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10 unusual signs indicating high intelligence - explained by the hunter-gatherer hypothesisThere are lots of online articles about signs that indicate high intelligence, like 17 Signs You Might Be Smart - Even if It Doesn't Feel Like It. Well, some are obvious like early reading, curiosity and creativity. However, there are a lot of traits that are seemingly completely unrelated to cognition - e.g. being a night owl - that also indicate high intelligence. Such traits cannot be explained within cognitive psychology However, they can be explained by evolutionary psychology. I will use the hunter-gatherer-hypothesis (first put forward by Thom Hartmann, developed by me) to explain these traits. The hunter-gatherer hypothesis states that we have inherited our traits from our ancestors’ mode of subsistence: farming, herding and foraging and that these traits tend to remain bundled due to assortative mating.Two of the most consistent findings in personality psychology are two correlations with intelligence: openness to experience (positively) and conscientiousness (negatively). In a very simplified way, the hunter-gatherer hypothesis states that hunter-gatherers were characterized by cognitive openness whereas early farmers evolved the trait high conscientiousness which correlates with: orderliness, planning, hard-working attitude, less impulsiveness and many other traits, such as being more conservative and traditional. All these traits make farmer types often more successful in the modern workforce, however, hunter-gatherer types are found more often among high IQ individuals.Here were go:You are messyBeing messy is a sign of low conscientiousness and reflects a personality that is more spontaneous and less planning ahead. Not everybody who is messy is a hunter-gatherer type (could also be a herder type) and not every hunter-gatherer type is messy, but conscientious hunter-gatherer types are relatively rare. One of the most famous messy hunter-gatherer types was Einstein, who famously said: "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"You are thinEverybody knows the stereotype of the skinny scientist known from TV by characters like Bill Nye, the Science Guy or Doc Emmett Brown from Back to the Future. “I was just a skinny lad”, this is how Brian May’s (guitarist of the group Queen and a PhD. in astrophysicists) song Fat Bottomed Girls starts. What is wrong here is the word “thin”. No political correctness intended, but high IQ people often have an “ectomorph” body type. I have argued that this body type is highly adapted to hunting-gathering, whereas the stronger endomorph body type was an adaptation to farming. The ectomorph body type is very similar to the Ayurvedic dosha type “vata”. This type puts on weight less easily and also grows muscle mass less easily. Indeed, it often seems that high IQ people have all their power in their brains, less so in their biceps.You are a night owlHunter-gatherers have a different chronotype from farmers. They wake more easily and during a typical night, there are always a considerable number of people awake. For obvious reasons, this helps hunter-gatherers survive. Farmers show a different pattern when it comes to chronotype: early to bed, early up. All studies show that early farmers had to work much harder than hunter-gatherers and regular, long and deep sleep was highly advantageous to their lifestyle.You distrust authorityHunter-gatherers are highly egalitarian and they distrust people who base their authority on anything but competence. Hunter-gatherers only have permanent leaders and the most competent individual takes on this role depending on the situation. Early farmers relied on massive cooperation which could often only be accomplished by hierarchical leadership. This often required faith in their leaders and trust in authority.You worry a lotThis trait is called “neuroticism”. While any type can be neurotic, hunter-gatherer types (think Woody Allen), have the highest risk for neuroticism and anxiety. Why should this be so? I have argued that hunter-gatherers had longer lifespans than early farmers and have a more sensitive amygdala, which fires more rapidly and makes hunter-gatherer types produce more stress hormones (cortisol).You are non-conformistEarly farming and its hierarchical social structure required more rules for living together and stricter adherence (conformism) to these rules. Michelle Gelfand has investigated different cultures all over the world. They tend to fall on a spectrum between tight and loose. Farmer societies tend to be tight and hunter-gatherer societies (Inuit, Hadza, etc.) tend to be loose. Modern hunter-gatherer type people generally do not feel at ease with lots of rules and regulation and generally pay little attention to what other people do or own.You are funnyA great sense of humour requires out-of-the-box, big picture and non-conventional thinking. These are characteristics of hunter-gatherer type cognition. It’s therefore little surprise that the majority of the greatest comedians are/were hunter-gatherer types. These include many comedians who suffered from depressive disorders. Jim Carrey and Robin Wiliams are just two examples from a long list of outstanding comedians with depression.You doubt yourselfThe Dunning-Kruger effect states that people with lower IQs are more likely to overestimate their intelligence than really intelligent people, who actually often doubt themselves. Why should hunter-gatherer type people be more doubtful about their IQ and sometimes even suffer from imposter syndrome? Hunter-gatherers often downplay their own success, e.g. in the form of “shaming the meat”. They wouldn’t show off when they had a successful hunt but do the exact opposite, they remain humble about it. This kind of behaviour