Thinkin Park

where ideas go for a walk

It started, like most things, by accident.

One Sunday evening, a few friends and I were sitting together, sipping tea and just talking. The conversation moved from one topic to another. Music became maths, maths became sports, sports became finance. Somewhere in between, we realized something simple: all of us come from different backgrounds, and each of us knows something the others don’t. Everyone had their own perspective.

That made us curious. We started asking questions. Then came the explanations. And before we knew it, what was supposed to be a normal hangout turned into a really nice exchange of ideas.

When we were leaving, everyone had picked up something new. Maybe a fact. Maybe a way of thinking. Maybe just a small idea.

One of my friends said something that stayed with me. He said he rarely gets to talk about “this kind of stuff” with most people. And honestly, he’s right. Most of us are busy with our own lives - work, deadlines, routines, responsibilities. We don’t really step out of that loop often.

So we came up with a simple plan.

After office, whenever we can, we meet over tea (which is how this whole thing started) and talk about anything interesting we learned that day, or even recently. No agenda. No pressure. Just talking. And it turns out, ideas spread pretty fast this way.

I’ve noticed that some of our best thinking happens like this. Not in meetings. Not when we “sit down to think”. Just in normal conversations. Someone asks a question they were already thinking about, and suddenly it’s not just in their head anymore.

If you’ve watched Veritasium videos (and yeah, the word Veritasium stands for an element of truth, and it has a Latin word origin), you might have seen how often Derek (the Veritasium guy) talks about scientists writing letters to each other. That’s how they shared ideas, argued, and improved their thinking. Even Aristotle used to walk and talk with his students instead of just teaching in classrooms. For a long time, thinking was something people did together.

Now, most of us think alone. And a lot of that thinking stays untested. When you talk things out, you get feedback. You hear other views. Sometimes, a five-minute conversation can save you weeks of going in the wrong direction.

Maybe the point isn’t to always think harder alone, but to think together more often.

And with that, it’s a wrap for today, and before I say goodbye for today, here’s a quote I’ve been pondering,

"He who chases two hares catches neither."

Please don’t forget to share it with your friends, family, and strangers.

Have a Great Day 💖