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Two Years of Joy, Happiness, and Growth
Today, I complete two years at Axelerant. TL;DR, it has been an awesome journey. Actually, that is quite an understatement as it does not fully describe the change in my professional growth during my time here. Apart from many things, I reflect that this is the longest time yet I have worked in an organization…
The best of times is now
The best of times is now.– Oprah Winfrey … Have a great day and week. We will be in the year 2011 by the time I put my next quote here. I hope you had a fun 2010 and wishing the best for 2011. Another thing: Like the quote says, the best of your times…
To be content with little is hard…
To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.– Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach … Haven’t you noticed a person with a low-end or mid-end mobile phone is usually satisfied and is content for months or even years; however, someone with a high-end phone is constantly switching phones. Similarly, someone living in a…
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase…
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.– C.P. Snow … It might as well be that Chris Gardner was finally happy with the job and founding of his own multi-million dollar brokerage firm; however, stories like these are a rarity. It needs a person who…
Ask yourself whether you are happy…
Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.— John Stuart Mill … Wikipedia defines happiness as “a state of mind or feeling characterised by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure or joy.” Each of these concepts is hard to measure or quantify to provide a meaningful quantity to happiness. Consequently, when one asks…