Archive for the month February 2021

This is for non-fiction writers. Outline your book. Write the first draft. Edit it. But don’t publish it. What to do instead? Break it into about 25-50 articles. Each chapter becomes an article. Break the same content into 50-100 videos.…

1% improvement every day leads to more than 37% improvement over a year. It is simple math.  1.01^365=37.78 It’s talked about often. What’s not discussed often is how to put this into practice in our own lives. Here is a…

Who wants an unhealthy body? No one.  Still we continue to eat junk and live a life without discipline, Who wants brain fog?

No one. Still we continue to slog endlessly without caring for the engine, the mind. Who wants…

An alternative title of this post can be – when unsure of what to do, take the options to the world and the world will tell you what to do. So, you want to launch a startup. And, have many…

When you see the big picture, You understand the parts that make it, better. Of course if the picture is too big, then you’ll miss out on certain things. Even then you can observe one thing at a time. For…

If you want to build a business and you are still in the ideation stage then this article is for you. Here are the four steps to build a growing business. Make it. As soon as you get an idea…

When early new year celebrations and hustle after coming back from holidays are behind us. And we are in the groove, working but also have a certain rhythm to our days also. Many christians around the world observe Lent around…

Fire yourself, even before you’ve hired yourself. Don’t include yourself on the team. This is simple when you are starting a new business. Doable in case of an old business too. Fire yourself, even before you’ve hired yourself. Plan how…

A person I guide on career matters reached out about how she had applied for many positions and didn’t get a response.  Out of about 20 applications, she got 5-6 rejection emails and no calls for interviews. She wanted to…

Is it simple? Yes, if you did what I am sharing with you. Show up every day. Why? Because Woody Allen has said that 80% of success is just showing. Even if he did not say that it is common…

There is hardly any niche or industry where there is no competition. So unless you can create something patentable or novel, you’ll have other makers, creators, sellers, vying for your market share. Is it bad news? No. One – because…

Don’t compete. Do what you like. And find a way to make a living doing it. When making a living comes into the equation, there may be some overhead (the kind of work you don’t like). This may be administrative…

Try these. Tie your work to what’s on invoice. Move items that you have to deliver to a spreadsheet, and then break them into weekly or daily deliverables. This way you’ll never lose track of what you have to do…

Here are these two steps. 1) Know your preferred lifestyle. 2) Then find work to sustain this lifestyle. Sounds too easy on paper. But if you are in a job, do not be in a rush to leave it yet.…

Service based businesses are easiest to start and can be lucrative if you do it right. Here is how you can win at service based business. Get your first client as soon as you can. Better if you get…