Life has a tendency to throw you a curve-ball every once in a while. Sometimes you catch it, and sometimes it catches you. Regardless, it's a tough world out there.
Work -- we work to live, and yet end up living to work. Such is the place we're in today. It is a kind of pathetic existence when we end up at that state. However, if we didn't have the ability to hope for a better tomorrow, what would life be? So, I go on hoping...
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Sunday, January 23, 2005
So.. I sit here pondering life, friendship and work..
I've heard a quote that says "If you want to lose a friend, go into business with him".
I personally have always taken the stance that it couldn't be right. My version of the quote goes something like "A friendship that can survive business is a friendship indeed."
To many, this may not make any sense at all, however, it is pretty evident (from several years of hard-work) that you throw a mix of money, personalities, greed, pride, and friendship into a bowl, stir up the mixture, and pretty soon you end up with either a bunch of good friends, or a rotten business.
To me, I've realized that most people are like the rustling reeds by a river bank, swaying in the wind. They sound really nice, however, they're always swaying this way or the other -- depends on which way the wind blows.
Speaking of rotten business, how does one judge a business to be rotten? Pretty simple: If every day, you don't wake up feeling excited about the possibilities ahead, well, then it's pretty rotten. It's even worse when you wake up every day dreading it.
I've realized that after many years of sweat, no sleep and no time with my family, the bottom line is that unless it costs a buck, most people don't know how to quantify it. Of course one looks at the world today and wonder what's wrong with it. It's pretty simple; Money...
On that note, a piece of advice for those of you who are young entrepreneurs; Telecommuting doesn't cut the mustard, if you want to be in control of your company. So... beware the dangers of "office politics" or in more PC words "personnel dynamics".
Anyway... enough rambling for now...
I personally have always taken the stance that it couldn't be right. My version of the quote goes something like "A friendship that can survive business is a friendship indeed."
To many, this may not make any sense at all, however, it is pretty evident (from several years of hard-work) that you throw a mix of money, personalities, greed, pride, and friendship into a bowl, stir up the mixture, and pretty soon you end up with either a bunch of good friends, or a rotten business.
To me, I've realized that most people are like the rustling reeds by a river bank, swaying in the wind. They sound really nice, however, they're always swaying this way or the other -- depends on which way the wind blows.
Speaking of rotten business, how does one judge a business to be rotten? Pretty simple: If every day, you don't wake up feeling excited about the possibilities ahead, well, then it's pretty rotten. It's even worse when you wake up every day dreading it.
I've realized that after many years of sweat, no sleep and no time with my family, the bottom line is that unless it costs a buck, most people don't know how to quantify it. Of course one looks at the world today and wonder what's wrong with it. It's pretty simple; Money...
On that note, a piece of advice for those of you who are young entrepreneurs; Telecommuting doesn't cut the mustard, if you want to be in control of your company. So... beware the dangers of "office politics" or in more PC words "personnel dynamics".
Anyway... enough rambling for now...
Friday, January 14, 2005
Finally -- I started blogging too...
My rather pesky friend Vinit convinced me to start blogging... All I asked him was how to setup a journal to share my thoughts...
This kid is annoying, I tell you... but... his parents are charming folks, so we put up with him.
This is going to be fun, and I can assure you that I will not die alone... all my friends... who shall soon no more be... will be there stabbing or shooting me (or both).
THANK YOU VINIT!
This kid is annoying, I tell you... but... his parents are charming folks, so we put up with him.
This is going to be fun, and I can assure you that I will not die alone... all my friends... who shall soon no more be... will be there stabbing or shooting me (or both).
THANK YOU VINIT!
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