prevents any one person from rising to leadership and serves hunter-gatherer egalitarianism.You didn't have sex until after high schoolThere are two main reasons for this phenomenon. First, hunter-gatherer types would have later puberty (predicted by life-history theory) compared to farmer-herder types. The second reason has more got to do with the fact that hunter-gatherer types are a minority (about 20-25% of the population) and have a harder time to find a partner. In addition, modern dating (chatting up, etc.) does not correspond to hunter-gatherer courtship patterns, which are based on mutual mate choice rather than an alpha-male type of behaviour to attract females.You need a lot of alone timeThis is certainly an indication of introversion. However, not all introverts are hunter-gatherer types and extroverts can also be hunter-gatherer types. Even extroverted hunter-gatherer types tend to spend a lot of time alone and thinking. Hunter-gatherer types are notorious overthinkers, which might stem from the fact that our world has been so much more a farmer world than a hunter-gatherer world for the past 10.000 years and that a lot of things we encounter daily are against our inborn instincts. Moreover, introverts tend to be more humble, a trait necessary for an egalitarian society, and perhaps an important reason why hunter-gatherer types tend to be more introverted, to such an extent that even a lot of extroverted hunter-gatherer personalities consider themselves introverted, among them the comedians Steve Martin and John Cleese.Bonus: Listening to music gives you the chillsThis trait is connected to very high levels of openness to experience and the ability to feel very intensely. Very rarely people even have the ability to give themselves goosebumps. This is called voluntary piloerection.As many people on Quora have asked me to put my ideas into one coherent text I have published a series of ebooks on Amazon (free with Kindle Unlimited):The hunter-gatherer neurotribe: gifted, geeks, aspies and other aliens in this world

A letter to 16 year old meTo,Me,We have the same address, still.Subject-: Life lessons from yourself who is a decade older. Follow the advises offered generously. Don’t be me, a decade after. Be a new improved you.Dear me,If you ever find this letter, iff backward time travel is ever possible try and follow these advises from a decade older yourself. This is going to be long, be patient as a decade has taught me a lot of things which I wish I knew beforehand. Enjoy.1. The actual wealth not to chase aka money.“The poorest man is he whose only wealth is money.”The golden dream which everyone is catapulted to at a very tender age is; to chase money and be happy. The secret formula to happiness in contemporary terms is money. You are sixteen year old, money is important, later in life, but not sacrosanct.When you truly grow up you realize it was just a mirage created and reality is far beyond the facade of money. The concept of money was introduced to make transactions simpler but it has taken over minds of people and has turn into something occult; quite different from the original purpose. If you have more money you are happier is the new thumb rule. People chase this goddamn thing and miss out on everything else. It is necessary to have money but it is not sufficient to buy happiness. Money can buy you ephemeral happiness but true happiness is to be discovered by yourself.For a truly fulfilled life one has to have great friends, enjoy every little thing this beautiful thing called life has to offer, a sense of contentment and also, desire to explore most of the expanses humans or nature ever created. Be rich.2. The path of least resistance.“If you can’t fly, then run.If you can’t run, then walk.If you can’t walk, then crawl,But whatever you do, you have keep moving forward.” Martin Luther King Jr.A lot of species have perished from this underrated planet following the path of least resistance. So will you in wilderness. In life you will always have two choices, one the right one and other the difficult one. Choose the difficult one, sounds crazy.There was once a pretty hard nut named Abraham Lincoln.He was one hell of a person who failed one after the other. He could have chosen path of least resistance but he did not, and finally became the 16th president of one the most powerful nations of this planet. There are insane number of people who failed continuously but never quit their path to settle for something not worth it. “Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, godlike feature that only the special among us will ever taste, it's something that truly exists in all of us.” Will SmithIf you work hard towards a goal you shall certainly find it. Use your time wisely. Find a passion and run after it and you shall have it. Be a hard-worker.3. Delve in a lot other skills too.“Learning how to learn is life’s most important skill” Tony BuzanThere are so many skills out there to be learned. Every other skill will teach you something or the other.For example sewing will teach you patience and accuracy; when combined together in life can give you great results. Cooking will teach you, a single condiment will make a dish taste bland so a lot condiments when mixed together in the right proportion only, can get you a great taste. Swimming teaches you land is not the only territory that can be conquered ask Michel Phelps (he will be most celebrated swimmer ever). Thousands and thousands of people are involved is so many skills that gives meaning to their lives. Different people do different things. From sports to games. From sumo wrestling to kick boxing, from playing chess to rugby. Involve yourself in as many facets as you can. Knowledge of a sector will benefit you in other phases of life. To reduce monotony in life have a set of skills which can help you enjoy your own company.There is so much to be learned so why be dick when you can be Harry. Be diversified4. Always lookout for a partner who can complement you.