The history of scientific innovation started from the discovery of fire. (not a fact, opinion) If rubbing two rocks together could give you energy in a form that generated both heat and light at the same time, then there is ample output that can be expected from people sitting in a room and brainstorming. Which is why having a team became the next big thing for us humans.

1. “Divided We Fall”

(Yabba Dabba) Doo It With Your Tribe! | Photo Courtesy Of — Pixabay

Homo Sapiens are social animals, because in unity there’s strength. But in unity, there’s also exclusivity. With time we learned that Homo Sapiens are also — DIVERSE! And with diversity, comes differences. Count on the capitalist vision to derive levels of status and class out of these differences. Which is the unique problem I want to tackle.

Stop with the differential treatment.

2. “Survival Of The Fittest” — True But Unnecessary

“Survival of the fittest” is true but not necessary | Photo Courtesy Of — Pixabay

Darwin died centuries ago, and since then science has taken a million turns. The definition of “fittest” has changed and evolved over time. The fittest human is not necessarily the best version of humanity. Which brings me to my point that — survival of the masses should be our aim, because even a leader needs a team to lead and empower.

Now diversity makes us all differ in terms of opinions, appearance, thoughts, perspective, colour, creed, interests…so on and so forth. But there’s one thing that all humans strive for from the day they sense rationality — a sense of purpose. Humor me this — what’s the purpose of your existence? I am not going to delve in the philosophical aspect of this question but rather the radical outlook. What are you as an individual and professional, investing your time and skills into? If you know it, great. If you don’t, then take a break and introspect.

3. Why Build Anything?

If I reach my goal, what then? | Photo Courtesy Of — Pixabay

Sometimes I wonder about the human obsession with innovation in 2019. Since the discovery of fire, humans have dedicated themselves to scale their innovations and propagate their discovery to greater lengths and heights. Be it Alexander or Hitler or for that matter the Mongols. Even though Mongols were majorly looking for a place to settle down and were quite inclusive in the long term, most others were looking to colonize, convert or in Hitler’s case, murder the masses.

This was thankfully in the past, when only a few who attained some knowledge were disillusioned by the sense of power that came with it. In a global world, we are still tackling the power of influence, but still there’s a check of power. Thanks to Batman, a generation of leaders know that —

“With great power, comes great responsibility”

4. Too Much Power Induces Loneliness

Most leaders are bad family people | Photo Courtesy Of — Pixabay

A country run by entrepreneurs is an Utopian dream and even if we do realize the dream, what’s going to be the outcome of the same? Hopefully, jobs for all. But if there is no work life balance, then it could also mean hollow humans running institutions with no goal in mind. Which could lead to corrupt behavior, a sense of meaningless existence and simultaneously a corrupt system.

“With great power, also comes a sense of loneliness”

5. Team Vs Family

Is your team your family? If not, then build a family outside workplace | Photo Courtesy Of — Pixabay

How do we strike a balance? — Go home. Build a product but also build a place you can call home. It could be your workplace, but remember to take responsibility for what you are building, don’t get beaten up by that responsibility, give people credit and choose transparency over hierarchy. (Words coming out of someone who led small teams as a child, so this could come across as naive, even though I strongly believe that the younger me was quite the leader, unabashed by the opinions of others)

It’s like we barely ever sit ourselves down and think of the long term plan. Entrepreneurs today think short term, they want to build something and either scale it or sell it. There is no long term 10 year plan, because no one likes to be bound in the world we live in. Also because we all need the money and a little rush of dopamine to keep our spirits high. The millennial is an addict.

Conclusion

Not like I am sure that my idea is cutting it and is big enough to kill the clutter, I have only just begun. But while I would love to instantly scale it, I would do what most entrepreneurs call a sin — take a break and do my research.

Plan, plan, plan and then pour it all out in an organised way | Photo Courtesy Of — Pixabay

First question I will pose to myself — does the world even need the product that I am building? If not then why am I building it? Easy money must not be the spirit of entrepreneurship or so I would like to believe, because otherwise I would like to call myself a change agent and not a social entrepreneur.

What do you think? Agree, disagree, don’t care? Let me know in the comments. I look forward to the debate.