warikoo Wanderings

Welcome to another edition of Wanderings. Hope all of you And your loved and known ones are doing safe.

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THE REASON YOU ARE SCARED...

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Just an hour back I got an email. An email that in some shape and form I get everyday.

I have a decision to make. And 2 choices in front of me. Which one should I chose?
Sounds familiar, right?

Until, I read the choices.
IT IS so obvious to me which is the right choice to make.
In fact, the way the question has been posed, it is obvious that the writer too wants to make the same choice.

So then, why are they asking?
What are they scared of?

Here is what they are scared of.
They do not know if they will have the same choices again in life!

Here is the deal about humans.
We feel the most powerful, when we have choices in life.
Ever wondered why most of us like money? Because it gives us choices.
Ever wondered why we like when we have multiple college, job offers, even relationships to chose from?
We have choices.

WE LOVE CHOICES!

But if we love choices, it is obvious that we are scared of losing them.
There is a twist to this though.
We are scared FAR MORE, if we do not know how we got to these choices.

Let’s say you have a job offer (and a lucrative one at that) and admission to a top college for your MBA.
It is a good spot to be in, right? You have choices.
But most of us will dread being in this spot. You know why?
Because we do not know how exactly did we get here?
We do not know if we can replicate these same choices again in life.
If we take up the job, will I get admission again in the future, for my dream MBA?
If I take up the MBA, will I clear the interview of this company again?

Whenever we have lived our life in a way that seems like we landed where we have because of luck and not design, we will ALWAYS feel scared.
Because luck, is unpredictable. And we can’t trust that.

What does this mean?
In life, for you to feel powerful when you are sitting on choices, you have to have the path to create those choices AGAIN in life.
If you can, you will cherish choices coming your way.
If you can’t, you will dread making these decisions!

Luck may have played a very big part in our life.
But not knowing how it played a part, is leaving our life to chance!

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HOW TO LEARN FROM FAILED RELATIONSHIPS

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A new episode on this was launched on my Podcast “Woice with warikoo”

You can check it out on Spotify. Or search for Woice on your favorite podcast platform.

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BOOK I AM READING RIGHT NOW

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Finished “Can’t Hurt Me” and I have to say it is one of the strongest autobiographies I have ever read. I didn’t think any book could come close to how much I enjoyed “The Shoe Dog” by Phil Knight (Nike’s founder), but this book comes reall really close.

Some other really good (auto)biographies that I have liked in the past

​Albert Einstein​
​Andre Agassi​
​Charlie Chaplin​
​Steve Jobs​
​Mahatma Gandhi​
​JRD Tata​
​APJ Abdul Kalam​

Also, thanks so much for the lovely lovely recommendations so many of you shared. I am compiling them and will share them next week.

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QUOTES TO SHARE

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You can be kind, while still being selfish.
​(Share on twitter)

If being nice to people supersedes being truthful to people, you are not an effective leader.
​(Share on twitter)

Do not mistake starting slow as starting small.
​(Share on twitter)

We feed off the feeling of progress. If you are struggling to find motivation, it’s most likely because you are struggling to feel progress.
​(Share on twitter)

Sometimes slowing down for the other person, saves a relationship!
​(Share on twitter)

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RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK’S QUESTION

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Last week, on the topic of relationships, I had asked you, which of these is true for you right now

1. I am not in a relationship right now
2. I am growing faster than my partner
3. My partner is growing faster than me
4. We are growing at the same pace

Pretty telling of the audience of this newsletter, 53% of you are not in a relationship right now. 18% of you feel you two are growing at the same pace, 16% of you feel you are growing faster than your partner, 13% of you feel your partner is growing faster than you.

Very interesting :)

Thank you for all the lovely email replies I received for this, where people bared themselves and the relationships they have been in or are going through. Grateful :)

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THIS WEEK’S QUESTION

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Which one of these best reflects who you are

1. I take decisions very quickly, mostly based on data
2. I take a long time to take decisions, based on data
3. I take decisions very quickly, mostly based on gut/intuition
4. I take a long time to take decisions, based on gut/intuition
5. I can’t decide :)

To participate, click on this link to fill up the answer (it is an anonymous survey).

Ofcourse, at any point, it will be lovely to hear from you as well. Simply reply to this email to write to me. I may not reply to all emails, but I read all my emails.
ALL MY EMAILS.
​(Naturals ki Alphonso mango ice cream flavour ki kasam)

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