After the recent collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank, US and domino effect that has started in the US and the world, a lot of messages have been floating on Social Media. I received one such message with a clip from "3 Stooges", which is actually the subject of this post. The quote and video... Continue Reading →
Dunning-Kruger Effect
Did you know about the Dunning–Kruger effect? It is a cognitive bias where people with low ability, expertise, or experience tend to overestimate their ability or knowledge. We often face this psychological paradox in life: less competent people see themselves as professionals and qualified, while more competent people tend to doubt themselves and their abilities.The... Continue Reading →
Thought of The Day
15th November 2020 असतोमा सद्गमय ।तमसोमा ज्योतिर् गमय ।मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय ॥ॐ शान्ति शान्ति शान्तिः ।। From ignorance, lead me to truth;From darkness, lead me to light;From death, lead me to immortalityOm peace, peace, peace. Wishing everyone a Very Happy and Prosperous Diwali. 🪔
Kintsugi: The Art of Precious Scars
Kintsugi (金継ぎ, "golden joinery"), also known as Kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. Source: Wikipedia Very interesting concept. Instead of hiding... Continue Reading →
Ames Window and Feynman’s First Principle
I came across an interesting optical illusion called Ames Window. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KrpZMNEDOY This shows how the optical illusion fools our brain even though we know that the reality is different. This is a very good example to keep in mind, because our brains are really susceptible to make such mistakes, and this is... Continue Reading →
Principles: Thoughts on “Potential to Performance”
I am not an HR guy. I have never aspired to be. However, I did enjoy the HR related courses during my MBA and really liked the Professors who conducted them. I myself had to use different aspects of HR for various training/courses I have conducted. One of the topic that always interests me is... Continue Reading →
Invert, Always Invert
One of the few people I closely follow is Charlie Munger. He often cites the mathematician Carl Gustav Jacobi Jacobi while talking about his favorite mental models. The mental model he borrowed from Jacobi was that of Inversion. Jacobi said: "Invert, Always Invert" Inversion is really a powerful too and I often use it in... Continue Reading →
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