Meditate. www.artofliving.org- their basic part 1 course is a great place to start, or the Sahaj samadhi meditation course.
Let go of the desires- they are at the root of the feeling of despondency. It’s not like fulfilling one’s desires is a path to happiness. Enough successful people are miserable for us to know that that is not the answer to the problem.
Your life is bigger than success and failure.
Stop thinking about yourself- what about me, etc. That’s the formula for depression. Start thinking of how you can make the world a better place. That will give you a renewed vision for your life.
And whatever goals you do set, action the small stuff first. Take a small goal, like, I will wake up by x time tomorrow. And just focus on that one goal. One thing at a time. Baby steps. Don’t overwhelm yourself with big goals and big plans, and then curse yourself for not living upto them. It’s a recipe for frustration. Small goals, and go for consistent accomplishment of said goal for a sustained period of time, like say, 7 days. And then increase gradually. Just do this much for now.
Finally- if you google this, there will be countless examples of successful people who were late bloomers. Some even in their 60/70s! Sometimes, things happen which are outside of our control and we can’t really blame ourselves for the way things turned out. So, don’t be hard on yourself. Be kind to yourself and, let yourself off the hook.
Whether we succeed or fail, one day we are all going to be dead and gone. It doesn’t matter anyway. But first, to get outside of this pattern of self blame and frustration, take up small achievable goals, and be consistent in them for short periods of time. That will gain you some self confidence, and if you start meditating, a fresh bunch of ideas will simply flow into your life. All will be well. Trust and have faith that your problems are getting solved, and there is a power with you that is taking you through all the problems. You are not alone. You are never given something that you cannot handle.
Have faith. Lots of love.
Am Raaghavv, and am looking for a technical co-founder for my company Starcast.com. We are in talks to receive seedfunding from a top tier VC fund, and so this post couldn't have revived at a better time for us.
Am based b/w Mumbai & Bangalore, India, and am building a marketplace/network ala airbnb/angelist for the media & entertainment industry which is currently to begin with focused on acting talent finding opportunities & resources.
Following the do-things-that-don't-scale approach, I dropped out of an active acting career to start an talent management agency where I personally represent and manage other acting talent (pitching, negotiations, coordination), thanks to which I now have even more credibility and networks across all verticals in the industry (casting, production, direction, PR), as well as profitability based on our commission model.
Am looking for a technical rockstar who can benefit from my domain expertise and networks to help build a management software for actors as a starting point, as most actors in India are unrepresented until they become famous. This would track project information, dates, monies, contacts, and so on, and gradually we can add service providers and other members of the industry to create accounts and build workflows, micro tools and tech enabled services to create a sticky ecosystem which makes day-to-day functioning of the industry, which is currently run a bit ad-hoc, more streamlined, organised and systemised.
Please write to me at raaghavvchanana@starcast.com, and we can schedule a time to zoom and take this conversation further.
Am Raaghavv, and am looking for a technical co-founder for my company Starcast.
Am based b/w Mumbai & Bangalore, India, and am building a platform/community/market-network ecosystem ala angelist/airbnb for the media & entertainment industry which is focused, to begin with, on acting talent finding opportunities & resources.
Following the do-things-that-don't-scale approach, I dropped my career as an actor and started an actor management agency where I personally represent and manage other acting talent (pitching, negotiations, coordination), thanks to which I now have even more credibility and networks across all verticals in the industry (casting, production, direction, PR), as well as profitability based on our commission model.
Am looking for a technical rockstar who can benefit from my domain expertise and networks to help build a management software for actors as a starting point, as most actors in India are unrepresented until they become famous. This would track project information, dates, monies, contacts, and so on, and gradually we can add service providers and other members of the industry to create accounts and build workflows, micro tools and tech enabled services to create a sticky ecosystem which makes day-to-day functioning of the industry, which is currently run a bit ad-hoc, more streamlined, organised and systemised.
With the help of a technical advisor friend and an intern, I have managed to get built an influencer search engine as that’s what developed traction over covid, however, now that the industry is getting back to its feet, we’re expanding to allow for submissions of talent enquiries across other talent types as well (actors & models).
