Procrastination and laziness are real. But no one procrastinates on doing what they like and find enjoyable. That is why no advice works in the long run if what you do is not meaningful and interesting. So before worrying about…

Becoming a creator for the sake of a creator is not bad. But becoming a creator to share what you know, what you are learning about, to finding something novel that most people do not know about is far more…

In July of 2011, I got an investment for a venture. To focus on the venture, I chose to stop working with a brand that I had been working with for a while. I continued working on the venture, then…

Often what we have been looking for has been hiding in plain sight. It is often inside the folders and hard drives on our most uses devices, or inside the Google drives, Apple iCloud, Dropbox, and the old notebooks. Mine…

Works great for raising funds, applying to highly competitive opportunities, and things of that nature. You can also use this approach to create opportunities for yourself. It works really well for business building also, because business is unpredictable and market…

Self-organized challenges make you intensely consistent. They work great for getting out of a rut. In 2019 and 2020 I did a series of such challenges and they worked great for me. They got me started with daily writing and…

So in addition to what you do day in and day out, make a 12-months plan to grow your business. Include 2-6 week sprints, in this 12-month plan, with a 2-weeks gap between each sprint. Include what is important for…

Challenges and lack of resources don’t keep us from winning big. Focusing on small goals does. Why is that? Because we make easy choices. And, focusing on small goals is easy because the path to achieve small goals is less…

To be productive in any area of your life, one should be able to complete important tasks consistently.   I am sharing a plan that has worked for me in the past. So, this is what you can do to be…

This is the 1000th daily blog post that I have written on this website. There are more, the ones that I wrote earlier.  But I wrote 1000 in a row, day after day. I am happy to not have missed…

Start sharing what you know.   Aim to become someone who gives more than what she extracts. In the beginning, just give and don’t ask for anything. When you start monetizing, aim for a give-to-ask ratio of 9 to 1.  This…

Most people know what is useful for them. Setting boundaries.Sleeping for 7+ hours.Going for a walk.Eating clean.Working out daily.Reading books.Creating more than consuming.Learning new things. Still, we don’t do these. Why? Because we wait for a perfect start. We tell…

You can apply it to different parts of life. If you want to create content, working longer hours or hustling will take you only that far. What will make you efficient in the longer run, is creating an environment where…

One of my favorite authors, Zig Ziglar, often used two terms to describe different kinds of humans. A wandering generality and a meaningful specific. Meaningful specific is someone who has an organized goals program. It is not the same as…

Time is limited, even for someone who will live to be 100 years. So it is worthwhile to see where most of us waste our time and avoid those time wasters. I’ve compiled some of those here. Filtering through distractions,…