Blissful journeys of Venky Rao
Remembering Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary. Mahatma is the father of the nation but also one of the key architects of this eternal land, Bharat i.e. India.
Few are destined and mandated to shape a nations history.
1. Mahatma Gandhi – Architect of Independent India
2. Sardar Patel – Architect of United India (living in Hyderabad, always indebted)
3. PV Narsimha Rao – Architect of Modern India
4. Narendra Modi – Architect
USA and India, two major democracies of the world, complement well.
India is a land of spirituality – eternal, energetic, and the pursuit of bliss
&
USA is a land of freedom – life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
No better time than the leadership today to further it.
Howdy, Modi. wishing the event @ Houston, TX all the best.
Notwithstanding debates about future of automobile industry (uber/ola vs own-car), world economy will certainly be dictated by following:
– Generational/Aspirational Shift
– Business Model Shift
– Technology Shift
– Consumer Awareness Shift
Policy makers of all the major countries should be willing to address them in order to recalibrate for the new world.
Venky Rao #economy #catchthewave #transitions #aspirational #consumerawareness
Many times we don’t know ourselves.
We assume our identity to be the new clothes (new body for our soul) that we put on and forget our true self.
Then we keep searching everywhere to get self realisation.
We need to take a step back, reflect and look inside and we will be able to realise the self.
In search of truth – Blissful journeys of Venky Rao
केयूराणि न भूषयन्ति पुरुषं हारा न चन्द्रोज्ज्वलाः
न स्नानं न विलेपनं न कुसुमं नालङ्कृता मूर्धजाः ।
वाण्येका समलङ्करोति पुरुषं या संस्कृता धार्यते
क्षीयन्ते खलु भूषणानि सततं वाग्भूषणं भूषणम् ।।
– नीति शतकम्
కేయూరాణి న భూషయంతి పురుషం హారా న చంద్రోజ్వలా
న స్నానం న విలేపనం న కుసుమం నాలంకృతా మూర్దజా
వాణ్యేకా సమలంకరోతి పురుషం యా సంస్కృతా ధార్యతే
క్షీయంతే ఖలు భూషణాని సతతం వాగ్భూషణం భూషణం
– నీతి శతకం
keyūrāṇi na bhūṣayanti puruṣaṁ hārā na candrojjvalāḥ
na snānaṁ na vilepanaṁ na kusumaṁ nālaṅkṛtā mūrdhajāḥ |
vāṇyekā samalaṅkaroti puruṣaṁ yā saṁskṛtā dhāryate
kṣīyante khalu bhūṣaṇāni satataṁ vāgbhūṣaṇaṁbhūṣaṇam ||
– Nīti Śatakam
Translation:
Bracelets do not decorate a person, nor do necklaces glittering like the moon.Nor bath, nor smearing the body with fragrance, nor flowers, and nor decorated hair.
Nor bath, nor smearing the body with fragrance, nor flowers, and nor decorated hair.
Only that speech embellishes a person, which has been upheld with cultural refinement.
Indeed, all ornaments decay. Ornament of speech is always the real ornament.
Recently a young student shared this with me. Not just the young graduates but most of us face this at different stages of life and feel stuck. Isn’t it?
If we can’t win a stupid game, it is time to change the rules.
If we can’t change the rules, change to a better game for us.
Let that monkey and bird play that game.
There is enough water in the world for seal and fish to not only survive but have fun and live a blissful life.
Penguin will find its habitat, so are the dog and elephant and will find their strengths to blissfully live their lives rather than feeling lost and failed.
Monkey will succeed in that monkey business since even the bird will soon leave it and soar high in the skies.
Wishing all my friends in India a very happy and blissful independence day.
https://openai.com/blog/microsoft/
I would like to believe these types of deals will focus more on creating the practical aspects of stitching together disperate narrow AI together for a greater good.
I don’t think AGI as the theoretical general intelligence platform will be a reality in any foreseeable future. The concept of AGI needs new paradigm in science and technology for it ever to be a reality.
However it is realistic to expect that over the next few years, we will move towards stitching together different pieces of augmented / narrow AI systems. These will mimic a professional and not a person. AI based Medical and legal professionals that use multiple narrow AI is what we may have that can replace these professionals.
But to create AGI with personality is no where in near future. It however provides for a good theoretical discussion and media coverage.
#AI #AGI #ML #computervision #articialintelligence #artificialgeneralintelligence #neuralnetworks #chatbots #venkyrao #iamvenkyrao
Fearlessness and decision making are part of a closed loop system feeding eachother.
Fear is a natural feature built into all the species to manage risk. Managing that fear for the best next course of action aka “decision making” is what most of the personality, leadership development that we develop over time.
Each of us make decisions all the time in our daily lives.
Postponing a decision aka “procrastination” is also a decision based on the circumstantial evidence and considered to be best course of action at that time.
Sometimes delayed decisions can lead to catastrophe similar to hasty decisions.
We need to strike that correct “balance” in this decision making. It seems even more important when it impacts larger good beyond self; e.g. teams, organisation, society and countries..
Several ways we continue to learn and enhance these as we journey along..
Few things that help us in this journey include
Some of these enhance our ability to deal with the two important things – fearlessness and decision making.
More details in the next post..
please share your thoughts as well..
#decisionmaking #fearlessness #entrepreneurship #leadership #venkyrao #iamvenkyrao #boards
Today i received a message extolling the virtues of Punjab and as a tribute to its great son, Maharaja Ranjit Singh on his birthday (13th Nov 1780). Maharaja Ranjit Singh is certainly one of the great sons of this Karma Bhoomi called Bharat. The thing that irked me in the message was a reference to how king Porus of Punjab dared to stop Sikander in his world conquest. It was mainly about the use of the words Sikander and Porus, since both are
The famous Bill Gates shared a post recently on LinkedIn that the reinvented toilets are a part of 6 billion dollars annual opportunity for companies that are first to market. And also that they have a potential to save millions of lives. Impressive, huh?
Thinking of toilets:
In recent times, for myriad reasons, toilets have found a huge fan base. They seem to inspire/break love stories
Today Prime Minister of India is unveiling a tall statue of a tall leader, Iron man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. There are several discussions on his legacy.
Sardar, no doubt, is the architect of modern administratively integrated geographical India and deserves a huge respect from every Indian.
Everytime i read about Sardar, i reminisce my childhood. As a child, i grew up listening to many first hand personal stories of India’s freedom struggle
Continue reading “Sardar, Operation Polo and My Grandmother”
My in-laws were moving to another home. I enquired with my mother-in-law about the progress of the packing. She said it is pretty much done since a lot of junk that got piled up over the years has been discarded. She was happy that the moving process helped them clear unnecessary junk that got piled up over the years.
Isn’t it the same with our lives in general as well?
