LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE BUSY

MoonRiver Salon 2013

A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS

Heard of Regina Spektor?

James Rhodes?

Juliette Binoche?

David Droga?

Read the Monocle?

Allwomenstalk.com?

The Rake?

Quartz?

Who do you prefer Rene Redzepi or The Roca Brothers?

Or is it Gullu meatwallah?

Who wrote the lyrics of Barfi?

AND SOME MORE….

Heard of Sarah Kay?

Jack Dorsey?

Jamie Dimon?

Alwaleed?

Do you subscribe to First Company?

Flavorpill?

The Motley Fool?

What do you think Steve Cohen is going to do next?

Ever visited Jay Z’s lifeandtimes.com?

The Chichibu Rare: tasted it?

Your views on the Miravel?

WHY AM I CURIOUS?

• Insecurity• Fear• Selfishness• Arrogance

HOW DO I STAY CURIOUS?

• I do not read newspapers. Except one. On Saturdays.• I never watch television. AT ALL.• I sleep at 9.30 pm. Wake up at 5am.• I never go out.Barring 9 days a year. Or 14, in a terrible one.• I read a book EVERY day• I spend 5 hours on the Net each day. And I never ever surf.• Socially, I am shamefully transcational.• I had a google alert on The Royal Baby. As I did on Steve Cohen.

WHAT SHOULD YOU BE CURIOUS ABOUT?

• Be curious about yourself• Be curious about what’s there• Be curious about how the world is linked together• Be curious so that you remain relevant to the relevant people:

OMG and CTFD.

SHOULD YOU WORK OR BE CURIOUS?

• Curiousity is critical to my work.• My job is to observe, absorb and connect.• It requires me to be as aware of Poonam Pandey as I must be of

neurosciences.• The Kozai Group Global leadership survey

THE WORLD WILL BELONG TO THE CURIOUS

• I fear our children’s future• Curiousity should be the plinth of education.• “What would you like to know about today?”• The Vasant Valley Project.

IN SUM

My role is just to be a bad influence, the kid standing outside the class making faces at you at your desk urging you to come out and play. And maybe I will regret that I did not work harder or make more money or drove a fancy car.

But then I don’t think I will look back. Thanks to curiousity, there is so much to look forward to.