“A true relationship is having someone who accepts your past, supports your present, loves you and encourages your future.”Now this tricky. Failed relationships, lost love, insatiable desire to be liked, changing ones personality for someone you think you love, jealousy etc. are there to avoid. Always be on hunt for a person who truly understands you. You are human and no GOD, so, you will have some flaws. A person who accepts you with those is the person to die for and never ‘let her go’ as the music band ‘passengers’ would suggest some 7 years from now. ‘Beauty is skin deep’, is an English proverb which is absolute bang on.External beauty diminishes quickly. Once you are with a person for a significant period, the external beauty becomes futile and frivolous, the real game is of suitable personality. Learn the game. Develop sound personality. Read books to chisel it and look out for a person to complement you. Try and not go for the most beautiful person in the room but the person who is passionate about stuff and compassionate to others.In the game of finding a suitable partner the rules oxymoronic, opaque yet very transparent. The game is simple if it doesn’t work it should be over; period. Don’t drag things longer than needed. Life is too short to be wasted on someone who doesn’t respect your time, your goals, your passions, your beliefs etc. Be on hunt for love. Be passionate.5. Learn as much as you can.“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn no one can stop you.” Zig ZigglerThis is pretty cool. There are so many books written on every topic. As you are reading this thousands and thousands of books are getting published. Read a lot, irrespective of genres. Science, self-help, fiction, psychology, history, archaeology, birds to name a drop in the ocean that too Pacific. Books are the most valuable gift of humanity to humanity. A person sitting in a third world country can relate to a person from LA through books. A person can lead multiple lives through them. Wisdom can be exponentially increased through them.Reading a wide range of books will make you take more aware decisions. Every facet of life yet known is covered through books. What is common amongst Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Warren Buffet; apart from being insanely rich they read voraciously. Ask yourself why do they need it? You shall find the answer.Difference between a literate person and an educated person is lucid. A literate person is wiser but an educated person puts his knowledge for betterment of society. A literate person marries at the right age but an educated person not only marries at the right age but also to a right person.When you look above you head in a clear night you see numerous stars. Know that we have not yet found any concrete proof of life anywhere else in the universe so technically life however abstract is beautiful. Real use of this life can only happen when you are educated.Learning is a process. You cannot write a love letter to your girlfriend in English if you do not know abc of this language. Learning anything is complicated if you look it from outside. Visualize the microcosm. Break it down to smallest possible shards and then try to make the jigsaw. This becomes fun and when learning becomes fun life becomes interesting.The more aware you are the less the pitfalls. Be educated.6. Be kind and compassionate to people“Kind people are the best kind of people.”The joy of giving is tremendous and experiencing it will certainly make you happier. Bringing smile to a sad face is a great feeling and shall be practiced as often as possible. People less privileged than you shall never be treated badly and a random act of kindness has changed so many lives and will continue to do so.A smiling face can bring good to the society than a depressed face, try and do that. Economics tells us a cool fact. There are four kinds of resources land, labor, capital and entrepreneur. The last one is actually based on the concept of compassion to an extent. A successful entrepreneur is a one who solves problems of people at large. Elon Musk is an insane example. Being kind to people in general can also engender a whole generation of smart entrepreneurs.Oskar Schindler saved some 1200 polish Jews from concentration camp by employing them at his factories. If you ever get time, watch Schindler’s list, a heart-wrenching movie (in black and white) displaying and actually defining the word compassion.There are so many diseases, accidents, poverty, hunger, homelessness, helplessness, haplessness and a whole shebang of difficulties. If someone offers help to a person in need, the return of love and care would be tremendous; at least think in those terms. Karma works. Reduce a little pain the universe has to offer, as Carl Sagan said “The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.” A compassionate person lives a calmer life and can bring joy to creatures of this indifferent universe. Be kind.7. Don’t be afraid to try.“Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end.”The worst thing you will achieve after trying your hand at anything is failure and believe you me it is not that bad at all. If you look at it from other standpoint you find the failure teaches you many things that a person who has not tried will never get. Every failure is waiting like an impatient baby to teach you so many things but the vision has to be broad and it’s a game of optimists. Every failure is loaded with feed-backs.Take those feedback and never complain or crib about failure. Giving up is easy but fighting is not, FIGHT. Learn from mistakes not only yours but from others committing mistakes too. Note those and don’t repeat.There have been people with 206 bones in their bodies who constantly failed but didn’t give up; to name a few-:• Walt Disney• J.K. Rowling• Charles Darwin• Socrates• Orville and Wilbur Wright• Winston Churchill• Jerry Seinfeld• Oliver Stone• Vincent Van Gough• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart• Ludwig van Beethoven• Oprah Winfrey• Rowland Hussey MacyFailure is cool teacher, have a broader perspective. Getting feedback from failure is essential.It better to try and fail than not even trying. Try, try, try until you succeed. Try indefatigably.8. Intoxication is not cool“Intoxication doesn’t make you look cool; Sorry.”It may sound to a young soul that smoking, drinking, snorting or injecting are cool but trust me they are mere instant gratification offerings which lead you nowhere except to a hospital or to a god; depending on your belief. Have delayed gratification in life as suggested by ‘Stanford’s Marshmallow experiment.’Instant high is short cut to pleasure and in turn you get hooked to some substance and abuse your body and threaten your life with it. Also people close to you get affected by your deteriorating health and finally your departure. Stay away from people who seek instant pleasure. They form a cool clique in school, college, offices etc. and who doesn’t want to look cool and it is the most frequent reason for someone getting into this trap. Don’t be a fool and waste this precious life to be with fools.If you don’t believe me, visit an oncology department of a hospital and see the pain inflected patients suffering from terminal disease. You yourself will shy away from intoxication. Intoxication may provide relief from a suffering for an ephemeral instant but in the long run damage is incorrigible.9 Don’t be a fool and waste your hard earned money on an advertisement than was cool.“You’ll never find the solution if you don’t see the problem.”Marketing is a new age trap. Be far away from it. Buy things you truly need and not because your neighbor has it. There is this theory of Mr. Abraham Maslow which suggests that needs constantly shift.Once you achieve one hierarchical need you shift your level and now chase another set of needs. Money is something you spend a significant amount of your life for and hence it being wasted is a shame. Be wise in spending. Invest it in yourself. Be a minimalist. Buy stuff which will get your knowledge enhanced, keeps you safe, makes you happy in a long run, buy best contemporary tech and try to make your family, friends and strangers happy through money.Once you have a thing, you need something else. Practice abstinence. There is enough produced by mother Earth for everyone but for a person’s greed all the resources of mother earth will not suffice.Buy stuff you need truly and not because a CEO of company with his marketing team in a posh office had a brilliant idea whose prey were you.Earning money takes a significant time of your life. Be cautious with your spending.10. Value your Words.“Words have power to destroy or heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.” The BuddhaUse your words like harp and not like guillotine. Language is exceptionally beautiful but like everything this nature has to offer this too is a double edged sword. If used wisely will get you a lot of friends, bring you a lot of respect, people like you and there is serenity in life but if used unwisely brings commotion to life, enemies, haters and catastrophe.A cogent talker escapes any difficult situation than a person who is used to blabbering gibberish.Convincing someone is an art. Words play a major role. Say, you are to pitch a product to a CEO, the only deal breaker in most of the cases is words (and also a significant number of times bad product per se).Ask a lawyer the usage of correct words and he shall convince you thusly.I’ll tell you small story.A father rushes to a doctor to stop the doctor entering operation theater. The doctor is in hurry as he has finished a complicated operation and is running to another one. The father asks a simple question to the Doc, “Will my daughter survive” and the Doc sternly says NO. The mother seeing the conversing duo rushes and asks the Doc the same question. The reply is hitherto NO. Now the Doc is too pissed and enters the operation theater for preparation. The little girl suffering from cancer asks “Will I survive”. The Doc says YES.The Doc visits the hospital 21 years later to same hospital but to maternity ward to congratulate the couple, blessed with an amazing daughter.The little girl had a little girl.Placebo effect has its own advantages.Words have power to make or break. Be a maker.The weapon of words is a gift to humanity. Use this gift. No one hates a cogent talker. Value your words. Speak less and listen more. Use them in the ratio given to i.e. you have two ears and a mouth for a reason. But let not people ignore you when speak. Speak with gravitas and speak important stuff and not just abstruse stuff which no can comprehend. Be cogent.11. Lessen you ego and increase you knowledge“Recognize the ego for what it is: a collective dysfunction, the insanity of the human mind.” Eckhart TolleIf someone tries to jump from your knowledge to your ego he must die.Increase your knowledge and lessen your ego. This cannot be stressed more. David T. Freeman — 'The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know — the less you know, the more you think you know.' Knowledge knows no bound. Run after this. It is amazingly cool.If you are in a room full of people and think you are the smartest you are an egomaniac and if you think you are a fool you have knowledge.Knowledge is not only supplied through books or in a class but your constant hunt to improve increases your knowledge. There is no perfect time to improve your knowledge. In a hustling