My favorite theory on motivation ...

                                                I somehow had a feeling that by working for somebody else , one is just being a 'glorified slave' ...At some point I started to realize that there is no much 'glory ' in it , and that you are just a 'slave' , however be the work environment ... and you start feeling restless ...That was a moment when I decided to drop out ..And this was despite the fact that , I enjoyed the maximum possible freedom with my previous employer ...Life was purely on my terms ...went to office at my time ..returned as I wished ...often came home and slept on feeling sleepy ...never cared to mention leaves to anyone...did the job at my own pace with no body questioning ..and still managed to get a 'successfully meet the expectation ' rating ...(though not outstanding) ...still the restlessness was there ...wonder what the situation would have been,had I be in an Indian company with things like punching, dress code and numerous comedies...really I feel pity on the 'kindergartens' who have to work there...

But if I had the situation to remain unemployed after graduation , even for a small period of time ,all my thoughts would have been different ...I would have certainly been happy to wear a tie , and do the punching.. I would have been more than happy to be just a slave , let alone a 'glorified slave' .. And Moslow explains this ...

  Read Quote of Aashish Gupta's answer to Startups in India: Why has India failed to produce tech giants like Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter etc.? on Quora

on a positive note ...

Ever since my hairline started to recede , I was too much worried about it ...And several times wondered , y now ? How better it would be, had this been a  few years later!

But of late , I notice that my worries have started to settle .. A couple of deaths nearby(of people at a relatively young age ) and an encounter with a cancer patient has opened my eyes to see the world in its true spirit ...I want to note down this thought somewhere , to remind myself , day after day  , that how lucky I am ,  and  hence this post ...

Being able to see the world,
Being able to walk around,
Not having to face hunger,
Having a place to sleep ,
Having wonderful parents , relatives and friends ...

Perhaps , these are the biggest bliss of life ... And I am incredibly lucky for having all of them .. :)

PS : Update on the startup saga ... My friends have rejected the offer to fly and settle in US(A) ... and that means , the  'Game is On' ...enjoying every moment of it ...

And a Shameless plug ...Soliciting disruptive , royalty free (or non-free) , start up ideas ... (Its not that we do not have any idea ,but I am preparing a list of possible ideas to work on , and guess what, the list has crossed well over 25 entries...more on that later... )

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Starting up is an incredible journey...with high mood swings ...high excitement  and severe anxieties ...

Well , I have been super excited for the last few days ...when some of my 'super talented'  friends decided to drop their jobs ....for a moment, I thought we could create anything under the sun ... it was a bunch of incredibly talented people(except possibly, yours truly)...and  anything was achievable...

The fact I overlooked (or rather wished  to ignore ) is that those people are extremely hard to get...When they conveyed their decision to quit, the counter offers have started to pour in...The first real test has come in the form of an offer to fly to US and settle there , for one of them..and another is expected to get the same in a few days...

My only worry is that , in case I happen to lose them (which I know I won't , but still) , I will have to find somebody else who could stand the test of such temptations , who have the desire to jump out of the rat race...who take immense pride in being  job creators..and who are ready to sacrifice anything for the cause....

A checklist for every 'startupper' ...

4 or 5 things which I keep on reminding myself...
On the things you do ...


http://youtu.be/ZjcgggYsXvU

 On the importance of hiring A+ players...
And a word of mouth advice on the importance of setting monthly targets and constantly following it up ...
and last but not least the following quote ... " The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. They are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough. "

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