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This is the opening song from Enterprise. It's been a long road Getting from there to here. It's been a long time but my time is finally near. And I will see my dreams come alive at last   I would touch the sky. and they're not gonna hold me down no more no they're not gonna change my mind. (CHORUS) Cause I've got faith of the heart, going where my heart will take me I've got faith to believe. I can do anything. I’ve got strength of the soul, No one's gonna bend or break me I can reach any star. I've got (4x), I've got faith - faith of the heart.

Yesterday I watched TED talk given by Srikumar Rao: Plug into your hard-wired happiness . During this talk he described what happens when we just accept the world as it is. Examples of this acceptance without reservation are seeing grand canyon for the first time, watching mighty rivers flow by, witness beautiful rainbow and as ordinary as a raindrop on leaf. This line of thinking is along the same lines of philosopher J.K and age old Vedanta. Concentrate on doing your best and do not worry about the outcome. Setting some goals and doing your best and enjoying the process is the key.

This is summary of selling the idea from “One Strategy” book. Define the problem you are solving :Have a crisp definition of the problem you are solving. Sometimes this is an end-user problem, sometimes this is an ongoing “fighting the code” architectural problem. Sometimes its enabling new hardware device. But overall if it takes too long to even explain the problem to people then its going to be a steep uphill climb from the very start. Educate yourself on possible alternatives: As you talk to people you will educate yourself on lots of alternatives. A good thing to do is stay focused on solving the problem, not stuck to implementing the specific solution you initially proposed. Describe your solution : Get good at describing your solution. Connect the problem and solution: Reinforce the connection between the problem and the proposed solution. Think end-to-end: When proposing a feature it is often the case that someone will think of the feature in the context wit...