Sushi Speaks

Destiny, if you search for the meaning of the word, you might end up looking at a few different meanings. But in general, in the context of our everyday lives, destiny is something that is to happen in the future. It may be causal. "I wonder what lies in my destiny.", "I wonder where my destiny would lead me.", these are quite regular thoughts for everybody. But what exactly is destiny? Is it something that is already out there pre-written for us? Is the destiny of an individual a fixed path?  I often stumble upon these same thoughts. But everything in nature depends on the past, or some cause, just like the butterfly effect. Wikipedia definition of it in chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state. If we take the butterfly effect and apply it to our destiny, would it make sense? Absolutely! If a tiny butt...

Measuring Success We all have been at a conference or some kind of seminar where we see the anchor reading out a list of achievements of a person and introducing them to the crowd. And at times, the keynote speaker doesn't need an introduction because they might be famous. But what makes them eligible to give out talks to the public or audience? Success?  Many would say because of his achievements, experiences, or success.  I once had a small chat with a TEDx event organizer and asked them about their eligibility for being a speaker at such events. The answer, you have to be successful in your own field. We always look at achievers as successful people. But being successful, is it really that hard? What is being successful in life? Having earned a million dollars, is it a success?  A millionaire turning a billionaire, is it a success? Reaching the top position at a Fortune 500 company, is a success?  Becoming a head of state from a humble chai wala, is ...

Long Drives It has been quite some time since I wrote something here, I guess the motivation was a bit off with other things in life bothering. People with the slightest idea about me know how much I love automobiles and driving. And just the past week, I embarked on a much-awaited drive. A 1300 mile drive covering bits and parts of 6 states in the United States. As the saying goes, sometimes the best therapy is a long drive and good music. Well, it is true in my case, driving has always been a getaway for me.  Img Source I always try to find analogies between life and everything else. This drive had me thinking about two things. A planned journey always takes us from point A to point B. Life is all about trying to get from that point A to B. We tend to use a map as a guide for the journey but at times, what if we tend to switch off the navigation and take the road by intuition. We have many people around to guide us to get to our destination in life, but there are tim...