Beyond Horizons...

There are two articles published in Medium with a gap of just a month. How about it?   You  are the averag e of the  five   people   you   spend  the  time   with .  You are NOT the average of the five people you spend time with.  While you go through it and decide whether or not we are like those five people we spend time with or not. What definitely is in our control is the company we choose to spend time with. I love connecting with people and real conversations. Here is how I choose, whom I surround myself with. People who care for me. They express there care for my wellbeing, in words and in their actions. People who are happy when I am happy. People with whom I want to celebrate when I achieve my goals. People who are sad on my setbacks, my failures, my tough times.  People who stand by me in tough times, not so happy times.  People who encourage me, to take risks, responsibilities, decisions. Who encourage me even a...

I recently finished reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. Its a fantastic read. Yuval has done a mammoth task of summarizing 70,000 years of history in 400 pages. While reading a book(or even by living in this era) you realize how fast our world has changed and continues to change. One thing is startling fact, which we all fail to realize is that brain is not keeping up that pace. It is still same from ancient times whose main objective was to survive. It also uses the same techniques on perceived danger situation, fight or flight.  The brain that is constantly on look out of danger, sensing who/what could hurt/harm us. It is obviously evolved and dangers are now shifted from physical harm to emotional.  Don't try that, you don't know how to and you could fail. People will laugh at you. Don't ask, you could look like an idiot. Don't quit your job. You will lose your social standing.  Don't share your true feelings. You will be vulnerable, People could take advantage...