Fixing my life in 30 days: Day 22

“aaj mein likhega.”

Been a while since I have read books. It has all been newsletters lately.

I was talking to Vidya yesterday and she said, “You always make us start a book (in the book club) but you’ll never read/finish a book.”

I was like, “Damnn, yeah. I should get back to reading books.”

So I am gonna start where I left off. I was reading The Great Mental Models and have read only the first 20 pages—don’t even remember what.

After I publish this issue, I will read at least five pages.

I love listening to Zakir Khan’s set whenever I feel low on energy or emotions. I disagree with anyone calling Zak a comedian. To me, he’ll always be a storyteller who has ~70% comedy in his set and a rollercoaster of other emotions in the remaining part.

I remember watching Tathastu on Prime when it was released and I cried like a baby at the climax. “This was supposed to be a comedy show” I thought and then I realized how Zak’s more of a storyteller.

Cringe is important.

Be it the knowledge you consume, movies you like, things that you do in friendships or romantic relationships—there is stuff you do which feels eww to even yourself, but you still like doing it.

I mean, I don’t know why I watch some movies but I still do. I have two different emails for YouTube—one for the biz stuff and all and the other for cringe videos. I say/do things with my friends that I wish would never get caught on camera.

Cringe might not be productive but it is significant. I don’t know how to explain this—if you’re someone who enjoys cringe, I think you get what I mean.

I am heavily inspired by what Rana Daggubati does in Telugu cinema.

Irrespective of who is releasing what movie, he is always there supporting good films. It doesn’t matter if the leads are newcomers or his competitors, so to speak, he is always present.

I want to do the same in the creator economy. I like friendships and I hardly see people support each other’s work publically. All I am trying to do is to make more friends and be their biggest cheerleader.

This is my favourite Rana reel.

You can’t be slow as a leader.

Building a team is hard. One thing I am struggling with currently is to stay up to speed. In most cases, my team is up and ready to crunch every task I give but I am just making them wait because I am unable to streamline things and get my shit together.

This can be demotivating to the team—and sometimes it’s possible for ‘em to lose interest.

I just can’t afford to be lazy. I can’t afford to be slow.

Okay I got a few more thoughts but this is a good length to wrap at.

The day was good but I am sick and having a bad stomach ache. I hope things get better tomorrow.