market, while watching thrilling football game, while visiting a lonely place, while talking to strangers be on a hunt to learn. Observe the surrounding like Sherlock and use it later.The culture, history, geography, language, ethnicity and much more when keenly observed enhances your knowledge. Ego is a staunch enemy of knowledge. When you are saturated there is no space to fill with it with anything. Be humble and gracious to everyone. That is one shrewd and effective way of gaining knowledge. If you are a know-all then what is the purpose of existence. Everyone hates a know-all. Be knowledgeable.12. Make informative choices“Life is about choices. Some we regret, some we’re proud of. Some will haunt us forever. The Message: We are what we choose to be.” Graham BrownYou become what you choose to become but there is a hindrance.If you do not know astronaut as a career exists then how would you become a Neil Armstrong? If do not know swimming as a career exists how would you become a Michael Phelps? If you do not know scientist as a career exists how would you become a C.V. Raman? If you do not know cooking as a career exists how you would become a Gordon Ramsay? If you do not know dance as a career exists how would you become a Michael Jackson? If you do not know traveling as a career exists how you would become a Ferdinand Magellan? If you do not know teaching as a career exist how would you become a Walter Lewin? If you do not know entrepreneurship as a career exists how would you become a John D. Rockefeller?To be aware one has to see beyond what is obvious. See beyond what your horizon has to offer and push the horizon daily; and I mean Daily. This is a remorseless process. Learning is never to stop till you stop. Read, watch, listen, sense and travel as much as you can to be more aware. Choose a career option closest to your heart and then never let anyone stop you. Finish your 10000 hours on that stuff and you shall be the next Neil Armstrong, Michael Phelps, C.V. Raman, Gordon Ramsay, Michael Jackson, Ferdinand Magellan, Walter Lewin or John D. Rockefeller.Let’s say you have an ambition of becoming a clerk at xyz bank. Read how one can become that. Understand the process. Meet 10-20 clerks and ask as much as you can to get first-hand information about life is after becoming a clerk. Increase your sample size in this case as much as you can. If you still like it. Break down the process of becoming a clerk. Understand the competition and Eat, Drink, Sleep and repeat the process of becoming a clerk and Voila! You are a clerk.The same applies to becoming anything. The observation would be subjective but don’t budge. The grass is always greener on the other side. Plant your own grass where you stand and slowly you shall have a meadow; which people would envy because of its lavish greenery.Regret is a strong emotion and life too short to experience any such thing. Make informative choices and you shall have minimal regrets most probably. Be aware.13. Be inquisitive and ask questions“I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive.” Albert EinsteinAnswers exist because questions exist. Remember. Your every silly question is worth asking. Give it a shot. Do not be bogged down by others perceptions. People have mouths, so they speak and have opinions. Opinions are like assholes everyone has one and everybody’s stink. Let these ‘so called’ intelligent beings chuckle.“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight with you. Then you win.” Mohandas Karamchand GandhiDo not stop asking. Even the most inane question if not solve will become Mt. Everest from a random knoll if not resolved.Almost every question has an answer.People thought some centuries ago that sun revolves around earth. Today we do not think that way why because someone had balls to ask a question and got determined to get the answer. Be impatient if you are troubled by a question. Get it resolved.Intelligent people learn more from fools than fools from intelligent people. Be an intelligent fool.Wisdom can only be attained if all the clutter in your head gets vanished only to gets more and more cluttered. The process of cluttering is like having your recycle bin filled only to eventually shift+delete from your system forever in the form of answers to all the questions.A steeplechase runner would fail if he falls a hurdle but if he finishes the race jumping over all the hurdles fastest; he shall win the race. Getting to an answer is a race. Jumping is the effort required every time so, RUN.Knowing something functions is fun; don’t miss out.How a small egg becomes a splendid butterfly?Why sky is blue?What is F1?Where is deepest place of earth?When did Malcolm X die?Simple questions have simple answers and complicated questions have simple answer. Remember. If someone is unable to make you understand that it is his incompetence and not yours. Change your source for answer seeking but inevitably get it.14. You are responsible for your decisions have balls and face them.“It is better to be approximately right than precisely wrong.” Warren BuffetEven after analyzing, a lot of things go wrong. Even Mr. Elon Musk failed his third rocket launch in a row for Space X.There is this law called Murphy’s law which is-:“Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.”Remember you can only work hard to get a certain outcome, it being accomplished is not in your hands. There a lot of things which you can’t control do not worry about them. Don’t let any Stone unturned in your preparation but still somethings are always not in your control; try again. This time more smartly overcoming the error.Persistent carelessness leads to consistent failure. Be careful, watchful, and wary but still if something is not what you thought it would be, have courage to face them. Failure is inevitable. Ask Alexander the Great, but giving up is not an option.Things go terribly wrong in life a lot of time. Difficult times are a measure of one’s character. Be calm in bad times and make hay while the sun shines.Everyone can show character when everything is fine but a person with steel nerves, fights the odds and snatches success.There would be people around you to help and support when you need it the least but never leave a person who stands with in bad times. Your parents are one of those people who will support you, respect them for that.Life is not fair as you would have imagined insofar so, move on; take responsibility of your decisions because nobody actually knows anything. Be Strong.15. Don’t get bullied.