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Can you share what you want your obituary to say?

Thursday thoughts

Growth Manager

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What would your legacy be like?

Software Developer

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RIP to the man who beat the efficient market hypothesis

beautiful obituary written for jim simons

I’m a very private person and I was a bit confused whether I should write here or not, but anyway.

So, day before yesterday I was sitting on my chair after dinner and was thinking about my life and what the hell am I doing.

I realised that,
Saala bachpan se aaj tak race me hi bhaag raha hun. Pehle school me 1st, 2nd, 3rd aane ki race me. Then acche college milne ki race me. Then uske baad acchi job milne ki race me. Then uske baad agar ladki chahiye toh uske liye bhi ek race hai (Don’t have a gf, plz don’t take me wrong, it was a realisation)

My current daily routine is like this:
Wakeup everyday, write code, go gym, dinner, and then sleep and repeat this cycle everyday.

School ke dost peeche chhoot gaye, college ke dost apni life me busy ho gaye, colleagues se main zyada baat nhi karta and main akela padh gaya.

Feels like life is not intriguing anymore, it has no spark left. Its so painful to live everyday.

I feel like I don’t want to live any more, I want to die but I can’t cuz of 2 reasons.
1. I’m the only son of my parents.
2. If I die like this, then I won’t be able to come out from the birth cycle.

That’s it
🙏🏼

This week’s introspection

Bhai kaafi same lag raha hai. 
 Idk kaha rehte ho tum, kitna kamate ho, wagerah but ek baat bolunga - start walking. Kabhi main street pe walk lagao, kabhi subah, kabhi kahin. Hum Jo ek jagah baithke sochte hai, vo chalte chalte bhi soch hi sakte lekin kaafi nayi cheezein dekhne milegi. Kuch aisa milega Jo vapas layega interest, I hope aisa ho

General Manager

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Like Adele sang in Skyfall, “This is the end, hold your breath and count to ten”

With a planned $1 billion equity fundraise from Middle Eastern investors still in limbo, Raveendran broke down in tears defending his company, according to people who attended the calls.

Star founder broke down in tears as crises engulfed Byju’s

Just In: Byju Raveendran breaks down in tears as crises engulfed Byju’s

Product Manager

We all be here, nominating each other in bank accounts life insurance and what not
What's the legal recourse?

What happens if complete family dies together?

Consultant

So, my friend's parent passed away due to cardiac arrest. He is clueless about his dad's policies, savings, stocks. Not that they're strapped for cash, but he'll be spending months sorting through this mess.

My father caught wind of this and sat me down. Turns out, he's already got an excel sheet with bank acc ids, nominee names, mother's financials, shared on the google drive. That's when it hit me - that my father has accepted that he's old, anything can happen at any moment. 

Couldn't focus on the convo after that. My mind kept playing out weird scenarios, and damn they're all scary. 

I guess that's life? We'll all go through losing someone close eventually.

Adulting is scary

I’ve created an excel having details of investments, insurance policies, back accounts, FDs, CCs and loans. I have shared it with my wife, cousin and a friend. It’s not about accepting that we are getting old, it’s about accepting that life is fragile, anything can happen with anyone.  
  
 I lost my father when I was young, he had files of some MFs, bonds, policies etc but scattered, it’s been years and I am still not sure if I have been able to recover all the investments he made from his hard earned money.

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https://collabfund.com/blog/a-few-things-im-pretty-sure-about-0923/

Hard truths

What did you get done this week?

Elon Musk: hold my beer 😎

What is this brief, mortal life, if not the pursuit of legacy?

There’s never been a better time to be a DINK, according to Business Insider.

In our death beds it's not the bank balance that would give us joy but the core memories that we made makes us feel we lived a great life. At the end that's important 
  
 If you are compensating for your choice of not having kids through other core memories like traveling or other experiences then go for it. Optimising not having kids only for saving money is a dangerous thing. As I get older I realise that joy comes from giving and not from accumulation.