Please write to me at raaghavvchanana@starcast.com, and we can schedule a time to zoom.
SEEKING INTERN for a Full-Time Junior Frontend Developer
Paid Position in MUMBAI/BANGALORE
- 0-2 years of hands-on experience in working on javascript and any advanced javascript framework like React, Vue, Angular.
- You will be part of the seed team at a young startup in the entertainment industry! We are an on-demand agency for performing and creative talent, building a marketplace of acting talent.
- You'll learn about all aspects of a young tech business.
- Someone raring to go for broad startup tasks - across the stack. Expect tasks to be defined at a high level.
- You would have the ability to assess trade-offs, take decisions, and build out modules and applications from scratch.
- Can easily work with APIs, specifically on the web.
- Able to take technical mentorship, and run with it (our team has mentors and advisors who lead engineering teams at YC companies.)
- You will learn best practices of building solid scalable applications, on the latest stack.
KRA :
i. Should be able to build the frontend interface as per the design
ii. Should be able to integrate the frontend with the backend APIs
iii. Should be able to implement the interactions like animations etc
iv. Should be able to design the structure of the code for any given application
If you are quick with technology, hands-on with web, get in touch. We'll start a conversation and see how we can work together.
Get in touch with us with your CV at work@starcast.com
SEEKING FREELANCER Junior Frontend Developer in MUMBAI/BANGALORE
Paid Position
- 0-2 years of hands-on experience in working on javascript and any advanced javascript framework like React, Vue, Angular.
- You will be part of the seed team at a young startup in the entertainment industry! You'll learn about all aspects of a young tech business.
- Someone raring to go for broad startup tasks - across the stack. Expect tasks to be defined at a high level.
- You would have the ability to assess trade-offs, take decisions, and build out modules and applications from scratch.
- Can easily work with APIs, specifically on the web.
- Able to take technical mentorship, and run with it (our team has mentors and advisors who lead engineering teams at YC companies.)
- You will learn best practices of building solid scalable applications, on the latest stack.
KRA :
i. Should be able to build the frontend interface as per the design
ii. Should be able to integrate the frontend with the backend APIs
iii. Should be able to implement the interactions like animations etc
iv. Should be able to design the structure of the code for any given application
If you are quick with technology, hands-on with web, get in touch. We'll start a conversation and see how we can work together.
Get in touch with us with your CV at work@starcast.com
Let go of the desires- they are at the root of the feeling of despondency. It’s not like fulfilling one’s desires is a path to happiness. Enough successful people are miserable for us to know that that is not the answer to the problem.
Your life is bigger than success and failure.
Stop thinking about yourself- what about me, etc. That’s the formula for depression. Start thinking of how you can make the world a better place. That will give you a renewed vision for your life.
And whatever goals you do set, action the small stuff first. Take a small goal, like, I will wake up by x time tomorrow. And just focus on that one goal. One thing at a time. Baby steps. Don’t overwhelm yourself with big goals and big plans, and then curse yourself for not living upto them. It’s a recipe for frustration. Small goals, and go for consistent accomplishment of said goal for a sustained period of time, like say, 7 days. And then increase gradually. Just do this much for now.
Finally- if you google this, there will be countless examples of successful people who were late bloomers. Some even in their 60/70s! Sometimes, things happen which are outside of our control and we can’t really blame ourselves for the way things turned out. So, don’t be hard on yourself. Be kind to yourself and, let yourself off the hook. Whether we succeed or fail, one day we are all going to be dead and gone. It doesn’t matter anyway. But first, to get outside of this pattern of self blame and frustration, take up small achievable goals, and be consistent in them for short periods of time. That will gain you some self confidence, and if you start meditating, a fresh bunch of ideas will simply flow into your life. All will be well. Trust and have faith that your problems are getting solved, and there is a power with you that is taking you through all the problems. You are not alone. You are never given something that you cannot handle. Have faith. Lots of love.