Archive for the year 2020

Delegation is a super power. Many of us are in a position to use it, but few unleash its true power, the biggest of which is giving you more time to do what you need to do or want to…

Are you a professional creator? Or are you using digital media to grow your brand? And have you been in two minds about choosing one platform over the other for growing your brand? Then this post may help. Where …

This is not about showing off but growth. It is about helping others but more about helping yourself. And, as a bonus, when you help others you feel good. If you fancy becoming a role model for others here is…

Kill customized proposals and offer packages with options, sell low price service first and tie what you sell to revenues.  This approach works great for almost all service-based businesses whether you are in the business of making logos or selling…

That they are destined for big things in life. When guiding young people assume that they will be successful. The worst that can happen is that the person you give your words of encouragement will amount to nothing later. But…

Even in the times when they are home, staying in place. Because the laid back ones are busy chilling and Netflix-ing… The ambitious ones are in a rush to grow themselves, trying to partake in the free (and at times…

Raghuram Rajan erstwhile Chief Economist and at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wrote in his book “Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy”: “Not taking risks one doesn’t understand is often the best form of risk management.”…

Looking for career progression? Then you may have to go through five jobs to experience it. The first job is when you get your first one. And, you should not sweat much about how that one is. The second job…

How do you make your dreams come true? You do it by working. But the mindless work cannot make our dreams true. We can live in the illusion of working and get almost nothing done. So, it is important to…

They never were. They have long been about monitoring. About surveillance. About keeping a tab. A place where we went to work. And, that place became a hub of stress, a place that hampered work when it should have facilitated.…

I was an ambitious kid. I had started thinking about my future during early teens. But I did not get much guidance. So I did what someone in my situation would do.  I read books and looked outside for inspiration.…

To win big you pay the price. You pay for success with time and effort. What if you don’t have any time left after work? You find time over the weekend. And, use that time to win. If you plan…

Career dreams are real. But for many of us, after we start working, these dreams die a slow death. Because the work takes over leaving us no time to pay attention to what we want and how to go there.…

This is an Update Post. Skip it if you are looking for some learning. Since Jan 2019, I have run a self-growth experiment every month. The idea behind these experiments is to put ideas that promise growth into action and…

Habits rule us. They affect the way we behave, and the way we act. We eat food and consume information as per our habits. But all our habits don’t serve us well. That is why we need to make a…