“If you turn and face the other way when someone is being bullied. You might as well be bully too.”Every bully is person at heart and if the bully is abstract it too has its weakness. Enjoying pain of others has a term called ‘Sadism’. There have been many in the history, no one remembers them for their great deeds but for the chaos and catastrophe they brought to the world and to humanity.Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stain, Muammar Gadhafi, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin and many more sadists.Someone is going to corner you till you allow yourself to get cornered, the moment you show resistance to oppression the oppressor recedes. Have a voice and don’t be afraid. Fear rises in algebraic progression but courage rises in geometric progression. All the bullies mentioned above had the same result. A death which is enjoyed by many. Every bully will face the same fate if you show resistance.If you get bogged down by a bully he wins. David did beat Goliath. Nothing is as big as you make it in your head. Go out there face the trouble and ask his name; and you shall find out it was a complete misnomer.Asking help does not make you weak. Many understand your trouble and offer sane advises. Face your bully and do not hide under clean sheets and tremble with fear. Cowardly dog always finds courage (in a comic series), you shall too.A tyrant is a tyrant because you make him what he is.There will be a girl, ‘Malala Yusafzai’, who would be shot in the head for showing resistance to Taliban.She would be getting Noble Peace Prize for that (which to me would be a debatable issue but the courage displayed would be tremendous).All the tyrant regimes of the world have perished or the struggle is on to vanquish them. ‘Arab spring’ and ‘Jasmine revolution’ will be prime examples.There has been a long fought battle between the whites and the non-whites, the struggle displays a non-white president aka Mr. Barak Obama in a couple of years.Martin Luther King Jr. in his famous speech ‘I have a dream’ said (excerpt from the speech)“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.”A bully can be in your head too, go out there face it and overcome it. Be intrepid.16. Health is important“Early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise.” Benjamin FranklinNothing is possible with bad health, when you are struggling every day to stand erect. Bad health is indicator to gloomy future. Health should be an utmost priority. Exercise daily. Your body is an asset don’t make it your liability. Make it your best friend. It’s a machine. Works just fine if love and care is provided regularly but saddens when abused.A routine is liked by our body and also a disciplined person stays healthy. Health is wealth. The small trick to stay healthy is avoid mostly everything that is delicious. Have these things in limit, have self- control over what you eat. Chronic over-eaters suffer but minimalists don’t, when it comes to eating.Exercise is your best pal. Never ever leave your best pal. Meet him daily and talk to it as long as you want but meet your best friend ‘exercise’ daily. Come what may don’t leave him.‘A healthy mind resides in a healthy body’, is not just a proverb but make it your lifestyle.Coolness and fashion are ephemeral. Today something is cool and tomorrow something else will be. Don’t run after being cool. Sleeping early and rising early is a sacrosanct rule; follow it.Trends come and go but absolute does not. Be absolute when it comes to health. Be healthy.17. Make friends.“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” William ShakespeareA true friend is the one who points out your mistakes, rejoices in your success, is happy when you are happy and sad when you are sad, always offers rational advises and is never jealous of you.There was a Hindi poet, ‘Kabir Das” he once wrote:‘निंदक नियरे राखिए, आंगन कुटी छवाय; बिन पानी, साबुन बिना, निर्मल करे सुभाय|’Loose translation of the above-:Keep your critiques near you in a hut at your courtyard.Without water or soap they cleanse your nature.Friends do this excellently. Choose them well. There are a few relationships which are a gift/baggage like parents, siblings or relatives for example but a few are built. Be wise when it comes to choices in life.We are born as individuals but dying alone is not a necessity. You can die with friends surrounding you and cheer you in your last moments (of course not if you die of a disease and not in some other unnatural way) or you can be alone in an apartment where the stench brings neighbors after two days and government spends on your funeral. Choose wisely.Make sure you make friends. This agenda should be a priority. You can talk your heart out to these people. As you grow older the real life unfolds and it is not very pleasant so, opinions, advises, small talk or help is needed a lot of times. No one can do everything alone therefore friends are must.There is an English sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S. very popular for a reason. Watch it mandatorily to find out the real reason to have friends.They make your life easy and also times difficult; it is worth the effort.Make friends aplenty and slowly you realise a lot of Homo sapiens. A few of your “friends” will be left behind whereas you will continue to be in touch with a lot of them.There are a lot of things you don’t tell your parents or learn from them. You tell friends and learn from them.Life per se has no meaning. The meaning and definition to most part of it brought by friends.You laugh with them, cry with them, party with them, attend funerals with them, enjoy with them, fight with them, know them, unknow them and again know them and……….A man is known by the company he keeps. Everyone wants to work for a blue chip company. It’s easy, build one by creating a great company (of friends); truest blue chip company ever. Work hard for it. Have true friends.18. Anger is a bitch.