Vinay Wagh

Rework - by Jason Fried and David Hansson   It is a business book that gives path-breaking insights to run a business. We live in a copycat world where herd mentality and prototype action codes are preached and practiced proudly. The book raises questions at each stage of such business actions and suggests some counterintuitive methods to take the course ahead.   Ignore the real world: It’s a place where new ideas, unfamiliar practices and foreign concepts are not appreciated. Scratch the surface to find the real world! The real world is less of a place and more of an excuse. Come out. There is lot more interesting world outside.   Learning from mistakes is overrated: “Mistakes are our best teachers” is not true all the time. What do we really learn from our mistakes? We learn what not to do again, but how valuable is that? We still don’t know what to do the next. Harvard Business study found already successful entrepreneurs are far more likely to succeed again. That’s a...

  Think like a Monk. If you want a new idea, read an old book!   Monks have specialization in happiness simply because they have better mind control. To find a meaningful life, filter out noise and look within. Researchers who scanned Buddhist monk Matthieu Richards brain labelled him with “The world’s Happiest man” after they found the highest level of gamma waves- those associated with attention, memory, learning and happiness – ever recorded by science. Gamma waves are the high frequency waves with a frequency of 14 to 38 hz and are associated with high levels of thoughts and focus. They occur during strong mental activities like studying and solving problems. They lead to happiness, higher IQ and EQ. Beta waves replace alpha waves when we pay attention to a task or stimulus. They are associated with high performance and anxiety.                                        ...

  Dengue II - The order of disorder!   Now onwards I will celebrate my birthday twice a year. 6 th  Aug 2024 the birthday of Anu is a rebirthday for me.  The years 2006, 2015 and now 2024 have been impactful years in past three decades. They all have sum of the digits of the years as 8 and this 8 has been following me since childhood. Sounds a bit superstitious but has lot of masala material for time pass analysis. Will surely do it some time.  Got up on 30 th  July with an unusual headache that I assumed was of migraine. It wasn’t. I missed the first clue. It was a viral headache. Had I taken the clue correctly I would have skipped my over exhaustive morning exercise regime at least for that day. The best way to keep a Dengue virus quiet is by being quiet.  The later part of the day at work brought along body pain along with increasing body temperature. This gave a clearer indication of presence of Dengue or a virus alike. The prototype me...