Sri Goduru Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:38:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Be More Productive! Tue, 30 Jun 2020 08:44:16 +0000

Would you like to have a badass Week, Month, Year, and Life?

Want to get so much done that you are a different person the next week?

For that, you have to be a different person this week.

I love mathematics because it’s brutally honest. Unlike language, There is no jargon. You can pretty much solve universe’s biggest problems if you can bring them down to pure mathematics. It’s the sacred masculine.

So I would like to define productivity as :

Productivity = creation of value/ time. ( Inspired by this blog post)

So to increase productivity we increase the value or decrease time.

Value = Impact x Endurance x Essence x Volume


Impact = Use fullness of creation. (how much creation or destruction is it generating in society. Some times destruction is equally rewarded)

Endurance = Timeless creation (How long will this impact sustain through time. Is your impact timeless like the pyramids of Giza Or the words of James Allen ? )

Essence = Your personality or true self. (Are you so you unique and true yourself that people can’t get enough of you. From the Hindu God Krishna to Kanye West, it’s their crazy true self that people admire and worship. Even if you hate either one of these examples they will have followers because they stand out . )

Volume = Quantity of work you do. (This is a pitfall and the most unproductive variable. If you really do a lot of volume without being yourself you are just being mediocre. Stop it. It’s a waste of your existence.)

As you can see above the most efficient way to be more productive is by being yourself. Start thinking about being productive as truly being yourself. What would your true self-do?

Now, how can you be truly yourself?


Productivity = Impact x Endurance x Essence x Volume / Time

Out of these 4 variables, what is your current strategy? Maybe it’s time to shift towards discovering your true essence because that is the most productive thing you can do.

And, one the most legit dude I have come across seems to agree :

“Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world.” – Ramana Maharshi

So how do you know yourself?

Spend more time discovering your true essence and be more productive!

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What is purpose? Tue, 30 Jun 2020 08:32:38 +0000

My purpose through my life had changed regularly.

Here is a brief list of my purposes chronologically:

11 Years old – I want to build dams.
13 Years old – I want to become a civil engineer.
15 Years old – I want to become a doctor.
16 Years old – I should be an engineer.
17 Years old – I will have to become an engineer.
19 Years old – I don’t want to become an engineer.
20 Years Old –I want to make so much money that just bending down and picking up $100 feels like a waste of time.
21 Years old – I am an engineer but I am not really an engineer. I don’t know who I am. Became an Atheist.
21 Years old – I Got into Amway. I want to make a lot of money from speaking and selling things.
23 Years old – I hate business, I just want to make money in a job.
25 Years old – I want a full-time job but I also want to do something cool that makes money on the side.
26 Years old – I want to be my own homes, islands, and cars.
27 Years old – I want to be a responsible and good father.
28 Years old – I want to help students apply to the USA for higher education. Start my second business.
29 Years old – I want to become a public speaker. Joined Toastmasters.
30 Years old – I want to start a vegan polyamorous ashram.
31 Years old – I want to be a relationship coach. I want to heal sexuality in India.
32 Years old – I want to transform myself.
32 Years old – My purpose is to establish Meditation Resorts across the world, which will be the BEST place of transformation for

people struggling with mental or emotional issues, giving each visitor of my resort the attention, wisdom, and care to heal themselves and become a conscious person.

The reason why I wrote down this list is to show you how much your purpose may transform over time. The interesting thing to notice is my very first memory of purpose was about creating something useful for people. The later versions that followed were either just projections of my parent’s expectations or societal trends.

In my 20’s I got into the money chasing the game. Most of my purpose versions were around money. I did attain money but it didn’t feel purposeful. In my late 20’s I started exploring expressing myself and maybe in that process giving value to others. From some complete detours like trying to start university in the U.S, trying standup comedy – I finally landed on one thing which felt solid – transforming myself. Because that IS a prerequisite for helping people across the world transform through my vision of the best meditation resort in the world. Will this be my ultimate purpose? Will it change ? Will it drastically change and I will become a poultry farmer? I can’t predict what will happen but I know change is the only thing in this reality. So I embrace this change in purpose and I encourage you to do so.

So what is your purpose if it is constantly changing? Is your purpose of life to discover the purpose of life? That would be an oxymoron. I think the meaning of purpose is just being you. Yes! It’s that simple but it is the most difficult and vague thing to define. Being you. It annoys the fuck out of me. Anything vague in this universe is romantic but also super annoying. This annoyance is playful almost like something is teasing us to become our true selves. Like when I wanted to own islands and reality would be like nope that’s not it. I don’t think owning an island is a bad goal to have. But, your purpose is about you, not the island. Owning the island could be a result of being you.

To answer “What is my purpose? “We only need to answer “What is it like being me?”

This is going to get scary. You now are asked the most difficult question: “Who are you”?

What is your true essence?

A lot of people answer this question with: I am Sri, I like vegan food. I also love animals. I am into hip hop music and I care about personal growth. Sounds familiar. This is how you would answer a dating profile section. But that’s not the level at which, your purpose can be discovered. This is not at the societal level but at your anti-social psychopathic level. If you were the only person alive on this planet what will you do? Or If money wasn’t an issue and everyone was happy and didn’t need any help what will you do? Will you play soccer all day? Or paint or Maybe play a musical instrument? When you remove money, time, and people from the equation you truly feel alone. If no one cared about what you did anyway what will you care about doing? Let’s start there.

