Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-23 Thread rajeev chakravarthi
This post touched a nerve. Here's my experience - I used to be an investment banker and corporate strategy (or stragedy, if you like) person. Pursuant to a showdown with the boss, I took a break in late 2011. Here's how I spent my time (or, as Terry Pratchett once wrote, "What I did in my

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-23 Thread Rajesh Mehar
I slowed down on 31 March 2011. I used to work for an FM Radio station in Mumbai (having been transfered there from the Bangalore station) and I had swiftly moved up the organizational hierarchy from being an on-air presenter (or RJ) to being creative supervisor, assistant program director to

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-23 Thread Vijay Anand
"Slowing down" - the phase in life when making money is not the priority anymore and there is the intention to expand to other interests that have been at best side projects, so that they get focus. It seems that the more i read the viewpoints, unless and if there is a) a significant windfall

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-23 Thread Venkatesh H R
It is a terrific experience reading all your thoughts. To me, it appears that most people, when talking about slowing down, are just referring to removing clutter from their lives. It doesn't mean they are actually slowing down. Indeed, in some respects they might be working harder on a few

Re: [silk] On popular protests, jallikattu and twitter revolutions

2017-01-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
The government had the right idea at the end of the day, bringing a high court judge over to explain the ordinance which had already been brought and how it actually was as close to the "permanent solution" the crowd was asking for as was feasible. They should have brought him in much earlier

[silk] On popular protests, jallikattu and twitter revolutions

2017-01-23 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
First some background to what happened: Jallikattu is a popular rural sport in Tamil Nadu that involves young men chasing fearsome bulls with sharpened horns through narrow allies and mounting them bare handed. It's an exciting, yet brutal (on the player more than the animal usually) sport for the

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-23 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
John, thanks for your hones answers. It's been enlightening to read all the answers. Charles, I hope to be as disciplined as you, one day. One of the biggest tensions in my life has been between the activist in me, who wants to change the world, and the recluse in me, who wants to run away from

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-23 Thread Radhika, Y.
​Thank you so much for your honesty John. Other accounts for slowing down always sound like they come from wherever lotuses grow (supposedly that is where Vancouverites live!). best wishes. Radhika

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

2017-01-23 Thread Charles Haynes
Your goals sound similar to mine, I too stopped working as a full time salaried employee and became a consultant. That does give you control over your time, and allows you to slow down your life, but only if you commit yourself to that. It's all too easy to let clients soak up all of your time.

Re: [silk] Gaurav Vaz - Introduction

2017-01-23 Thread Aanjhan Ranganathan
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 8:39 AM Ramakrishna Reddy wrote: > On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Gaurav Vaz wrote: > > > Hi Everyone! > > > > I finally managed to join this amazing group after years of hearing and > > reading about it. Thanks a lot Udhay for