The Speed of Trust – Built Slowly, Lost in a Hurry!

I read this blog post by Gapingvoid yesterday about Trust. In the post they share the story of Robert Goodman and Jesse Jackson and how Jesse freed Robert from Syria by changing the game – from one government against another, to one human fighting for the freedom of another. Jackson had built his reputation as a humanitarian. One decision, one action at a time. The same is true for all of us. Trust and reputation are created slowly – one decision, one action at a time, drip by drip. It is depleted in a hurry – one decision and one […]

Rules to Live By

Premise: We live in a world that changes faster than we can make sense of to respond in any meaningful fashion. In such scenario, how we respond to the changes around us can have a significant impact on our lived experience. The best way that I have found to respond to such a scenario is to build for ourselves a set of guiding principles that determines our response to any given situation. I call them my rules to live by. Having thought about them and intentionally listed them down helps me make quick decisions (and sometimes even subconsciously) so that […]