Sumit Gupta (aka sumit4all)

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Startups – The how and why to fighting and winning against stronger opponents?

I was never among the physically stronger kids during my childhood. And since fist-fights among kids are not uncommon, I had to devise other ways to tackle my opponents rather than relying on only my physical strengths. At times you get beaten up, but since you know you can’t overpower someone you start hitting the areas where they might be most vulnerable. Sometime you just wait and pass

Posted under Career, Entrepreneurship | 2 comments

Why I keep putting my fingers in the electric socket?

As a kid, I used to have a knack of putting my fingers in the electric sockets at home. Worse, as my parents have told me many times, I knew to turn on the switch before sliding my finger. My parents say they used to pull me, or block the sockets with tapes to prevent me getting electric shocks, but still I remember a few times I was left with burnt fingers. One incident which I very clearly re

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10 Things Not to Do in the New Year

I can without doubt say that 2011 was my best year ever, and I am grateful for a lot of things which happened this past year. As we all move ahead into the new year 2012, I want to list out ten things which we all should not do in the years and decades ahead. As h

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India, Its Government, the Opposition and Anna Hazare

With the recent Anna Hazare led movement against corruption and the amazing support that it has received from the common man, everybody is busy pointing out the failure of the government. The media, social activists and the common man, have all come out and cr

Posted under Politics | 2 comments

10 Things I am thankful for in the year 2011

As another year (2011) nears to an end, it’s time to look back at what all I did (or didn’t do) this year, and what were the various joys, sorrows, mistakes and lessons over the last 11 months. When I look back, I realize that 2011 has been nothing but amazing for me. The kind of things I have done in this year, I would not have even imagined on Jan 1 this year, and I am totally exc

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Five more lessons from Peaceful Warrior

As I wrote in my previous article on Peaceful Warrior and the lessons from it, I watch this movie quite often. It tend to dissolve my doubts and questions and give me a new insight every time I watch it. And there is a lot more to learn from this movie than what I wrote in t

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Startups – The how and why to fighting and winning against stronger opponents?

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Startups – The how and why to fighting and winning against stronger opponents?

I was never among the physically stronger kids during my childhood. And...

Jan 17, 2012 / 2 comments / Read More

Pick A Fight

Pick a Fight – How we do it, and what all have we done so far?

It has been 4-5 months now since the seeds were sown for ...

Sep 12, 2011 / No comments / Read More

Travel

How Motorcycle Riding makes you Live in the Moment?

Motorcycle Riding is much more than an adventure activity. You get the...

Sep 06, 2011 / 1 comment / Read More

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