Mukesh Kumar

our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us, because the destiny lies above us

Hard work and Efforts are much better than the Inspiration

[Mukesh Kumar @muke_06]

"Inspiration is perishable and life goes by fast. Inaction is a particularly insidious type of risk."

💯agree @sama
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[Kunal Shah @kunalb11]

To live is to risk it all. Otherwise you're just an inert chunk of randomly assembled molecules drifting wherever the universe blows you- Rick Sanchez

Via @RickandMorty

[Mukesh Kumar @muke_06]

@RichardGibbonsX @JeffDean Lol😂

[Mukesh Kumar @muke_06]

@un1c0rnioz Inspiring work

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

Founders: Print this out and put it on the wall

[Paul Graham @paulg]

When you go talk to users, don't (just) ask them what features they want. Ask them what problems they have. In the best case this will lead you to think of features they'll love but would never have thought to ask for. And expect to go through multiple cycles of ask-and-build.

[ₕₐₘₚₜₒₙ @hamptonism]

The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

My life changed when I realized discipline was just the highest form of self-respect. It’s choosing what you want most over what you want now. It’s keeping your word. It’s an act of service to your future self.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

I tried asking myself what I'd learned after 40, and it turned out to be a lot of the most important stuff I know. At least 90% of what I know about startups, because I was 40 when we started YC. Plus everything I know about parenting and most of what I know about writing.

[Naval @naval]

When software was expensive - thin, horizontal, best-of-breed software stacks extracted rents across every business.

Now that software is cheap - value moves to vertically integrated businesses that deliver opinionated end-to-end experiences.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Fall in love with some activity and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about and it doesn't matter.

- R. Feynman

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

There are only five levels of income:

Level 1 - you work
Level 2 - your team works
Level 3 - your systems work
Level 4 - your product works
Level 5 - your money works

[Balaji @balajis]

India is building startup cities.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

WARNING: Longer post (but worth reading or bookmarking for later).

There's no such thing as too late.

A few days ago, I came across an old newspaper advice column from 2000:

Dear Abby:

I am a 36-year-old college dropout whose lifelong ambition was to be a physician. I have a very good job selling pharmaceutical supplies, but my heart is still in the practice of medicine. I do volunteer work at the local hospital on my time off, and people tell me I would have made a wonderful doctor.

If I go back to college and get my degree, then go to medical school, do my internship and finally get into the actual practice of medicine, it will take me seven years! But, Abby, in seven years I will be 43 years old. What do you think?

- Unfulfilled in Philly

Dear Unfulfilled:

And how old will you be in seven years if you don't go to medical school?

Let that one sink in for a moment.

That timeline in your head is your own creation.

It forms from a young age. We look out at the world and use what we observe to sketch out a map of how our life is supposed to go. Social media highlight reels tell us how we stack up. What we should be doing. By when. And what we can’t possibly do now.

It’s a form of inheritance. Not one we choose, but one we all get.

So, we tie ourselves in knots, just like Unfulfilled in Philly. We know what we really want, but we’re too afraid to go all in. Because to go all in is to expose yourself to real failure. To be completely naked.

But the harsh truth that Abby so elegantly highlighted is an important one:

Time is unforgiving. It doesn’t care about you. It’s moving with or without you. Whether you choose to act…or not. Whether you live the way you want…or not. Time is just going to pass.

How often do we all sit around waiting for someone else to come tap us into our own life? To give us permission to go and do the thing we want to do?

Waiting for our own Dear Abby reply to tell us it’s ok. We’re not too late. We’re right on time.

The real lesson here is recognizing that you don’t need any of that. You don’t need this post. You don’t need Dear Abby.

You get to tap yourself in. You get to choose.

You're not late. You're not early. You're exactly where your life has led you to be. And you get to decide where you go from here.

So, that thing you want to do:

How old will you be in ten years if you don’t do it?

[Mukesh Kumar @muke_06]

@SahilBloom @danielcberk Inspiring @SahilBloom 🫡

[MIT CSAIL @MIT_CSAIL]

Happy birthday, Nikola Tesla! He helped pioneer the alternating current (AC) power systems that became the foundation of modern electric power distribution.

Image v/Culver Pictures

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The older I get, the more I realize how many people waste their entire lives waiting to feel ready. Gathering more information. Creating the perfect plan. Simulating progress. Convincing themselves they’ll start tomorrow. Readiness is a myth. Action creates clarity. Do the thing.

[Chris Lakin @chrislakin]

what your risk-aversion costs you

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

“The best math you can learn is how to calculate the future cost of current decisions.”

[Mukesh Kumar @muke_06]

@drgurner thoughtful reflection!

[Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner]

Betting on yourself, and watching yourself pull it off, is the most addictive feeling in the world.