Should you pursue your passion or go after what begets status and money? This is a question most of us grapple with at some point. However, the happy news is it’s not a binary. In fact, if you replace ‘passion’ with ‘competence’, the question poses a false dilemma. You’re more likely to achieve status and... Continue Reading →
Should You Chase Your Dream Job?
I ask if our yearning for a dream job is justified. *Relentless Repetition*: That’s how philosopher Henna Arendt describes modern work. This being the case, is following your passion the solution? Or should we pursue something else?
What I Learned from Peter Drucker
I write about Peter Drucker's ideas that influenced me the most. I begin with his idea that people learn either by reading or listening (and seldom both).
Stories We Tell Ourselves
The times were great in your youth, not because the times were great, but because you were young.
My co-authored Op-ed on Outlook
Pranay Kotasthane and I co-authored an open on why COMPASSION, not empathy, must guide Public Policy. Here's the link to the op-ed. ------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Jagdish Chandra Asthana Could Have Been a Good Policy Analyst A cliche you’ll hear often is that policymaking should be empathetic. And like many such pronouncements, it is a wrong one.... Continue Reading →
The Write Way to Heal
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou. That writing about your problems could have some merit may seem far-fetched in the era where LinkedIn too has joined the cringe-bandwagon. However, research indicates that there’s more to this than meets the eye. The crucial role of writing in... Continue Reading →
Thinking 2024 on the Margins
Thinking on the margins means coming down your ivory towers and making pragmatic choices based on your realities.
Can Threads Replace Twitter?
Last week, Meta released Threads, its competitor to Twitter. Threads has been launched as a standalone app based on Instagram. Not the political type? Threads plans to stay away from politics and hard news. As experiences of both Facebook and Twitter show, conversations around politics attract negativity and scrutiny that are best avoided. Bit ironical,... Continue Reading →
Why Hollywood writers fear AI?
Even as the ‘Writers Guild of America’ (Hollywood writers) is striking for better pay, it’s AI anxiety that underpins the movement. The writers are concerned about how Generative AI (like ChatGPT) could impact their future. They fear AI could be used to create the first draft of a script, which would later be refined by... Continue Reading →
The Hero’s Journey
Did you experience a deja vu while watching a movie you never saw before? Did you see a vague pattern that you could intuitively sense, but couldn’t really put a finger on? Did you feel there’s a method to the madness that surrounds movies? If you did, it’s because there really IS a *Formula* at... Continue Reading →
Musings by Madhav 