Thoughts

 Today, I looked at a tree and started thinking about life. A tree doesn't become what it is in a day. It takes years of sunlight, water, and growth. Much of that growth happens quietly. Nobody needs to applaud the tree for it to keep growing. Nobody needs to validate its progress. It simply continues. I think there is something important to learn from that. We often want our lives to change faster than they possibly can. We want to become better at our work, build a strong body, develop meaningful relationships, and become people we respect. But we want the results immediately. We want to see progress, receive appreciation, and know that our efforts are leading somewhere. When those things don't happen, we start doubting ourselves. Perhaps we aren't working hard enough. Perhaps other people are doing better. Perhaps we need to change everything. But what if the answer is sometimes much simpler? What if we need to keep doing the right things and give them time? The work nob...

There comes a point when doing more is no longer the answer. You can fill your calendar. You can keep working. You can respond to every message, attend every meeting, solve every problem, and still feel that something is missing. What may be missing is space . Space to think. Space to read. Space to understand. Space to ask whether the things we are doing actually matter. That is where I find myself right now. I don't think I need to stop working. I don't want to stop learning or creating. I want to keep getting better. I want to become a better engineer, a better thinker, and eventually a better leader. But I also need to slow down. I recently started thinking about The Inner Game of Work again, because the idea feels particularly relevant right now. The outer game is about getting things done. The inner game is about understanding what is happening inside us while we do them. And perhaps the next stage of growth is learning to play both games. Stop Reacting One thing I have ...

Every time, I am lost, confused, and need an idea of where to go in life, I turn to one book and that is Shrimad Bhagavad Gita. I am quoting a paragraph that I learned from it, "He who remains serene in Cold and heat, pleasure and pain, honour and dishonour, for such a self-controlled man the Supreme self is properly established, that is, present in the form of the Self. The Yogi who is content with knowledge and wisdom, who is free from perturbation and has conquered the senses, to whom clay, stone and gold are alike, he is said to be united with the Supreme.....", further more it goes on to say, "He who has the same regard for friend, companion, enemy, the indifferent, the mediator, the hostile, and kinsmen, as well as for the righteous and for the sinful, he is the best". Beautiful.... the book teaches so much beyond self control. It teaches us about regarding everyone alike. Whether that's your manager or whether that's your colleague. Everyone should be...

 Here I am writing again. I was a bit tired today and watching sports is also quite not the best thing that I should be doing. I know for a fact that in today's world a lot of things can take our attention away but it's okay. It's okay for the attention to go away if it comes back. Today, I am trying to think what to write. I wanted to talk about how insecurity and attention really matters. For an example, when I was doing nothing today, I was just feeling insecure. Insecure of the way I look, insecure of the way I dressed, insecure just in general for no reason. We all have insecurities, sometimes about our body, sometimes about our dressing sense, sometimes about acnes, sometimes some other fragile things in ourselves.  I want to tell you the reader, that you know what, it's okay to be insecure. It's okay to feel insecure of yourself. In today's generation there are many ways to numb your insecurities, through youtube, through netflix, through scrolling instag...

 I usually have thoughts that I get after pickleball. We started playing pickleball with a group of friends and as we were playing with a few folks, I realized that I was becoming a bit too self conscious about the way I was hitting the ball. I was worried if the ball goes out, I was worried if the ball goes towards the net. But well, as things started, I also think that my body was not warmed up during teh time. But once I started hitting one shot and it went out, we were pretty much okay. We were like okay, that can be out, but we need to be okay with hitting that shot out. Sometimes we might also get a point through that. I removed my fear of failure by actually failing. That brought me to the conclusion that in order to win either in pickleball and in life, we need to remove our fear of failure. The voice inside our head that tells us we are not good enough. You know what you are already good enough. The fact that you learned to walk and crawl by yourself through the simple pro...

 The One-Hour Rule I opened a hard problem on my laptop: a data pipeline that kept dropping records under load. I stared at it for a few minutes, then reached for my phone. One notification became a scroll through social media. When I came back to the laptop, the problem felt unfamiliar again. I reread the same notes, felt the resistance, and closed the screen before anything real happened. Nothing dramatic had gone wrong. I had simply watched a slow leak of attention drain my focus, the same way I have watched it drain a hundred times before. That pattern led me to the one-hour rule: I choose one thing and sit with it for a protected hour. No phone beside the laptop. No switching to an easier task when the work becomes uncomfortable. No pretending that checking messages is part of solving the problem. The hour is small enough to begin, but long enough to get beneath the surface. At first, I treated the rule as a productivity technique. Over time, it became something more. The hour...

