What do you REALLY want in life?

Several years back, I got a call from a current student of ISB.”I have an offer from McKinsey and Google. I don’t know which one to choose. Can you help?” I didn’t help. I just asked a question: “What is the most important thing for you...

Can you influence luck?

3 times life worked out for me luckily – and how you can set yourselves up for luck: 1) I didn’t make it to IIT after my Class 12th – because of which I went to Delhi University.Which is where I met my future wife. If I made it to IIT, I may have...

Is money important?

Those who say that money is not important, are lying.Money is VERY important! May 2003 At the age of 50, my parents had decided to buy a house.They had moved to Delhi 20 years back.Made it home. But they had no home to call their own. Every 2-3 years, moving from one...

Are you scared of failing?

You want a new job.Or start your own business.You want to get out of a relationship.Or you want to lose weight. But you’re unable to do any of these.Not because you don’t want to.Rather because you’re afraid. Afraid of failure.Maybe afraid of what people will...

Who am I? What do I do?

We’ve all made mistakes.We still do.We will continue to. However, the first mistake rarely brings any harm. Ignoring the mistake and not learning a lesson from it causes real harm. Because we’ve wasted a learning opportunity.Because we might repeat the same mistake...