random ramblings

There are a lot of cases where balanced and middle view is better, but adopting middle path on everything might lead to average or mediocre outcomes. One such problem is whether to be methodical, process oriented and cautious OR attitude of “get it done”, use whichever way suits the best for achieving the goal and taking risks. I think it is eventually basic nature of people. I also think either approach works differently for different kind of problems. Doing something new, discovering a solution where none exists, pursuits that calls more creativity – those may call for second approach. Changing a complex system, coordinating efforts of a large group of people to achieve a single goal, size of the problem being big – these may need the process oriented / methodical mindset. Knowing what kind of person I am on this spectrum of rigidly methodical to flying by the seat of the pants would be a good start. Assessing what kind of mindset is needed to solve the problem in front of...

Poems read / liked recently..  Khalil Gibran – My Friend  masking the madness..   My friend, thou art good and cautious and wise; nay, thou art perfect--and I, too, speak with thee wisely and cautiously. And yet I am mad. But I mask my madness. I would be mad alone. Khalil Gibran – on Friendship Khalil Gibran – Your Children Khalil Gibran – Half Life It is a good regular reminder, while it is difficult to adhere to. Mario de Andrade - The Valuable Time of Maturity Again a good aspiration. Shel Silverstein – The Voice Pablo Neruda – When I die I want your hands on my eyes There is a Malayalam film song which has similar idea. Pablo Neruda – One Hundred Love Sonnets Pablo Neruda – It’s Forbidden Erin Hanson – Pursuit of Perfect Erin Hanson – You are not your age

Weekend playlist is somewhat blue-ish. Sinead O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U No Doubt – Don’t Speak Gwen Stefani is a favorite. In her new avatar outside of the band No Doubt, but I like the No Doubt songs better. Amy Winehouse – Wake up alone it was her birthday couple of days back. I had written about her sometime back as well. Cesario Evora – Besame Mucho Spanish experiment continues. Need to discover more. Guadalupe Pineda – Historia De Un Amor Reshma – Lambi Judai

Erin Hanson – a poet in her early 20s, I did not realize someone with so much clarity about might be so young. Living Hygge , What Hygge really looks like , Denmark dominates the world happiness report – don’t know if such a report can be accurate, but liked the concept of Hygge. Being really present, “intentional intimacy”, shared experiences, slow and conscious, special moments, cosy, relaxing or loving – sounds good. Need to figure out how to have more such moments in life.   21 quotes from “Call me by your name” – I liked this movie, good quotes.

I read this extraordinary op-ed by a Trump administration insider. It reinforces what I was thinking about for some time. In our current time, leadership has become a farce. It could be a significant detriment to the world to have such leaders come up on top of organizations and nations. Why is this happening, in spite of a large number of people knowing that this is all illogical, improbable and irrational? Looking at the words used to describe Trump in this article: worst inclinations, misguided impulses, amorality, not moored to any discernible first principles that guide decision making, little affinity to ideals, impetuous, adversarial, petty, ineffective, whims, veer off topic and off the rails, repetitive rants, half-baked, ill-informed and occasionally reckless decisions, flip-flipped, erratic behavior. I see more of similar behavior from leaders, may not be such crazy levels. Narcissism, not encouraging feedback, shooting the messenger, prone to exaggeration, lac...

Someone tweeted about this spanish song . I didn’t know what it meant and about the music. It was a refreshing / different music. On Sundays, I do the laundry and it is usually with the background of some music. These days it is from youtube - either My Mix which is random or take any of my favorite songs and just hit the Mix option that comes up on the top. It sets me up for an hour or two. Back to this Spanish song. It is not frequent and easy to discover a new song. I wish there are music recommendation (and book, story and whole lot of other recommendations) which is not algorithm driven (based on what I liked in the past), but a recommendation from a human friend. Share a surprise music recommendation that can set you up for new journey. I feel it is like falling into a rabbit hole like Alice. Once I started listening to this song, I hit the “Mix” which brought up a whole lot of others. It might be similar songs like those, songs that others liked who also liked the fir...

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