Being you = x – people – money – time

In my case, it was clear, even If I lived in the matrix where I could go anywhere and experience anything I would still spend most of my time in my ideal ashram with people just like me who just want to transform.

Purpose = Being you = your essence – people – money – time.

Purpose = True essence ( without involving people money or time)

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How to get unstuck? Tue, 30 Jun 2020 08:19:57 +0000

We often find ourselves getting stuck in either love, business, relationships, or life. You are stuck because of limitless possibilities in front of you – which in turn causes self-doubt. Limitless is Feminine. Singular is the masculine. There is a split in your mind. A paradox that troubles you all the time. A war between your right and left brain. Thus the stuck-ness.

Opposite of stuck-ness is not clarity but progress. Progress beats perfection every time and overtime. One of the reasons you are usually stuck is you want perfect clarity and the perfect pathway to your goal without any doubts. You will not take action until you have such a perfect world where there are no doubts or questions in your mind that the action you take will take you to the vague goal that you have.

Doubt is good. Make it your best friend. Doubt everything because that builds trust. Trust in your own reality leads to more purpose and clarity.

But, for action to have clarity and purpose and have perfect resonance with your life you need to do the following:  

Quit the thinking that there is perfectly resonant and aligned action!

The next action is never going to be out of perfect clarity and perfect vision and purpose. But, action can come from a place of better clarity and better purposeI come from a coding background and in the tech industry, the first version of an app is usually full of bugs and issues. Being a developer for several years, I understand the feeling of releasing something that is not perfect. But, guess what? It does the job. It actually achieves some results in real life. You are stuck because you have limitless possible options and you want the perfect answer or clarity. Step aside for a few moments from all of that and look at following commonly used stuck-ness questions. I often find myself pondering for an amount of time I am not really proud of. 😉

Stuck-ness questions:

  1. Which option is better?
  2. If I do “x”, will I be happy?
  3. What am I doing? This is not making any sense.
  4. Why am I even doing this?
  5. Should I pursue “x” path or “y” path? And is even “z” realistic and will it make me (money/happy)
  6. Is “x” thing/person/relationship as perfect as it looks?
  7. Which is the best path with the least obstacles and most efficiency? I have to find the answer soon or else I will go crazy…
  8. I really love “x” but I also find good things in “y” so How do I measure which is right?
  9. Can I do both “x” and “y”? 
  10. Should I quit now or wait?
  11. When will I know that it’s time to quit?
  12. What will my parents/spouse/friends/co-workers/children think of me if I do “x”?

And the list can go on. ….

If you can relate to any of these questions, it means you are stuck like I was and in some cases I still am. So let’s try the opposite of stuck-ness: Progress.

What is progress?

Progress = Direction + Results

Progress questions:

  1. Which option will achieve “x” result in “XYZ”(one specific)  area of my life?
  2. If I do “x”, will my level satisfaction and happiness on a scale of 1 to 10 move from “x” (current level) to “y” (goal level)
  3. I don’t know what I am doing. How can I know what I am doing in “XYZ” area of my life? Who can I ask or get mentorship from so I have one clear direction for next “x” months of direction in my “XYZ” area of my life?
  4. What is/are the “x” reason(s) for me doing this “XYZ” action/job/relationship? Which of these reasons is one reason that is worth pursuing this current path? What is one outcome that is measurable for me out of the “x” reason(s)?
  5. Should I pursue “x” path or “y” path based on this decision matrix and score? Will “z” be more realistic in income generation if I increase the weight of income rank in my matrix?
  6. Is “x” thing/person/relationship appearing me to as it really is based on my understanding of following “x” facts I know for sure: (list down those x facts which are facts and can be proven)
  7. Am I more aligned to my purpose of achieving “x” by doing “y” when I am taking this path?
  8. Same as progress question 5.
  9. What is my desired singular outcome by doing “x” and “y”? Is it possible to get that one outcome from only “x”? Or only “y”?
  10. Can I revisit this path x years/months/days later if I quit now and change my mind? How many minutes/days/months/years do I want to invest in making this decision and move on?
  11. What would one thing(deal breaker or Success factor)  that will be a sign that this path is complete and I have come to an end of this journey? What am I avoiding that will give me pain? (Try fear setting exercise )
  12. What will my ten-year future-self think of me if I do “x”?

Stuck-ness = Not knowing yourself.

Unstuckness = Progress = Direction+results

The easiest way to achieve most progress is actually Play!

Because Play is knowing who you are and shamelessly being that.

We have heard “sing like no one is listening”  and “dance like no one is watching”, but the one realization that makes me get unstuck is play like you are shamelessly badass!

Go and derive your own Unstuck-ness formula from below:

If             Progress = Direction + Results

Then,     Play = Progress powered N

Where    N = Your nastiness or badass-ity or courage

Direction = Asking Progress questions and discovering your purpose. ( For the definition of Purpose = See my blog on purpose.)

Results = Measurable outcomes

Get unstuck now because it is way too easy to progress than to be perfect.

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