 One of the greatest challenges of modern life isn't a lack of intelligence or opportunity. It's the constant battle for our attention. Every day we are surrounded by distractions designed to hijack our minds. Social media, endless scrolling, short-form videos, notifications—they all compete for one thing: our attention. And one of the strongest forces they exploit is lust. The Bhagavad Gita describes lust as one of the greatest enemies of human growth. Left unchecked, it clouds judgment, weakens discipline, and gradually pulls us away from our purpose. But this raises an important question. Is desire itself the problem? Not necessarily. Desire is part of being human. The desire to build relationships, create a family, and connect with others is natural. The problem begins when desire becomes detached from purpose—when it exists simply to stimulate us without adding anything meaningful to our lives. Modern technology understands this exceptionally well. Many platforms have lear...

For a long time, I believed that productivity was simply about working harder. If I could squeeze in another hour of work, read another book, or wake up earlier, I would naturally become more productive. But over time I noticed something interesting: I wasn't losing time because I lacked motivation—I was losing it because my attention was constantly switching. The real enemy wasn't laziness. It was fragmentation. Every Context Switch Has a Cost Imagine sitting down to work. A few minutes later you remember the dishes in the sink. Then you think about replying to a message. Your phone lights up. You wonder whether you should clean your room before continuing. Suddenly you're checking social media. Twenty minutes disappear. None of these actions are difficult on their own. The problem is that every switch forces your mind to restart. Deep work doesn't disappear because we're incapable of concentrating. It disappears because we rarely give our minds enough uninterrupte...

Every now and then, life reminds us that growth is not about motivation. It's about discipline. This week taught me an important lesson: the biggest battles are often not external. They are internal. The battle between purpose and distraction, between growth and comfort, between long-term fulfillment and short-term pleasure. The Cost of Distraction One thing I noticed is how easily a small distraction can grow into a much bigger problem. A few minutes of scrolling social media can turn into an hour. An hour can turn into a habit. And habits eventually shape our lives. What feels like relaxation often isn't relaxation at all. Many times, it is simply an escape from boredom, discomfort, or uncertainty. The problem is that after the temporary pleasure fades, the underlying problems are still there waiting to be solved. The lesson is simple: if I want a better life, I must become more intentional about where I place my attention. Purpose Is the Anchor I realized that whenever I los...

 Hey there, it's been a while that I spoke to all of you. I have had a hard time leaving the reels content and talking to the real deal out here. I have been a bit too occupied and because of the lack of discipline, I went into the wrong things in life. I somehow have to find a way to control my lust again. It's such a continuous process. Let's again do a 30 day no social media challenge. It's 24th of May today and we want to be doing something until 24th June. There has to be a transformation in our lives and that transformation should be present in all areas of life. I lost a bit of discipline and structure in the last 2 weeks but here we are, we don't need to announce anything to the world but build it back through quite discipline. It's about choosing to be here and in the now, the more I develop myself, the better my life would be. All of my life has to be in self-growth. So now the question becomes how do I overcome lust? What are some intentional ways I c...

Some days do not look extraordinary on the surface. You meet a few people, play a sport, exchange a few conversations, think deeply at night, and suddenly realize you learned more about life than you expected. That was the kind of day this was. People Become Interesting When You Truly Pay Attention I met someone named Avi today. At first, I did not think much about the interaction. But as the conversation continued, I realized something important: people become more interesting when you genuinely pay attention to them. We often expect others to impress us instantly. But real connection usually unfolds slowly. Avi introduced me to his girlfriend, Poorvi, and what stood out was not just appearance or personality traits, but the energy of the interaction itself. There was curiosity, comfort, humor, and engagement. The conversation flowed naturally because everyone was present. That led me to a simple realization: Undivided attention is one of the rarest and most valuable things you can g...

There is something beautiful about beginning a new journey with the words  “A Still Mind.” It feels gentle. It feels hopeful. And perhaps it asks all of us the same question: What really makes a mind still? Lately, I have realized that stillness has become important to me. Life moves quickly. There are goals to chase, work to do, people to meet, games to play, books to read, ideas to build. The world is moving all the time. And yet somewhere inside, we all want the same thing: A little peace. A little calm. A little space to breathe. For me, stillness does not come from doing nothing. I have energy. I love sports. I love movement. I love writing. If that energy stays trapped, my mind becomes louder. But when I play, when I write, when I move, something changes. The noise slowly becomes clarity. The mind slowly becomes quieter. And that made me think. The Ocean Taught Me Something Have you ever stood in front of the ocean and simply watched it? The surface moves. Waves rise. Water d...