The Worth of 900 Million Smiles

The Facebook ends flat around its IPO price at Nasdaq after months long hype around it. There is so much talk going around the media houses that no one has any clue who to follow. The criticism lobby is huge. Somebody even mentioned that Facebook is like Ponzi scheme. Irrespective of such a big negative lobby stock never traded below its IPO price.

You believe them or not but few guys in casual hoods created history today. The listing broke many records today and you can read about them in any nook and corner newspaper. Today I would like to congratulate all Facebook team to reiterate the importance of conviction and value of human idea if implemented correctly (In this case $100 Billion). Could you ask more?

Now let’s talk about the valuation mathematics which says company doesn’t have any stable revenue model and even if we talk about now, when it reached probably it max user penetration it is trading 107 times last year’s earning. All logic seems true on the paper and maybe turns up right in future which no one can predict but we are missing an emotional variable here.

Facebook has been grown on passionate and emotional ideology. This Platform which brings smile on 900 million people faces every day and maybe more in future, no valuation seems justified. This is a platform which facilitated numerous birthday parties, marriage gatherings, flash mobs and in few cases facilitated even regime changes. Can you really put a price tag on it? I don't think so.

Facebook is a part of life for at least 500 million people who login daily on it and they all want it to be successful. I see this as not a high valuation of stock but a token of respect from every user for everyone who were involved in creation of this magnificent platform and shared it free of cost.

Facebook success not only showcases power of software technology in redefining humanity but also re-establish Silicon Valley position as hub of it. I see promoters of these giant Silicon Valley companies as superheroes of real world which keep many countries leadership on their toes. Let’s see what comes next…

What If...

What if you think beyond your office work which needs to be completed tomorrow? What if you think beyond your friends who did not make call or the friend who is making multiple calls? What if you think beyond religious and cultural beliefs, think beyond judging people, think beyond social and national boundaries? What if you think beyond complex financial world, think beyond political uncertainty, think beyond irritating unmoral corrupt culture creeping into us and think beyond consequences of it? What if you think beyond of the pseudo-intellectual journalism, think beyond articles of already exposed biased media houses or think beyond politicians who are trying to curtail our freedom. What if you think beyond celebrity’s lifestyle, think beyond who is making what or think beyond being a millionaire?

What if you think beyond yourself and just then someone shake you and say “Stop thinking and start working”.

Another Year Of Expectations

Each new year comes with lots of dreams, expectations, desire, hope and an increased degree of responsibility. In all the chaos of life we often ignore last point. We all make bunch of plans and tie ourself with loads of expectations form us which fizzle out in coming months.

Very interestingly lots of corporate houses efficiently cash on this common practice in our society. I fortunately got a chance to meet product strategist of one of leading fitness product company. He has given me data which reflect how thier product sales sky rocket in first 3 month of the new year and subsides later on. They launch most of there product in this season and try to maximise profits in that duration.

Fitness is continuous desire of any individual but this example shows how we tie up our desire with new year and fail to sustain it (in majority of cases). This was most common example in all and if you look out you will find many such examples around you. Whatever the psychological factors are but we should not leave something which we love to do most. So lets take up all previous year and new year resolutions and try to execute it again because you are not failed unless you stop trying.

Have a eventful year ahead!! All the best!!

P.S. If you don't have any resolutions just like me so lets pledge that we will keep looking this year so we get something by next year till then lets be diligent and responsible in everything we do. :)

Nothing Changed !!

Life comes full circle for him. 10 year back he was sitting the same place under the same cloud and same serene sound of waves waiting to watch each wave bulge to the shore. Nothing has changed neither in him nor in the place. The only difference he found is the waves are a little less enthusiastic to come to shore or he is sitting a little far from the shore. That is it. Nothing else has changed. One more thing maybe moon is a little smaller then before maybe here is another distance effect. Last morning there was something in paper about smaller moon etc he never paid attention to astronomical theories. Anyways nothing has changed in moon except some additional minor scars on the face. Life must have been tough on him as well. Few clouds are missing from the sky may be due to global warming effect they may have starved to death or just evaporated. Others are also look a little lean maybe due to grief of separation for their dear ones. Still not bad and yes he can feel some change is air odor as well. It has more dryness in it now before it was very cool and soft and its direction was very much consistent but this time it feels like it is undecided or rather say confused about where to go. He just noticed that all of these are staring up on him un-flickered, un-fidgeted before they were like a free soul without bothering about anyone’s presence. It seems that they are asking him..
Are we changed or is that you?

Most Persistent Human Emotion

The title must have created some curiosity in you so let me describe this a little more. Here we are going to talk about one of the most persistent and widely misinterpreted human emotion. This emotion was with us from the history of evolution most of our spiritual books talk about it. Take a glimpse of it in Ramayana when Ram showcased it killing Raavan or feel it in Mahabharata conflict. Yes you guessed it right.
it is "Revenge".

As a human we care most about it. Most of us give our self a reason to take beauty off from others life using this simple reason, revenge. We love it we enjoy it we celebrate it even going further we teach it and justify it.

Most of world's conflict are justifiable based on this simple human emotion. Take examples of some most flared up conflicts of today's world.

•Israel justifies bombing Palestine because they perform terrorist activities against them vs. Palestine justifies sending suicidal bombers to Israel because they bomb them.

•In our own country somebody took revenge and burned many people alive and for the same reason some other people took revenge and massacred thousands of people and after than various parts of India bombed and claiming organizations justified it because of massacre happened on them.

•Most talked about calamity caused by this emotion in recent time was collapse of WTC and aftermath of it killing many thousands of people. Still many countries are involved counterattacking each other encircling same emotion.

The more we talk about it more examples we find. You would hear less stories about somebody sacrificed his or her whole life for some cause other than this. Here we can argue that love can counter it and in many cases you are right but here is the catch. In all cases revenge origination point is love be it love for country, love for religion, love for family, friend anything but you will hardly find any case where revenge originates love. So who is going to persist? Answer is clear!!

It is everywhere, It is spread throughout our lives we want to get away with it but somehow also embrace it. There is no way out. It was there before our existence, It will remain all along our life and it will sustain even after we perish.

As title suggests, it is truly most persistent human emotion.