I was hearing to this song by bulle shah called aik alif, which talks about the importance of knowing oneself. At the end of the day that is all that you need.
When I read a lot of self advice and self improvement talks, articles, books etc. one of the first and foremost thing that they all talk about is about knowing oneself. Understand my inner value system, understand what drives my thought process, know my emotional quotient.
I think I have always been someone who has been a hoarder or information of sorts. When I first started using internet I was fascinated with the wealth of data available everywhere. I was fascinated with movies, music, pictures, softwares etc. I used to visit a lot of forum websites, you know the underground ones with what used to be called "pirated" stuff. I used to take a lot of interest in what movies/music albums were available online and what weren't. How to have all the information centralized in one place and make it open access to all. With this view, I also developed a website of my own. Not that I did all the coding, but it was based on the simple machines forum architecture, more commonly know as SMF. I have spent a considerable amount of time understanding the coding behind it and install new features. All for the love of organizing and sharing. Long before Panoramia came in, I had started collating multiple pictures with the intent of being able to provide an experience to a person about a place. I think there were lot many ideas that I had which later became popular and successful ventures. The problem was that I just used to think about them and more importantly I used to think about them all alone.
Anyways, this streak has continued till date. I thereafter took an MBA in HR and as I came out in the industry as a practitioner. here too I found that there is just so much content like books, articles, videos, webinars etc. that is disbursed across so many channels and I keep making plans about how this can all be brought to one place so that the topic can be understood and made more comprehensive.
Thinking about all this, I think I have an inherent inclination towards being a librarian of sorts. But then we chase fancy jobs and fancy things that they can provide. When I first started working, I was fascinated by the area of knowledge management. I think I didn't explore it much. I think I should look at it with more depth and see what kind of career I can make out of it and more importantly it's relevance in today's world. At the end of the day, we need to look where we can add more value. And the happiest people are those, who are adding value by doing the work that they can relate to and want to do, day in and day out.
When I read a lot of self advice and self improvement talks, articles, books etc. one of the first and foremost thing that they all talk about is about knowing oneself. Understand my inner value system, understand what drives my thought process, know my emotional quotient.
I think I have always been someone who has been a hoarder or information of sorts. When I first started using internet I was fascinated with the wealth of data available everywhere. I was fascinated with movies, music, pictures, softwares etc. I used to visit a lot of forum websites, you know the underground ones with what used to be called "pirated" stuff. I used to take a lot of interest in what movies/music albums were available online and what weren't. How to have all the information centralized in one place and make it open access to all. With this view, I also developed a website of my own. Not that I did all the coding, but it was based on the simple machines forum architecture, more commonly know as SMF. I have spent a considerable amount of time understanding the coding behind it and install new features. All for the love of organizing and sharing. Long before Panoramia came in, I had started collating multiple pictures with the intent of being able to provide an experience to a person about a place. I think there were lot many ideas that I had which later became popular and successful ventures. The problem was that I just used to think about them and more importantly I used to think about them all alone.
Anyways, this streak has continued till date. I thereafter took an MBA in HR and as I came out in the industry as a practitioner. here too I found that there is just so much content like books, articles, videos, webinars etc. that is disbursed across so many channels and I keep making plans about how this can all be brought to one place so that the topic can be understood and made more comprehensive.
Thinking about all this, I think I have an inherent inclination towards being a librarian of sorts. But then we chase fancy jobs and fancy things that they can provide. When I first started working, I was fascinated by the area of knowledge management. I think I didn't explore it much. I think I should look at it with more depth and see what kind of career I can make out of it and more importantly it's relevance in today's world. At the end of the day, we need to look where we can add more value. And the happiest people are those, who are adding value by doing the work that they can relate to and want to do, day in and day out.
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