Super rich. I have no intention to become one, I am too lazy for that as a philosophy student. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of these super rich billionaires as it comes often in my twitter feed. It's unavoidable. Just a few decades into the past we even did not hear the word 100 billion worth individuals. It was extremely difficult to accumulate such wealth in the past as the global free economy was not well established until the Internet became a sensation. Unless you are willing to risk your life conquering cities and robbing wealth it is impossible. Nowadays we are connected globally conceptually by the world wide Web. The contribution from each individual from this vast network is going to make billionaires overnight. For that matter, consider simple math. If all the eight billion people on earth contributed one dollar to a poor person, he would be among the richest people on the planet overnight. The problem is how to make people donate one dollar? Super rich This raises the question: What do modern billionaires sell? Can we do that by selling electric cars? Consumer products? How about a futuristic phone? Or a social media network? An addicting game? A super power pill? I saw a lady who vanished after making her super rich by selling crypto, which means stealing from people. But let's get facts straight. What do these billionaires sell?  What do billionaires sell? I can give you an idea. Let's look at some billionaires, obviously the ones who are known to everyone come from the land of dreams. Let's go down the order, Elon musk claims he sells electric cars. But I say otherwise. I say Elon sells a brand of "futuristic cars" that everyone is willing to and dream of buying, an idea. Some say his cyber truck looks like a brick. But I can still see proud owners on the road. It's the Tesla brand which sells. And investors want to put their money in. Similarly, his space X doesn't sell anything significant. Yet it has miraculously accumulated funds, billions of them. Just to be burnt on the space. And it seems absurd, and this proves what he sells is not a product. But an idea of a "multiplanetary consciousness". Remarkably people respond as we all are inclined to believe in something in our lives. One or the other. Even a kid's dream would be enough if it is iced enough for the monkey mind to believe.  So let's look at some more examples. Let's look at Steve Jobs . His apple company does not sell the iPhone 16. An essential smart device which gets updated with the newest technology each year. So there would be no end to the number of iPhone as it's just an idea. Facebook sells nothing, but still accumulated a billion dollars worth as globally everyone uses it. Maybe they just get a small contribution from the amount of time you spend by paying for data. Can you see? You are just paying your one dollar indirectly by paying for your Internet service provider.  Selling Ideas Capitalizing on an idea  At this point you may think what do Magical mindful living know about being a billionaire as it is about mindfulness and philosophy . I would agree. Maybe I am day dreaming. Maybe it's just an idea. Can I sell it?. But look at Mr Warren buffet tells about being rich. And that was the whole starting point for this article. Once in an interview Mr Buffet said it is easier than ever today to become wealthy. You can just "capitalize on an idea". And this is exactly how these brands work in today's global market. It's not about the product anymore. It's about the brand and the belief of humans about the brand that matters. And you can sell anything once people believe in your brand. Maybe a prototype of a space X rocket would add a nice atmosphere into your living room. How about crypto currency? So my suggestion is if you are hoping to become an entrepreneur or a CEO, to put more focus on philosophy as it might harbour ways to be successful than any other subject.

100% delutions I have been greedy, I confess. I have been trying to achive 100% in my life. Like majority of our urban population, and by doing so have exhausted myself, as I have lost the objective of life. I am not saying ambitious about future is bad. But still the argument holds true. 50% is a damn good number in the game of numbers. Sometimes way beyond we think. Consider the following. Growth 1% rule of progressie growth. There is a rule which says, if you are 1% better than yesterday at the end of the year you will be 32% better than last year. Imagine this goes on for few years. And you will be flying high anyway without significant drainage or exhaustion. It doesn't matter what field you are in but this is a good rule to follow to show us that small things matter in life, but the magic word is "incrementation" or as Steve Jobbs puts it, "iterations" over time. Now consider 50% as a number, and that would be a far better number. 50% is not a failiure when we consider in this context. In fact in lot of competitive exams 50% considered as a pass mark. Which means you are doing just fine. 50% is 100% in life I am writing this article as I remembered a joke someone said a long time ago. It is about how 50% is applicable to life, but other than the sense of humor it harbours some important philosophy for life. The Joke is as follows. A guy says that he is in love with some girl. And he is sure this is going to work. His friend asked well, give it a number. And he goes, we are at 50%. Well that is damn good number when we consider Love. But his friend goes. That of course is my 50% She is still at 0%. It is only recently I wrote about What is a true Friendship . Above logic is also applicable to any kind of human interaction. Frendship, relationship, love. Often we cannot control the other party. But if you focus in your 50% basically it means giving your 100% into something indirectly. If the relationship, love or friendship fails the tests of time, it is not due to your fault then. You can be still satisfied and carry a positive memory as you have done everything you can. Farmer doing 50% But the logic of this 50% interactions doesn't end there. What about a human animal interaction. I have seen a guy who reared a pitbull. He has given his 50% fully commited to his loving dog. But at some point neighbours found out that he was killed by the same dog. Imagine he survived. Should be he angry and shoot the dog? I am not sure. The bottom line is no matter what you do, what you can achieve in life is 50%. Rest of the 50% comes from so called "outer world". To end up in a good number at the end of the day, we just have to focus on our 50%. Consider yourself a farmer. You prepare the land, cut down the bushes, plough the field during the drought. And at this point your 50% is done. And it is nature to follow and complete your action. Essential rain will come, and if it doesn't you are the last person on earth to be blamed. But I have seen people worring over the 50% more often, even myself as we often forget the logic of life when we are too much focussed on writing stories. Even if you do not agree 50% is 100% in our interactions with the world, I can mathematically argued that 51% winning chance is a good bet in life to take. If you would like to read that article it is here. Let's be greatful to magical number 50 today.

