Re: [silk] On self-improvement

2013-08-23 Thread Sriram Karra
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 20, 2013 8:48 PM, Sriram Karra karra@gmail.com wrote: I was asking if GTD can be considered self help. The above strongly indicates your question is really something else. If not why do you care one way or

Re: [silk] On self-improvement

2013-08-23 Thread Sriram Karra
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: The above strongly indicates your question is really something else. If not why do you care one way or the other? So, Thaths, what is your *real*

Re: [silk] On self-improvement

2013-08-23 Thread Thaths
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 7:37 AM, Sriram Karra karra@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 20, 2013 8:48 PM, Sriram Karra karra@gmail.com wrote: I was asking if GTD can be considered self help. The above strongly

Re: [silk] On self-improvement

2013-08-23 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: I began to wonder if hipster life hacking was different from self-help. Maybe the difference between the two is socio-economic? Are you saying being socio-economically backward might help in preventing the development of a large

Re: [silk] On self-improvement

2013-08-23 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have a particular view on the self-help genre? My view is that judging by the fact that platforms in India are littered with pirated copies of these books, there must be a large leadership. And I guess you meant

Re: [silk] On self-improvement

2013-08-23 Thread Thaths
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: Do you have a particular view on the self-help genre? My view is that judging by the fact that platforms in India are littered with pirated copies

Re: [silk] On self-improvement

2013-08-23 Thread SS
On Fri, 2013-08-23 at 23:23 +0530, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: Privileged kids don't usually face serious hardship that shatters their confidence until their start-up fails, their marriage tanks or their addictive habits get the better of them. While I agree with the general point you make