Published inILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyTen Lessons I Learned After Spending $10,000 on Freelancers“MBA” by doing things — The past year has been one hell of learning. I had not imagined the number of interactions we would experience. I can attach a specific dollar value to what these experiences have cost us and it’s over $10,000. Since my effort is a bootstrapped one, I am always looking to…Startup9 min readStartup9 min read
PinnedFit$ — the gameBig shifts are possible even with small changes in routines. As the saying goes, “health is wealth”, and in this age of the pandemic, every calorie of fitness counts in making us feel better and safer. Our mission is to assist you on this journey. The game revolves around the…5 min read5 min read
PinnedWhy write a children’s book?Like any story that aspires to be good, this story has three parts. We will call them the ‘Why’, ‘How’ and ‘What’. Let’s address the why part of it first. Chapter I — Why? It was, in fact, a chill November evening when the original idea for developing a product that aimed at gamifying…Childrens Stories9 min readChildrens Stories9 min read
Apr 29Member-onlyHow to clear my mind?I pushed my keyboard away and leaned back into the chair, my legs stretched out. As I gazed towards the ceiling, I spent the next several moments trying to gather my thoughts. The sky outside was overcast reflecting the state of my mind. I knew what I had to do. …Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Mar 5, 2022Member-onlyThis Author Raised More Than 15 Million Dollars in 24 HoursA tale of two paradigms In 2007, Google had launched an initiative called ‘Knol’ that was dubbed as Wikipedia killer. It was focused on authors and they could add Google Ads to make some money. Writers, old and new, on Medium are well versed with this phenomenon. The phenomenon I am referring to is —…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Feb 24, 2022Member-onlyWhat is Metaverse Exactly?The real question is Why? — In an improvised scene in ‘Avengers — Infinity War’, Dave Bautista comes up with a hilariously iconic line. The banter goes — ‘Where is Gamora?’ to ‘Who is Gamora?’, ‘I will do you one better, Why is Gamora’. This sentence works really well if we replace the…AI4 min readAI4 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Feb 17, 2022Member-onlyAI may Already be Conscious“The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.” — Carl Sagan, Contact Musing about this hauntingly beautiful quote a bit, if you take one of the smallest distances (Planck’s length) to the distance of the known universe, that’s more than…Mindfulness2 min readMindfulness2 min read
Published inThe Shortform·Feb 10, 2022Member-onlyThe One Reason why Your Own Writing Depresses YouA majority of writers have experienced this feeling. An idea takes shape in your head. Your fingers flutter with excitement. You can’t wait to get those thoughts onto the paper. Despair. Your story is littered with unfinished sentences and tangents ending in dead ends, you still push through to the…Writing1 min readWriting1 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Feb 1, 2022Member-onlyAre Dog Training Classes Worth it?“You are a very brave boy”, comforted the nurse as she finished pulling the needle out of my abdomen. The pain subsided slowly as my eyes began to sort out the tears that had welled. To my credit, I had not let a single syllable out of my mouth. The…Puppies4 min readPuppies4 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Jan 30, 2022Member-onlyA Productivity Technique For Over Active MindsCount backward to unlock rewards — It is hard to compete with the fickleness of our minds. When a combination of blood chemistry and the brain’s survival instincts come together, it is hard to find the deep focus to get anything meaningful done. Picture a wild horse running around or a kid in a candy store…Productivity4 min readProductivity4 min read
