warikoo Wanderings

Welcome to another edition of Wanderings.
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HELP IS OF TWO FORMS

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India is in the middle of really tough times. The second wave has hit us in a way that no one imagined and the situation is spiraling out of hand, every passing day.
It is easy for us to lose hope, to be anxious, to be stressed about the future, to worry about what's going to happen to us - our health, our education, our jobs, our families.

During this time, my humble request for all of you will be to seek help.
Share what you are feeling.
Be there for others.
Something as simple as a good morning message can change someone's mood.
Smile often.
Share a joke.
Remember happy times.
Create happy times.
Just do not hesitate to seek help.

Help is of two forms.

There is help that saves us.
Help that tells us what to do, where to go, who to speak to, how to think, what to think.
Help that solves problems.
Help that fixes things.
And that help is precious.
And hence, rare.
We may be lucky to get it. We will be luckier to get it when we need it.

And then there is help that lifts us.
Help that doesn't tell us what to do, instead tells us that we can do it.
Help that doesn't solve problems, but reminds us that everything will be ok.
Help that doesn't fix things, but is there as support when we are fixing it.
And that help is just as precious.
But thankfully, not as rare.

There are people in your life, at this very moment, who cannot solve things for you, but can surely lift you up.
Reach out to them.
Seek them out.
There is no shame in doing so.

And remember, you too may not know what the answer is.
But you can lift someone's spirits.
All is takes for you to smile, hug, wish, acknowledge.

We all need help right now.
We all can offer help right now.
Don't let go of this opportunity.

Stay safe everyone. I am praying for the wellbeing and peace of all of you :))
We will win this together.
Hugs!

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I (FINALLY) HAVE A PODCAST

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So many of you have asked me if I am coming up with a podcast.
Announcing the launch of my Podcast - it is a weekly audio dose of things on my head - around personal growth, personal finance, entrepreneurship.

It's called Woice with warikoo

Catch it on Spotify, Apple Podcast, JioSaavn, Gaana, Audiowallah​
PS: Please remember to rate it, so that I get the feedback :)

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BOOK I AM CURRENTLY READING

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This week I was gifted 2 books - one of which I haven't read and one that I have read before, loved, and will re-read.

Pranav gifted me Courage by Osho. I frankly love such audacious books. Osho in general was quite an interesting character and there are some things that he often said and did that I find resonance with (just as I do not agree with some things he proposed).

This book is a pretty powerful book and attacks the heart and mind, reminding us of the real truth. I am loving it!
Thanks Pranav :)

Shiva gifted me Essentialism: The disciplined pursuit of less. I think I read this book in 2016 or 17 and absolutely loved it. Back then I couldn't fully appreciate the book in its entirety, but I think I am ready for it again. So I am excited to pick it up and refresh my concepts.
Yay! I love looking forward to new books.

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QUOTES TO SHARE

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When things go wrong, apologize. Do not ruin an apology with an excuse.
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You can’t gain confidence if you operate with fear.
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Anyone who makes you believe that you are stuck and you don’t have a choice, is your enemy!
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If we have choices in life, or we can create choices in life, we have a way of dealing with almost everything!
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We become the stories we read, the thoughts we attend to and the reactions we chose.
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RESULTS OF LAST WEEK'S POLLS

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Last week I asked all of you

If you were to hypothetically lose 100% of your memory, which of these will help you reconstruct who you are, the most?

1. Your family
2. Your friends
3. Social media platforms
4. None of them know me well

Here are the results

51% of you said that your family will help reconstruct you, followed by (surprise surprise) 25% who said none of the them know me well, followed by 19% friends and 5% social media.

Am not surprised with the results.
It is the comments that was the interesting part.

SO MANY OF YOU - were still not sure. You seemed to have selected family because of a lack of a better option, but the number of people who indirectly said "no one, but I wouldn't want to believe that" was staggering.

But that is the truth my friends. NO ONE KNOWS US!
So if we were to lose ourselves tomorrow, we will never be the same again.

You know why is this important to know?
Because of a daily basis, YOU ARE forgetting who you were.
The games you played as a kid, the books you read, the people you liked, the subjects you enjoyed, the mindless things you used to do.
And as we grow, we begin to believe what the world tells us we are!

But they don't know us! They don't know the real you.
YOU know the real you.
DO NOT FORGET YOURSELF - please!
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THIS WEEK'S QUESTION

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If you are sad or angry or hurt, which of these do you prefer? And why?

1. Being consoled or entertained by someone else
2. Being alone and not doing anything
3. Being alone with your phone or laptop or TV

To participate, click on this link to share your response.

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ALL my emails.
​Nayi book ki amazing smell ki kasam
​(h/t: Shreyans Jain - I love that people make kasam suggestions now. haha!)