gather new experiences
• File patents
• Learn more, develop new innovative things out of work
• Do a startup
• Help more people
• Be a good listener
• Give it an attempt at a meaningful relationship

Happy Living!!!

Let go now

I started reading my old book "Let go now" by Karen Casey. This is an interesting book that talks about managing human relationships. Some key things it conveys while dealing with difference of opinions, relationships, breakups offer good insights. Some key notes are

"Cultivate the willingness to let go things that you can't control"
 
"By trying to focus on old things we miss our opportunities to explore new directions"
 
"Follow healthy detached behavior"
 
"Watch the events unfold, get involved only when you feel you are part of the journey"
 
"We are in charge of ourselves, no one else is. The freedom that accompanies this realization will life out spirits"

"Keep a mental note, I will step away from an experience that isn't mine to control will fill me with a sense of empowerment. What a great opportunity this will be today"

"Be peaceful rather than being right,  But with practice it will become preferred choice"

"Hostage will always try to escape, Detachment means taking no hostages"

Make the best out of today, Learn something new, Talk and meet new people, new experiences in life. Today make someone else happy with your words, deeds and actions.
Be nice to yourself and others.

Keep going!!!

Way to effectively use time

• Learn a concept/topic deep dive on the subject of interest
• Connect with like-minded people on LinkedIn 
• Discuss a long-term technical goal/pet project and spend time on it
• Ted Talks
• Quora (Minimal limited to tech topics)
• Eliminate Muda waste (Gossip, Past problems)
• Go for a Long walk
• Learn to organize things in your workspace for the right Environment
• Focus and measure your progress against time

Happy Learning!!!

Life without Regrets

At any stage create a life with No Regrets

"Take the lessons and correct yourself going forward"

"An attempt ended in failure is better than not attempting at all"

"Do have short lived regret for dumb things we do"

"Short term regret fades quickly"

"Regrets of things we didn't do last long"

"Make a change, Recognize the difference, do not limit ourself with fear"

"Regret - blame ourselves for things we did"

"Early regret opportunity for re-focus"

"Re-focus to be in best conditions"

"Regret is imaginary - What could have been"

"Do live life like a Conveyer belt" - makes our natural progression

"Write it down and look future to empower the past"

"Get the insights and transform yourself"

"Mental Health, positivity, Optimism"

"Don't carry burden of regret in your Life"

"Not about what other people think"

"Will i regret not doing it ?"

"We regret more for things what we didn't do"

Live well, Learn from Mistakes, Be less Regretful!