“For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.” Ralph Waldo EmersonThis five letter word is a word for destruction. Catastrophe begins and ends with it. No good comes from this. Avoid it as much as possible. Be cool, calm and composed in any situation as far as possible. Relationships, rules and righteousness go out of the window when this guy steps in.Any sane thing cannot happen in its presence so, why does everyone hold on this bad guy because it is easy. Getting angry is easy. Being calm is difficult. Choose the difficult path as already suggested.Anger is the root cause to major problems of the world. When this characteristic amalgamates with some other nasty characteristics, disastrous outcome is inexorable.Develop nerves of steel and practice the art of calmness. Analyse, think, reflect and try to find the best possible solution to a problem under difficult circumstance. Have a rational outlook in general.Everything has an answer. Find that. There is a middle path; always. Look for it.Things go wrong, sometimes by you and sometimes by others but if anger is the resultant there is no resultant.19. Planning is a crucial skill.“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” Antoine de Saint-ExupéryPlanning is one the most crucial fundamentals of life. You cannot control your future but plan to have a better one. Plan rigorously. Enjoy it. Plan you day, week, and month. Analyse how much of it is taken care of. If you practise art of planning slowly you realise your capacity to do something. Areas you are good at and areas which still need Improvement. Keeping a track of time is planning. Write about your abstract plans and see how it can get mainstream.By constant and continuous a lot of countries have gained Independence from shackles of oppressors. Your life is no less to oppression of competition, so plan rigorously.A lot of plans fail but a lot succeed too. Without planning life goes haywire. Be a planner.20. Lying is not that bad.If you say you don’t lie, you lie.Morality is a complex issue. It changes from place to place, from culture to culture, from one ethnicity to other.Lying is an ethical dilemma. You cannot imagine life without lies. If you are not to lie become a monk and separate yourself from epicurean world. If you wish to enjoy life, lying is a by-product you cannot leave out.This does not mean lying is good. Lying is still bad; things that are bad and yet to be used demands wary. Be cautious when to lie. It is essential part of life.The best lie is the one doing the least damage to everything imaginable. For cheap or hefty profits, lying is unnecessary and bad. To save someone’s life, it is essential. Be just in using your lies. You can’t save a friend who has committed murder by lying, this is unethical. Be truthful at almost all circumstance but use lies ethically. The paradox is evident. Learn the art.Doctors lie all the time, saying they will cure the incurable just to lift the spirits of patients and relatives. Placebo and butterfly effects work.Lies destroy relationships, bonds, businesses, futures and these things don’t shout when broken. The most laconic things are abstract; don’t play with fire, it burns and it burns real bad.21. Everyone is unique so don’t compare.“Being yourself is being unique because there is only one of you, take it as a gift, a gift that is possessed only by you. Everyone has one, but they are all different.”You don’t have control over a lot of things as a human. Some people look good some do not. Some fit the Golden Ratio others don’t. You can’t control that, can you? Can you go to your father’s sperm that raced the fastest to tell him to abandon the race and the other one to hit the egg? You can’t, genetics is complex. Accept that fact.It applies not only to you but to everyone. How somebody looks should not be the yardstick of measurement. If it is, change the stick. Get a new one.Don’t fall for somebody because she is the most beautiful but for the characteristics of hers to which beauty could be one, amongst many others.“To each his own’, is a phrase I love.Let everyone live free and with their personal will. You are no one to be a busybody and poke your Pinocchio’s nose in ever bodies lives. Everyone has a life and let them live. Give everyone space they deserve as you deserve yours.Being judgmental is foolery. Till you know the complete information don’t jump to the conclusion. You can’t be Mr. Shahrukh Khan and he cannot be you. You are what you are; chisel out all the negatives from your personality and you would be the next big thing.Cautions with a pinch of salt:Don’t overthink; it has its own side effects.Be a responsible citizen; the future worlds needs you.Be away from crime; it seems cool but it isn’t.Travel, don’t miss the wonder called Earth.Virtual Social Network is a myth; have a real one.&Don’t miss on the beautiful thing called LIFE; you will not get another one.“Be the change you want to see in others.” Father of my NationYours Sincerely,A decade older you.All the quotes have been taken from Google images. I do not claim any credit or rights for the quotes or pictures.

