The reality of mortality ……. In short, it means we are all going to die.

Whatever we are chasing or it chases us is going to be irrelevant very soon.

This reality actually calms me a lot. It takes all the big pains from my shoulder. And saying quietly in my ear:

“Aykut, be kind to yourself and others. It’ll all pass whatever is uncomfortable to you now. No one is going to stay in here forever. Even the richest/strongest/smartest were all gone! You are mortal, my friend!

Thank you, reality. You are a true and honest friend!

Yes. You might be so far behind in this game. But it’s ok! I know starting from ground zero without nobody’s support is challenging. I had been through the same thing. It’s lonely. It’s sucks.

On the other hand, this is our playground. Your game, your rules. It might takes longer than you think but who cares? You are here for whatever you can achieve at this limited time of period. It’s called LIFE!

Because we can 🙂 Yeah, I got it. You bunch of coders/hackers/product guys & gals are excited to launch your ideas and get all the traction. ($$$ and downloads) Maybe little bit of fame too? Get interviewed by magazines, invited by students clubs in universities ( unfortunately, nobody is going to come after the talk and take a picture with you, it’s all happening on Zoom)

Seriously why are you building a software company?

In my case, I want to optimize my customers’ time, energy, and money. They shouldn’t do anything manually what our software can easily deliver automatically. That’s it! We are in here to solve their problems.

Ask yourself again, Why are you building a software company?

Yes, I made publicly available my favorite articles to my daily newsletter readers.

I love sharing the blog posts or articles I liked. I mostly share the same friends & colleagues. My favorite articles mostly about life, reading, books, psychology, investing, startup, and many more.

Let’s make this list for my readers. It is a public link feel free to share with your “good” friends too.

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Doing good is definitely great virtue. It feels great. It makes you feel accomplished.
The next level of doing good is not expecting any return from your doing. Just do it for good sake. For eternal love & karma.

You don’t need to ask permission to tell what you know to anybody if you have already done it. Doing gives you authority. You have fieldwork experience, which speaks itself.

On the other hand, the researchers in the university always seeking approval from their professors or schools. That’s why having Ph.D. or MBA won’t give you full authority and confidence. Only doing can do that!

We are ending up doing things we really don’t want to do it because of peer pressure.

Ask yourself next time when start to do something: “ Am I doing this because I need it or someone is doing it and I must do it to keep my relationship with them? “

Life is literally is so short to hold bad feelings in our hearts. I am so peaceful these days. Do you want me to share my secret with you?

I lowered down my expectations from others almost to zero. And if they do something wrong or negative to me, I try to let go as much as I can.

We are all teachers.

Teaching our kids & parents

Teaching our friends & colleagues

Teaching…..

Also, teaching ourselves. This is the most important teaching.

If you don’t reinvent yourself almost every day, what are you going to teach others? Or you might have no mission whatsoever to teach, but still, people around you demand from you anyway. Being prepared better than being sorry!

If you interest in chatting or meeting someone, come up with 3-4 ideas that might help or their business. And share your ideas with them.

In the worst scenario, they don’t reply to you back and steal your ideas. That means your ideas are good:)