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To create content consistently.
To write cold emails.
To consistently get better.

If it were easy, everyone would be doing it.

The hard thing about hard things is that they are not easy.
But the last time we checked, no one changed their world by sticking to the status quo.

Execution brings focus. Focus silences noise.

Execution brings clarity. Clarity removes doubts.

Execution brings confidence. Confidence removes self-doubts.

Execution brings in more flaws. That self awareness draws closer to finesse.

Execution is how others see us. And as much as we like it or not, this is sometimes how we see ourselves.

Execution is power. Everything else, is discharging your battery.

One of the most fun times of my week (btw, I’m having fun all the time) is meeting random people on Instagram.

Some ask questions on career, some perform, and some just drop in to say a hi.

All of those conversations fill me up with so much energy and joy. Also, more than anything else, I have immense gratitude for everyone joining in and just being themselves.

They’re having fun without fear of “not getting a job”.
They are expressing their art, at a place where we all jam in together to witness them.
They are embracing their fears, by asking for help.

Such a beautiful experience to live through, every week.

As it turns out, the most precious human connections are the ones where we do not know each other yet are there for each other. Just because we care.

When I was in my first job, I asked my boss, “Why do some people in the team have more work and some have less?”

My boss told an answer that I wasn’t prepared to, however the one that quite helped me.

He said, “Good people pay a far higher price for being good, than bad people pay for being bad.”

Whenever I think over it over the years, sometimes I question, “Is it really important to be good? What if I am not a good contributor to the team?”

And I would never want to be touted as someone who is not reliable, who is not trusted, or who is not a good contributor to the team.

Sometimes paying the higher price is the best way to avoid paying even higher prices in life.

We humans are hardwired to be liked.

It is one of the reasons why we stay in toxic relationships – be it partner, friends or family.

Here’s the truth: You will feel guilty of taking them out of your life.

Here’s the bigger truth: You will feel grateful after a year, for taking that step.

We fear we will not be loved when we make tough decisions in relationships, however, we will rather be able to love ourselves more when we do make those decisions.

As a founder, whether you want it or not, you will take everything personally.

Growth, stationery, commute, profits – everything under the sun. You would share credits, and kill yourself for everything that isn’t working.

Every day you will live someone else’s life, until you finally live yours.

Which is when you will come back to reminding yourself why you became a founder in the first place.

Because the only story that matters is the one between your two ears. Everything else, is just noise.

Stillness is a valuable trait.
If it is peace of mind that you are after.

Everywhere else, stillness is a bug, not a feature.

People who are still blaming their past.
People who are still stuck where they were 3 years ago.
People who are still complaining.

Life happens. Things happen. Things move on. But if we don’t, we are creating the graves of our happiness right there.

Moving on isn’t only for the lucky ones. It is only when we move on, we get lucky.

Success doesn’t make you happy, especially if it is others who are getting successful whereas you are struggling to figure out the next step.

You may want to quit.
You may never want to get out of quilts.
You may want to convince yourself that your self-doubt is real.

However, getting up anyway despite someone else’s success, is true success.

Success changes meaning at different points.
Sometimes, its simply showing up.
Sometimes, it is putting in an extra rep.
Sometimes, it is having the right conversations with yourself.

In no case, success means stagnation. Momentum brings motivation, complaining creates cringe.

Do you sometimes feel that your life never gets sorted?
You get out of one maze, just to land yourself into another one?
The worst part, you see everyone else is living a dazzling life on Instagram stories…

We all feel the same.
We all feel it is only we who is lost, and everyone else is sorted.

The truth of FOMO is that everyone is missing out, yet no one is aware of everyone else’s fear.

That is the best thing about being lost. Not the fact that others are also lost, the fact that you are not alone – which itself brings a sense of meaning and belonging to a community, even while walking alone.

The great thing about being lost is that we are all in this loneliness together.

I am someone who wakes up every day around 4:30 – 5 am.
However, it is less about what time you wake up, it is about what you do when you wake up.

Do you go through your mails first thing in the morning?
Or see how many likes you have gathered?
Or check if your friend has seen your message?

This will anyway set up your day for a failure.

As much as waking up early is a great habit, owning your first 2-3 hours for yourself is the best way to set up for success in the outside world.

The outside world is simply a reflection of the inside world.