New Day , New post , New Dreams !!

Folks,

some news first I finally left my job which kept me really really busy in last one year. Its been a month of freedom and it feels awesome already.

Met lot of interesting people full of ideas, passion and dreams and suddenly the world looks like so much better :) I think My Nanu have got it right when he used to say "Its the company you keep son".

I dont know what I am gonna end up from here, Can do a startup, can join a exploding startup or just join a descent company earn my wage and live my life, Whatever it is now I am happy in the place I am now and pretty satisfied and excited about the next venture from here.

What does being poor actually means !!

On the spot article on what being poor people actually means, I was actually lucky enough to not to see this level of poverty but have seen lot of people around me experiencing this. My heart goes out for all of them today.

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/

The man who defines courage..

Yeh Dil Mangey More !

Life is 10% how you make it and 90% how you take it ..

Superb words from Mark Sustar on Life and how to think about it.

"life-is-10-how-you-make-it-and-90-how-you-take-it"

Intelligence can get you killed :)

Fancy title but very substantial thought here in this article.

http://maxkle.in/your-high-iq-will-kill-your-startup/

try try try till you succeed !!

a very nice interview piece well resonant with my theme.

In author own words "Dale Levitski was another recent example of someone we pointed out who has started succeeding again because he started putting himself out there again, willing to get knocked down."

one more piece of street wisdom

"if an opportunity or dream you have only has say a 1 in 20 chance of having some kind of success or impact, you better be putting 20 of those out there."

Also one more update from my personal front.

I have left Linkedin, yes with the IPO in air, with so much money on stake I have left it.. I thought about it a lot actually but one day I realized Linkedin was not where my heart was and the decision became very easy after that.

I have moved on to a much smaller startup and cannot be more happier with my decision.

So my mantra or 2 cents of funda for free ..

"Do what your heart says and Be what you want to be, Everything would make sense if just start listening to your heart for once !!"

Punjabiyaa da josh ...

Sometimes I wonder what is my identity ? Who am I if people see through their social lens ?? Am I an IITian, Am I a boring computer scientist, Am I a baniya or a regular desi in california ? What exactly is my Identity.

The question which bothers most probably is how do I see myself and what exactly I want to look like through my lens ?

What I want to be ?

In my eyes I want to be the guy who lives and dies for his passions, The passion can be a startup, a cause, a sport, a hobby, a movie, my family or whatever The only requirement I have from my life is to do whatever I wish to do with my utmost sincerity and
energy.

How do I see myself currently ?

hmm. time for some introspection, specially since 2009 is coming to an end and is a good idea to look back on last year and give yourself some marks

2009 passions I followed and its rating
1) Marathon : Started in June, suddenly I got the running bug and decided to do marathons. I think I started with great passion running my first marathon in 2 weeks of training but then I did missed out on some training sessions and didn't complete the full marathon I aimed at (2 half marathons do not cut it) , Looking at the steep miles curve I ran here and all the injuries
I endured I will give myself a descent 7/10.0


2) interIIT dramatics : August 2009 also saw return of the actor in me with the Diwali Dhamaka InterIIT competition, This was one event where passion was flowing up the brim , The energy, the fun and the passion we had for this was unparalleled and I am proud to get a 10.0/10.0 for this ... This is the kind of passion I want to have in all my endeavors.

3) PanIIT business plan competition: August 2009 was a dammn interesting month looks like, It also saw the entrepreneur bug in me, worked on a business plan and was able to arouse interest from couple of VC's .. The passion I saw there was a solid 9.0/10.0 satisfying but not great enough I think.

4) DesiPandora.com happened in Nov-Dec 2009 and am pretty happy about the effort which we saw here, learnt a lot of things and had ton of fun ... working part time after a full day of work at linkedin or sneaking up work behind wifey back .. man that is also in 9.5/10.0 category ..


so in all folks, pretty happy with the effort in later half of they year, the bad piece is not a single point to talk about in entire first half ... 2010 need to be different I need a bigger fuller and better scores through out the year :)

one more thing saw this piece somewhere, and loved every word of it ...

"Yaaran di yaari ton Sadi jaan kurban e,
Ki Karna asi Paise te Wakhave nu,
Sanu aapne yaaran te hi ena maan e,
J raab ne dita hai Phooka Paisa lookan nu,
Sanu Baksheya Emaan e,
Jina marzi ehh Kar lain Dikhawa,
PUNJAB de Munde te Kurian Di WaKhRi PehChaan AE"