Question: If Chandrababu is not returned to power would the building up of Amaravathi would be a major casualty?Who is the alternative for CBN, as Chief Minister for today? I frankly, do not see anyone! Unless, people of AP go ahead and vote against the current ruling party in thousands and lakhs! fr the sake of this answer let us assume that TDP did not get majority and another party Janasena / YSR CP got majority to form the Government!Case 1: If Janasena gets majority seats - Pawan Kalyan may not have any corrupt mind and may not really stop developmental programmes started by the current Government! May be the “alleged corruption” at political level may come down! Other than him, I see no other leader in Janasena who has a stature to become CM (as of now)! Pawan Kalyan may not choose to stop building Amaravati, but may choose to stop building anything beyond necessary things for governance in Amaravati! Beyond this assumption, I am not able to make any… as the only information that we have about what he could do is to develop Kurnool[1][2][3] and some general state-wide promises about health/education[4][5]!Case 2: If YSR CP gets majority of seats - Jagan is known for having parted ways with Congress, because, Congress did not make him CM of AP after his father’s death! Was there any other reason? Not sure! This person is known to have amassed wealth (as per CBI and current DA cases against him) during the regime of his father as CM! We all know when his businesses (Sakshi Paper/TV, Bharati Cement and multitude others) have started! Is there any ONE thing that this guy can say that “I have done THIS in my constituency as MLA/MP”?! He was an MP for 10 years and MLA since almost five years! What is his work apart from Amassing wealth (as per CBI and current DA cases), being arrested and spending time in Jail, touring all over the state (the then united AP) for consoling people for his father’s death and then touring all over AP to try to repeat what his father did before becoming CM! All this is still seen as “Jagan is doing all this for becoming CM”! I just wanted to know, what is that ONE work done by Jagan, and that ONE work happened because of Jagan for the people of the state or his own constituency?! Why isn’t he saying anything like that? Is he another RaGa, who has nothing to claim in his name, beyond criticism to the opposition/government? Frankly, it is very tough for me to at least take a guess on what he could do if he becomes CM! if we see what YSR had done to AP, we can at least guess that, there was Arogya Shree, there was Jala Yagnam, etc. Unless, Jagan becomes CM for one term, it is not in my capacity to guess what will happen in this case! I am not against Jagan becoming CM! It is just that, I am not able to guess the consequences! And I am very sure, everything may stop in Amaravati, just for the vengefulness of the people. We are already seeing how KCR/KTR/Talasaani/Owaisi[6][7][8][9][10] are trying to back Jagan and make sure that CBN doesn’t become CM for the next term! I am sure they do not have any plan for the state and its people. What is driving them is “revenge” and nothing!In case of CBN, he has done some work…. Pattiseema[11], Kia Motors[12], Water to Rayalaseema, creating records in construction of Polavaram[13], fighting with Central Govt. for special status[14] (there were some hiccups in the way for this, though), disaster management during multiple hurricanes[15][16], representing AP in Davos multiple times[17][18], creating internationally acclaimed RTGS[19][20][21], keeping AP in top of the non-corrupt states[22]… many things! I should say, he too is getting carried away by this opposition parties, hence making only negative statements about BJP/YSRCP/TRS! I think, it is enough if he goes ahead and talks about what is done and what will be done…P.S. I am clearly biased towards TDP, in this case… The only reason being, CBN as CM has many things to claim in his name and others, NOTHING! I am not against someone else becoming CM of the state and I will still be a positive observer in that case too! If someone else does good to state, I am not against it! I am for the development of the region and the Country!Footnotes[1] TDP, YSRCP neglected Seema development: Pawan Kalyan[2] I will develop Kurnool more than Amaravathi- Pawan Kalyan promises..[3] For me, Kurnool is the capital city of AP: Pawan Kalyan - Tolivelugu English | DailyHunt[4] Pawan Kalyan promises docs to improve PHC system[5] Pawan promises free, quality education[6] KTR, Jagan hold talks on forging Federal Front[7] 'Andhra CM Naidu has no right to talk about KCR': KTR launches attack[8] KCR Stokes a Row With ‘Return Gift’ Remark![9] Will campaign in support of ‘good friend’ Jagan in AP: Owaisi[10] Talasani Srinivasa Yadav spits fire at Chandrababu Naidu[11] Polavaram Project - Wikipedia[12] Work on Kia Motors plant in Anantapur apace[13] Polavaram Project In Guinness Book Of World Records For Concrete Pouring[14] Explainer: TDP's Anger Against the Narendra Modi Govt and What It Means for BJP[15] Cyclone Titli HIGHLIGHTS: Eight dead in Andhra Pradesh, flood situation likely in coastal Odisha[16] This Is How Andhra Pradesh CM Is Using Technology & Social Media To Rebuild Cyclone Hudhud Hit Areas[17] Davos 2019: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana take rivalry to Swiss Alps[18] AP CM to visit Davos to participate at WEF[19] California lawmakers all praise for tech-savvy Chandrababu Naidu [20] Britain’s former PM Tony Blair showers praise on AP's Real-Time Governance Society[21] How Real-Time Governance Society helps Chandrababu Naidu evaluate his MLAs performance[22] Andhra Pradesh's ranking improves on corruption index, stands third least corrupt state