Fish nets I am sure you have seen some fishing. Maybe in the habit of doing it for some relaxation. There is some excitement watching someone catch a fish, maybe because of its inherent unpredictability. However this article is not at all about fishing. Yet I would talk about it a little bit more as otherwise it would be boring.  Fish net There are many ways to catch fish, from using a fishing rod, to use gigantic nets, bottom crawlers and dynamite. There are plenty of YouTube videos about fishing as well. Which again ranges from how to make a pretty amazing fly to using a harpoon. I can remember we just used our hands to catch fish in fields and streams. Plenty of time spent doing just that, and we collected these tiny fish into a bottle. Sometimes just to release them back, or take them home.  But commercial fishing is often done using nets. The fish we catch in these nets, depend on the size of the eyes of these nets. Generally small fish nets have small eyes, and ships use larger nets with big eyes. I have seen fishermen mending their nets when the sea is too rough for them to go on fishing. The idea is not to catch smaller fish, so the baby fish can survive to keep their population growth without disturbing biodiversity. And this is why nets are better than bottom crawling or using dynamite where everything moves tends to get killed. More fish nets What can you catch with a fish net? Now I have given enough background on fishing, we can talk about some philosophy. I am fascinated with the concept of nets. It has a great meaning. Imagine you want to catch something which moves. Maybe it's a fish, a butterfly or a mosquito. Maybe a moving car or a dropping parachuter or an airplane. A net is a good idea. What else is moving and difficult to catch? I would say thoughts! And information. Just like fish, they appear and disappear often faster than we need, unless we have a good net we would not be able to hold onto them. And this has great implications. Often modern methods of textbook reading and studying subjects have utilised this idea of creating a net before actual fish catching. And we call it skimming, pre studying etc.  Fish net philosophy and mindfulness Is this the only way we can think about a net? Maybe not. Once I was told by a professor when we study we need to make a good scaffolding. And to retain something better it is essential we understand core concepts which serve the purpose of a net. And this is true for any learning. Starting from kindergarten. First few years after birth we have been building our scaffolding. With sounds words colors pictures. And without this basic net we would never be able to catch any fish. As the eyes of the net becomes smaller and smaller, we are more capable of catching smaller and smaller fish. Eventually knowledge of atomic and subatomic particles. But during this process of fishing for new knowledge and concepts, we forget that it is all due to the first net that we built. It is interesting as when I look at the first few nets in life I understand that these are just imagination. Such as our number systems , English alphabet, time etc. Are totally imaginary in basic form. In Fact it is amazing how these things are created in the first place as it feels impossible and magical. This idea is captured into a world famous children's book by dr Suess “ The cat in the Ha t” Not fish nets I like to challenge myself as if there is something called a true net at all. Is there some truth in anything I have been told all these years, from my parents, teachers and countless mentors? Maybe it is wrong to think like this, to challenge a formal education and religion. But I think it is important for anyone who Is willing to understand themselves before death happens, to question the origins of all human problems. Is it this unfortunate process of weaving nets from day 1 on earth, creating all the happiness and sadness you experience today? At Least that is a good fish net to weave before choosing to be mindful tomorrow.