Investor

Imagine you are financially secure with no concerns at all. What would you do to pass the time?

Would you continue what you're doing if you had all the money to live?

Consulting Director

Today, I feel sad. We truly lost somebody who exemplified doing 'good' along with doing 'business'.

I'd recently read the book ‘The Story of Tata’ and had learnt the good they have done, which is always difficult when you're a capitalist. But Tata truly is built different, and Ratan Tata took the torch so far ahead.

I started out career at TCS like many here, so that’s the most obvious way I was benefitted from what they have made. It was a start, and a start is what one often needs.

But beyond it: there are many things

1. He took Tata from $6Bn in revenue to $100Bn in revenue under his reign

2. ⁠Acquired brands like Tetley, JLR which are honestly a big deal for an Indian company 

3. ⁠Nano, which failed, was one of his noble pet projects. It showed his thought process.

4. ⁠Support to startups: literally every founder is putting up stories of their interactions with him, how ever present was he

All while donating 60% of profits to social causes via Tata Trusts (that’s a function of his ancestors and how they set the company)

We’ve lost a legend. We’ve lost an example in positive business building.

I hope we remember and learn from Ratan Tata for long. ♥️

A tribute to Ratan Tata. For inspiring a generation 🙏🏻

Absolutely echo what you have written 
 It was his calling to be an industrialist and billionaire (because of his family). But so many of his choices reflected a noble intent. 
  
 And that’s all it takes. Ambani Adani etc will never see the love we’re seeing outpouring for Tata. 
  
 And I hope that becomes an example for more business leaders.

Corporate Strategist

for me. i spent college studying for grades and 20s making money in a job I don't like, but never got to make the memories I should've with all my friends. I regret doing all of that

what is your worst mistake professionally?

If we are spiralling, let's spiral right

1. Focused solely on grades in colleges
2. Thought Campus placements were ultimate goal
3. Spent 3 years in a company with 5% increment (once), because it was comfortable
4. Scared to ask even minimum budget while negotiating salary
5. Overthinking every step, still not taking actions to correct or fuck up anything
6. Major major regret - not taking risk of starting own. It also has to do with parenting, but lets not blame.
7. Ran away from public sharing - speaking, athletics, all extracurricular activities for that matter. Kids grow up with zero confidence and looking fat & ugly. (I'm not fat shaming, some fat people look 🤌)

I'll add more, there will be more for sure 😂

What is this?

Why was he not working during the operation? Such a disappointment. You create culture on death bed too.

Back this week with another thread. Please share an interesting read for the weekend. Here goes mine - 

https://collabfund.com/blog/think/

Thoughts on the above?

Weekend musings - edition #3

While it is a matter of personal preference, it is worth considering whether publicizing and structuring the discussion of a parent's death for content consumption is the most appropriate way to grieve. Alternatively, it could be argued that society has evolved to include new forms of grief expression. Nonetheless, it is important to approach such sensitive topics with care and respect.

LinkedIn Influencership

Journalist

Was thinking about our lives. Ever since you are in school, you have something to look forward to. When you’re in 1st grade, you know next year it’s 2nd grade and so on till you finish your undergrad.

Suddenly, you could be everything or nothing at the same time.

Those who are good at this game of eternal growth end up grinding their lives away in the PCM -> Engg -> B-School -> Consulting hell loop.

Weirdly, the determinism in growth fades away suddenly and you see people finally pursuing diverse fields.

Then, the realisation kicks in. You’ve been conditioned to chase eternal growth. That is what brings meaning to you in every part of your life. Today has to be better than your yesterday, or else it feels like you’ve failed.

I wonder how sustainable that is but till then we will continue to throw our youth away. 

My 2 cents: You have a brief moment in history. Don’t spend your 10 years of prime in doing things that don’t bring you any joy. Don’t make the same mistakes all of us make chasing joys because others are chasing them.

Find your own meaning to this eternal growth.

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