Category: Personal
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Learning from others in meetings
In the past few years, I had spoken with 100s of founders, engineers, product leaders, marketers, and investors. I am excited about the variety of people I speak with. Each one brings unique perspective and depth from their area. There is a lot to learn from them. There are two distinct groups that I have…
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Quartile – build words from tiles
Quartile is the new word game from Apple News+. It started life in June 2024. It is simple, beautiful, and challenging. The game asks one to build as many words from the tiles, represented as tiles in a 5 x 4 grid (5 rows and 4 columns). The idea is to form words with 1…
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Grand Canyon R2R Hike (Oct 2023)
Last November I completed my first marathon. It was a great experience. Some friends asked me about what is next. There are people who continue to do more marathons and naturally that is a good thing to continue. Coincidentally I heard from my wife about the possibility of doing a hike across the Grand Canyon.…
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Book: The War of Art
Recently, I heard about this book The War of Art from a friend of mine. Steven Pressfield, the author describes the major challenges many people face when creating new artifacts. All people including authors, artists, architects, composers, entrepreneurs, et al face the challenge. Some of them face a stable employment or income issue. However most…
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My first marathon run
For nearly a decade, I had dreamt of running a full marathon. For many years, running a 3-4 miles seemed to be the psychological limit. Brain rapidly sent instructions to stop the body; the body complied dutifully. A few times, the body won over the brain, and I still completed half marathon runs. Still, the…
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Why we remember teachers and the lessons I learned
Each country has its own traditional day for celebrating teachers and teaching (see here). In India, Sep 5th is celebrated as Teacher’s Day. Happy Teachers Day! On this day, the usual activities and classes are replaced by activities of celebration, thanks and remembrance. Sometimes the senior students may teach to show appreciation for the teachers.…
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India at 75! Happy Independence Day
Time has the perfect ability to slowly and steadily move forward. I wasn’t around when India got its independence. The country was born in the midnight, forged in solidarity after many sacrifices from millions. Life would not have been easy then. My dad, who was in the elementary school, recalls their assembly to celebrate the…
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Bike Ride to Sequim WA
The last few weeks have been good for running and biking. Six years back, I did a long distance ride of about 115 miles. I was interested in repeating such a long distance bike ride. In particular, I was interested in biking from Bellevue, WA to Sequim, WA. My family was concerned about my interest…
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My (first) longest run in Seattle
Seattle has a beautiful landscape with lakes and mountains. For many years I have been dreaming of running on the Lake Washington bridges in Seattle. I always found it harder to run past 3 miles. Often the brain will tell me that I had done enough and push me to stop. Starting in 2021, I…
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Out and about with CEGO
Two events catalyzed my move to run more often and continuously. One was the desire to conquer the fears and run a full marathon. Another was the chance meeting with an avid group of runners in the summer of 2021. One suggestion I received was to share with others and hence get support. I founded…