{"id":3568,"date":"2021-07-03T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T01:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/?p=3568"},"modified":"2024-12-27T15:49:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:19:29","slug":"mental-potpourri-all-in-a-days-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2021\/07\/03\/mental-potpourri-all-in-a-days-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"149: Mental Potpourri: All in a day&#8217;s Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">The fastest traveler is the human mind. In a fraction of a second it can reach moon, mars or much beyond and come back. In a day we\u00a0 think about numerous thoughts. Some are interesting and worth sharing with others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\">Starting this new series\u00a0 and naming it &#8220;Mental Potpourri&#8221;. I hope the readers will enjoy reading these thoughts. These thoughts may trigger\u00a0 a chain reaction triggering new thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><u>All in a Day\u2019s Thoughts<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 14pt;\">1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #800080;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Leadership<\/span>: Phrases that keep your team together and involved <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #800080;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">&#8220;Sorry, that was my fault.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #800080;\">&#8220;Please help me with this.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #800080; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;What is your advice on this?&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #800080; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;I trust your judgment.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #800080; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t have done it without you.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #800080; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m all ears.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #800080; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;What can I do to help?&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #800080; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;What can we do differently?&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\"><u>China and Russia both competing and cooperating in Africa.<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Few years back had picked up a new term from a talk by a management guru. The term is <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u201cCoompertion\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/em> \u2013 i.e. cooperating while competing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Wonder how long China-Russia coomperation will last?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Depends on future power equation, clash of interests and who becomes the dominant partner.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #800000;\">Also wonder if the African countries will have any say in it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\">3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #008000;\"><u>Indian Paradoxes: How True<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2021\/07\/03\/mental-potpourri-all-in-a-days-thoughts\/a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3580\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3580\" src=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-768x847.jpg 768w, https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a.jpg 775w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><u>On Retirement<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Retire to Something<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">not<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Retire from something<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333300;\">5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333300;\">Don\u2019t be pushed by your problems<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333300;\">Be propelled by your dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\"><u>Corona Virus<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Questions with no clear cut answers-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">When will third wave come?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Will it be milder or deadlier?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Is vaccine effective against new mutant versions?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Is booster dose required?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Should children be vaccinated?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">And many more\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Best is to take precautions<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;\">Stay indoors, social distancing, masks and frequent sanitisation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\">U.S. is worried that, Afghanistan will dissolve into\u00a0civil war\u00a0after the U.S. leaves and fully withdraws its troops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">Beijing <em>has filed a diplomatic complaint<\/em> with Tokyo after its deputy defense minister said Japan and the U.S. needed to &#8220;wake up&#8221; to the security threat posed by China and &#8220;protect Taiwan as a democratic country.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">At least they have stopped <strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">warning and threatening<\/span><\/em><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Theaterisation<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\">Ongoing difference of opinion between the services about the issue is a problem of viewing it form<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Worm\u2019s eye view and Bird\u2019s eye view<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">\u091c\u093f\u0902\u0926\u0917\u0940<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993366;\">\u0905\u0927\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u0924\u094b \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 &#8211; \u092a\u0942\u0930\u0940 \u092d\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; 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In a fraction of a second it can reach moon, mars or much beyond and come back. In a day we\u00a0 think about numerous thoughts. Some are interesting and worth sharing with others. Starting this new series\u00a0 and naming it &#8220;Mental Potpourri&#8221;. I hope the readers will enjoy &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/2021\/07\/03\/mental-potpourri-all-in-a-days-thoughts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;149: Mental Potpourri: All in a day&#8217;s Thoughts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,26,25,68,63,15,1],"tags":[24,47,46,52,50,40],"class_list":["post-3568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","category-best-military-quotes","category-china","category-geo-politics","category-humour","category-leadership","category-uncategorized","tag-china","tag-defence-services","tag-higher-defence-organisation","tag-strategic-thinking","tag-working-environment","tag-world-order"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3568"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8625,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions\/8625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/55nda.com\/blogs\/anil-khosla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}