Pandeeswaran Bhoopathy

“civilization advances by extending the number of operations we can perform without thinking about them.”
― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

“Driven by fear, people run for security to mountains and forests, to sacred spots and shrines. But none of these can be a safe refuge, because they cannot free the mind from fear. —THE DHAMMAPADA”
― Dennis Merritt Jones, The Art of Uncertainty: How to Live in the Mystery of Life and Love It

“The Struggle is when you wonder why you started the company in the first place. The Struggle is when people ask you why you don’t quit and you don’t know the answer. The Struggle is when your employees think you are lying and you think they may be right. The Struggle is when food loses its taste. The Struggle is when you don’t believe you should be CEO of your company. The Struggle is when you know that you are in over your head and you know that you cannot be replaced. The Struggle is when everybody thinks you are an idiot, but nobody will fire you. The Struggle is where self-doubt becomes self-hatred. The Struggle is when you are having a conversation with someone and you can’t hear a word that they are saying because all you can hear is the Struggle.”
― Ben Horowitz, The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers

“Socrates wrote, “The Unexamined life is not worth living.”
― Dennis Merritt Jones, The Art of Uncertainty: How to Live in the Mystery of Life and Love It