Handwritten

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Finding the Way

“Wayfinding” is a beautiful term because the path to mastery is never a straight line.

It is a journey that unfolds – as everything around us changes. Charting a fixed path is impossible, and if you are treading one, you are most likely on someone else’s path. 

We are unique and so is our path. It requires constant searching, endless curiosity, willingness to experiment, learn from multiple disciplines, and test your ideas. Wayfinding happens when we are willing to move forward despite uncertainty. 

The search itself transforms us and makes us ready for destinations we may never have imagined. 

Quest is the goal. Finding the way, is the way. 

Embrace the Fluidity

Embrace the fluidity. Give up on the need for fixed outcomes. Surrender to the flow, and you will be carried to your true purpose and fulfilment.

It’s not lack of effort or goal, but an inner receptivity to whatever experiences and emotions we go through.

Paradoxically, it’s only when we surrender, that we find our inherent strength. 

Choices are a Signal

 

We say we care about family, and yet skip dinner with them to attend a late night meeting. 

We say we value health, and yet we make poor food choices and skip exercising. 

We say that creativity matters the most, and yet we scroll endlessly without creating anything. 

If your choices don’t support what you value, then all talk is noise. 

Choices are signals – loud, clear and undeniable. 

They tell a story of what you “truly” value. 

The story you live is the only truth – everything else is just hollow. 

Confession of Character

 

The way you speak about the world says more about you than the world itself. When you constantly see negativity, chaos, or betrayal – ask WHY. Because our perspectives are shaped by our inner state. A kind heart sees kindness and a hopeful soul sees opportunities. If you are constantly bitter, it reflects inner wounds.

Words you use to describe the world are a mirror. It pays to think about what your words are revealing about you.  

StoicNotes: Be Your Own Witness

In our need to belong, we sometimes rely too much on what others think of us. When we seek too much validation in external stuff – titles, pay packages, status, other people etc. – we stray away from who we truly are. We step away from that which is uniquely ours.

Epictetus prompts us to have an inner scorecard that we abide to. Do what truly brings us alive, be who we truly are and constantly seek clarity on these aspects while conducting ourselves.

Create

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We are taught to compete. Competition sets the upper bar for what you can achieve.

If you want to jump over that bar, you need to create. Do things differently and do different things.

Creating requires stepping away from competition and focusing on the game that is uniquely yours. A game where you bring your true, best, authentic self to the fore.

Competition is for amateurs. Professionals create.

Make Things..

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Excuses are easily accessible. You can cook them up. It’s always easier to blame external situations for our failures or lack of attempt. You can play a victim and soon, the world with sympathize with you.

On the other hand, effort to make things is also easily accessible once we get past our victim mindset. The locus of control is internal. The call it “Growth Mindset”.

Make things, not excuses.