There are people who are super cool online. People flock to them.
These same people are uncool in real life.
Not everyone is like that, but many people.
Then there are people who are the opposite. They may be uncool…
Most of us don’t like using tech.
We use it because it seemingly makes our life easy. If it wasn’t the case most of us won’t use it. I won’t.
Whether you are among those who like tech or you…
In 2015, I wanted to increase awareness about my startup.
I chose email marketing to do it and ended up building an email list of more than 13,000 subscribers.
What we did to build that list was novel at that…
A friend sent me
an article by a meditator who took a break from meditation, and how the results surprised him.
She knows
I meditate and have been at it for years.
I was not surprised by reading the piece…
Don Draper in episode 8 of season 4 of Mad Men says, “When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him.”
True, we bring our whole life with us but do we bring our whole…
Instagram has slowly stopped showing likes on people’s profiles across several markets.
Over time they may roll it all its users across the world.
The reason for this change is the all-round pressure on social networks about how they are…
A friend runs a design training institute.
She started it earlier this year and wants to bid on design projects, as an additional line of revenue.
I wrote this piece to help her.
Posting here hoping that you and others…
Imagine yourself as one of two people – connected by blood, destiny, or circumstance.
Even when you value the connection or want it to go on, it may not continue.
Why? Because life happens, and nature plays its game.
One…
1. What is the most neglected area of my life?
2. Do I want to change it?
3. What can I do to change it?
4. When will I do it?
5. What am I spending maximum time on?
6.…
I am a sucker for learning with purpose.
That is why I run
experiments to learn new things about myself and also spend time learning new skills. I do it because I know that not learning anything new equals to…
What do we accumulate wealth for?
What is the reason behind all the work that we put into our projects, jobs, and startups?
Is it a wild goose chase – the pursuit of something that we can’t achieve?
Or are…
Life is about give and take.
If you give enough, you’ll have enough for yourself.
This approach works. But our generosity does not need to be guided by what we’ll get in return if we give something to someone.
If…
Earlier today I was chatting with a friend. Instead of sitting in a cafe we were sitting under the open sky. And, there were no filters in our discussion. It made all the difference.
These days most discussions are filtered.…
It takes time and effort to document your thoughts.
But it is a worthwhile exercise.
Why?
Because it allows you to look back at old times later and realize how things were at a particular moment in life.
If you…
Back in 2013, Derek Sivers and I were working on our first book together. We had set a deadline and were working towards completing the book by then.
It was an in-depth, research-based book and took a lot of work.…