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I don’t know if 👇 is specific to @spotifyindia

I am surprised that there is no way to upgrade from @spotify individual to duo while the earlier plan is still active. When I go to pay it says the new plan will come into effect after the current plan ends, which is a year away. Is it a biz process err or copy err?

Most companies spend millions in cold calling random people to sell their services. But they don’t have a mechanism for customers to call them. Don’t understand this new age thinking. 😳🤔

Master-stroke strikes again ;-)

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.- Albert Einstein

Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning defamation – but often ignore rights violations against Muslim minorities? from @_TCGlobal

Document + Social Media = @bip_so Seems interesting for #buildinpublic creators. Any reviews from people who have used it?

How India taught the world the art of collecting data and fell down from that pedestal

Trust = Competence + Integrity Gaining competence is easier. How are you establishing your integrity?

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't- Erica Jong

Most creators are so bad at marketing

The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault.- Henry Kissinger

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.- Mario Andretti

So much truth in this one tweet 👇 😜😀

Reasons could be; • summer vacations • too many threads and people are switching off • same patterns of tweets (if you want x do y or similar) • originality gone down in the pursuit of vitality

Both @namitoberoy_ & I were discussing abt this yesterday. Unless we identify the doom loop pattern and change them, we can’t really assume future will be any different.

In the last week, this thought crossed my feed twice. @stevenfurtick talked about the one who seeks...finds. If you seek misery you find it. If you seek gleaning (wrt book of Ruth), you find it: Now @lexfridman with this tweet

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.- Jimi Hendrix

Everybody has dreams. Dreams, for many of us, become regrets rather than realities. What you need to turn dreams into realities? • knowledge • resources • will Do you agree?

A clever man commits no minor blunders.- Goethe

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance- Oscar Wilde

"Deep Work" by Cal Newport is a celebrated book among the productivity fans. Is it relevant in the creator economy? This week @SathyaHQ will review the book at the weekly Gravitas WINS Book club. Come & join us for an insightful discussion

For 25 years we (parents, teachers, society) decide for kids. Then we wonder why they can’t decide for themselves. Let kids decide their dresses, food to eat, and other things pertaining to them. Nudge them in the right direction. Don’t force decision.

In the long run India wins. Have heard it ever since 1998. How loooooong is that long I don’t know.

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.- Isaac Asimov

“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.” — Albert Einstein When I graduated, I thought I knew everything about software engineering. 25 years after graduation, I'm still learning. Hopefully I will be reading a book on my deathbed.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.- Samuel Johnson

Celebrating mango festival with a Mango sundae

People like Devdutt can’t say Sambar is tasty. They have to diss everything else as shitty to feel good abt themselves. As he says at the end everything in life is in a context. When you take an idea out it of context, well, you look foolish.

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.- George Washington Carver

1. Don't let kids know you are trying to build a reading habit in them 2. Read with them, not necessarily read to them 3. Have lot of books around the house 4. Enable reading habit, don't force it Thank you @ku1deep for these fine points

Listened to a fascinating conversation between @patrick_oshag & @AswathDamodaran They talk about: • inflation • storytelling • Macrotrends & microbets • Luck And more My notes from the interview

If you wanted to know how Indian govt is encouraging open source innovation in e-commerce, read this thread by @SejalSud here 👇

We need more and more of “good businesses” that are sustainable. Too often we have heard it is hard to build a valuable and ethical business that is sustainable. Kudos Veni for your attempt.

After using @logseq for few weeks, I am back to @obsdmd. First 4 reasons why I like logseq • it is an outliner - fantastic tool for thinking. You can outline and then zoom in on each point. • it stores files locally: I like having control over the files I consider 2nd brain

Passion is a decision before it becomes a feeling.

Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.- Frank Lloyd Wright

A college-mate of mine raised $1.85M to fund 38 schools in Tamilnadu perpetually. This is not the only funding he organized. He is not on social media. There is life beyond social media and there are people who do amazing work without telling anyone.

He who has a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.- Friedrich Nietzsche

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain.- Vivian Greene

I glad to see India tops this list. Indians trust their government. Much more than any other developed countries. If you thought otherwise you are in the minority. Data shows, common citizen trusts this government. Data:

Every day gain 3 wins, and you'll be unstoppable.

What is a flywheel for success?

One who knows one thing knows that one thing. One who knows nothing knows everything 😜😂 I still don't know if I know one thing or everything 🤔

Your principles should drive your processes

We discussed this point in our last book review club. @singhtechnical @josephineejoyce @darshansharma_

Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.- Arnold Schwarzenegger

How to get early feedback so you can course correct if needed?

Cost of change accelerates over time. Find what needs to be fixed and fix them as early as possible.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.- Thomas Henry Huxley