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Today at a glance:
Personal reflection
What I understand about Leadership
What I understand about Hard work
Simple observation about my mind.
Monkey with a plan
Don’t take life so seriously; you are just a monkey with a plan.
This writing was long due from past 3 months, since then life has changed so much, I am going to start writing again, hopefully this time become consistent.
Reflecting on the Past.
If I think back to my childhood, my memories tell me that I was a diligent student, excelled in sports, and was a group leader among friends.
Leading people came naturally to me, thanks to early exposure to these activities. I know how it feels to lead and win people’s hearts the right way.
What I Understand About Leadership.
Learning 01 - To be a good leader, domain expertise gives you a massive edge
Learning 02 - Most of the leadership is simply pointing out individual contribution making everyone feel part of the team. At least this is my style, and it has worked out so far. Doesn’t matter how good you are as an individual; if you make the team feel valued, they will do the work for you.
What I Understand About Hard Work
When I really think back, I never actually put in the hard work in anything. My achievements are based on whatever feels playful to me. Like I was the champion of chess, but I unknowingly practised chess so many times that it was an easy game for me. Whatever I did, I did it for the sheer fun of it. Not my extrinsic motivations, not any internal discipline, just pure bliss of the act.
Yes, I made the most out of my school. I scored good marks, was good at extracurricular activities, and I had everything without trying so hard.
Where life led me, I went with the flow. All my decisions, nobody forced me into anything; I voluntarily chose to do things. In my college, I had the freedom to do things. I really tried a few things, like creating my own marketing agency, working with startups, etc., but it never worked out like I wanted to; maybe it was not meant to be.
One part of me that made me more likeable, better at everything, was my sense of curiosity for everything.
“Curiosity tied with a poor financial background”. - killer Combo
I was poor, that’s why I was curious to know every possible way to make money and understand the world around me. My curiosity led me to experiment with many things, most of which didn’t work out, all thanks to my lack of hard-working skills, but I’m still hopeful about my future and my creative endeavours.
Simple observation about my behaviour.
I found that my lack of courage to face fear and do hard things makes me do mundane tasks like cleaning, cooking, etc, tasks that I previously thought were a waste of time.
I have an active mind, and my mind keeps me distracted with all the things that can help me avoid the most urgent task.
Other things include
Picks up new, smaller interests (like I'm interested in painting right now)
Doom-scrolling, binge-watching movie/series
Information gathering (scrolling Twitter, Substack) so that I think I'm getting valuable things
Sleep sometimes my brain tries to shut down and lets me believe that after sleep, I'll work far better
Thoughts:
Something I learned today about belief: changing a belief requires immediate proof from an external, trusted source. For example, you won't believe in God no matter how many times, in how many ways, or with how many proofs I present to you, but if God magically appeared in front of you, you would immediately change your belief.
Consistency beats everything - defining what a bad day of consistency looks like, the bare minimum, and doing it.
Be Incompressible.
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