Archive for the month June 2019

I have written in the past about how we waste time in the name of learning and growth.
A bigger question we need to address is why we waste time.
We do it because we are so busy passing…

Understanding and accepting this can set us free.
But we don’t accept it because we need to give ourselves an excuse for not growing.
We use learning as a crutch so that we can tell ourselves a fake story.
The…

Often times we try too hard.
Especially when beginning something new.
There is fresh energy and excitement so it is easy to go for a big change.
This is true of a new job, new customer relationships, and for personal…

We wear the same brands as our friends. We watch the same sports, soaps, and films as others. We basically follow the most popular behavior prevalent in society. This is why we see blockbusters become bigger year after year. Whether…

Last year I visited Macau and stayed at The Venetian.
The casino at Venetian, spread across 50,000 square meters, is the largest in the world. Venetian itself is about a million square meters so the casino is about 1/10th of…

A writer writes.
A writer also shuffles, moves the words around.
On the days when you are shuffling, you may not move your word count up a lot. But you will still elevate the quality of your writing.
It is…

In January 2015, I faced a big challenge.
The challenge was to complete a big project on an unbelievable timeline.
A big corporate buyer known to place orders for lakhs of books every year had told me that they will…

Our reality is a reflection of the narrative we tell ourselves.
That’s why we need to watch out for the chatter that continues non-stop inside our heads from the time we get up to the time we sleep.
The problem…

What happens when someone shouts at us or is unkind to us?
We get irritated. We react. We shout back.
The reaction during the times when we are unkind to ourselves is different.
Times when we,
Agree to do the…

I have only written two books. Tim Ferriss has written five, all big bestsellers.
I am working on building a business. People like Patrick Collison are shaping the world.
My blog visitor counts are in thousands and those I know…

Not babies 🙂
But the art you make and the work you do.
Why?
Because when we are too close to our creations we are not able to see their faults. And, if we don’t know the faults how can…

I met a young student today. He is looking for a career in international relations, economics, and politics. We connected over these two books and did not get a lot of time to discuss what he is doing already except…

We are in the 6th month of the year!
2019 is getting close to the halfway mark. This seems to be a perfect time to reflect on where you wanted to be at the beginning of this year and where…

Do you have unfulfilled dreams?
Hobbies you want to pursue, new directions that you want to give to your career.
Then a passion project might be what you need.
A passion project is something you take up in spare time…

Another month, another experiment.
In May I decided to fix what I am putting in my body and deleted sugar and milk, two items I was overdosing on, from my diet.
I started the experiment on 6th May.
I…