Archive for the month May 2020
Have you mailed me recently?
If you have then you’d know that I don’t take long to reply.
I reply to almost all your emails right after I see them.
Not because I am laying around binge-watching Breaking Bad and…
The biggest obstacle in the path of growth is our monkey mind.
It jumps from thought to thought, place to place.
It is capable of thinking about weird ideas.
When tamed it can make us powerful, and take us to…
Work out.
Sleep more.
Eat less. Eat better
Hire people.
Hire superstars.
Work to a routine. Become efficient.
Go faster, for a short duration.
So many ways.
Which one will you choose?
Want to 10x or 100x your time?
Do…
It used to take me an entire day to finish one blog post. Now I write one in under 30 minutes. The longer ones, a couple of hours max.
I used to be late for meetings, now I am always…
I love late nights when everything is quiet and you become one with whatever you want to do.
I also love the mornings because of the brightness and fresh energy they bring with them.
Can one enjoy both?
I don’t…
We spend so much time thinking and worrying about what a perfect life would be.
Even when we don’t think about a perfect life, we think about what as per us makes it perfect – people, love, money, objects, experiences,…
No two humans are alike.
But for most of us, drifting in the future comes easy.
Some find hope and their happy place there. And, there are others who meet anxiety when they drift too far. Especially when the present…
Elon Musk famously worked 120 hours a week at one point.
Tim Ferriss inspired people to follow a 4 hour week.
I haven’t tried any of these extremes except another type of extreme when I did not work at all…
We live in a world obsessed with getting things done.
What if you get things done and still not grow?
It’s possible.
When you get the ‘wrong’ things done.
It’s not rare.
It happens with most of us who follow…
You win with content when it does its job.
Content’s job varies depending on industry and audience.
So, content can educate, entertain, inform, or do anything else.
How do you know that content is doing its job.
You ask a…
Fear and anxiety is a common theme for the founders I have spoken with recently.
Intensity varies but its there.
At times it is real, because of what is happening around us which we have to live through.
Elizabeth Gilbert…
The world is full of people who think you are on a wild goose chase because what you are pursuing does not match their definition of normal.
These are the people who will also criticize you, no matter what you…
A friend who soon plans to write her first book asked me where to start.
Posting what I shared with her with hopes that you may find some value in it.
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Write an outline. It’s ok if it is…
As you gain experience and exposure you’ll see people reach out and ask for help.
Many times, those who reach out for your help will ask for your help in areas where you are not an expert.
It is during…
A big myth is that you can’t build a following of smart people if you don’t have a ton of experience or if you are not very smart.
Debunking that today because it is not true.
You can start from…