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When I am hiring people, these are the qualities I look for in candidates:

1. Curiosity – Curious ones don’t start with solving the problem. They start with asking the right questions. And the questions solve the problems.

2. Do they set up others for success?
   Do they share or hide?
   Do they take credit or share credit?
   Do they pick up high visibility tasks or are comfortable being behind the scenes?
   Do they work for their success in a way that sets others up for success as well?

3. Do they need a follow-up?
   The sheer amount of time wasted collectively in following up is crazy!
   And if someone works in a way where they stick to their commitments or proactively update when the commitments are not being met, they are gold!

4. Are they different from me?
   We all are drawn towards people who are like us. But, we perform at our best when we allow ourselves to evolve.  And that happens when we spend time with people who are nothing like us.

The best thing we can do to improve our health – Cut out refined sugar and soda.

The best thing we can do to improve our wealth – Stop buying things we don’t need.

The best thing we can do to improve your sleep – Stop staring at the phone right up until bed.

The best thing we can do to improve our relationships – Be someone we’d want to be around.

The best thing we can do to improve our mind – Meditate.

Each of these requires us to alter our life, our mindset, our habits.
Not easy. But necessary!

If you often find people around you saying, “You’ve changed!”
“You were not like this”
“You are not the same anymore!”

And if you are confused – Should you change? Should you not?
You think people will dislike you. People will leave if you aren’t who they want you to be anymore!

Here is the truth.
We all change. We just don’t realize it.
But it’s the realization of the conscious change that sets us apart.

When people say you’ve changed, they never about how you’ve changed.
It’s about how they couldn’t.

1. Consistency + Authenticity is the magic formula to crack the content game.
2. Ideas are all around you. Don’t put pressure on yourself for creating original ideas. Instead, share your take on existing ideas.
3. If you are not having fun while creating content, people will see through it.
4. Do not assume on behalf of your audience.
   Share and then listen.
   Listen intently.
5. Don’t pretend to be someone else.
   Be yourself and then ask, who all does this persona appeal to?

We always have new ideas.
Ideas that we are excited about. Ideas that can bring about change.

The problem is never a lack of new ideas.
The problem isn’t the intent either.
The problem is that these new ideas end up clashing with the old ones.

Guess who wins?
The old ideas.

The old ideas of the world and that of ourselves, do not let us change.
And we think, it’s a lack of motivation. It’s a lack of hard work.
We put all our energy into changing ourselves, when letting go of the older version, of older ideas was all that was needed.

It’s very easy to become a new person. What’s hard is to destroy the old one.

Luck has a wonderful design to happen to those who show up consistently.
Even when they were not supposed to.
Even when it was okay to cut corners.
Even when no one was watching.

When we sign up for the journey, the outcome is bound to come.
Being honest with the journey,  just makes it a desirable one.

The pro is the amateur who simply chose to show up – EVERY DAY!

Whenever we step into a conversation with someone, it’s essential to be prepared with the answer to the question – How can I help?
It would be unfortunate if we have the attention, yet we don’t know what to ask for!

The truth is, people are always ready to help.
But very few are able to figure out how!
If we need their help, the least we can do is offer them clarity on how is that they can help us.

People will help us only when we have helped them understand how they can.

If we do not know what do we truly want in life right now, the next best thing that we might look for is –
Everything!

Don’t know what we truly want from the job right now? We would want everything!
Work-life balance, learning, great boss, high pay, recognition, offsite, smart colleagues, respect, bean bags, TT, free lunch – everything!

Don’t know what we truly want from life right now? We would want everything!
Stability and excitement. Predictability and unpredictability. Hustle and peace. Sleep and Netflix. 

“What is it that I want the most from life right now?”
It is an easy question to ask, not a simple question to answer.
But once answered, the awareness can dictate the direction of our lives in meaningful ways!

Being good at something and being happy doing it are two different things.

When we are good at something, we are almost always seeking external validation to prove it.
But, when we are truly happy doing something, the need for validation disappears.

Happiness is the biggest validation. And being aware of what we seek is a superpower!

Often we are told that the most powerful people are the ones who never make mistakes.

We’re also told that making mistakes is a sign of weakness. That, if we make mistakes, we are not powerful.
So what do we do?
We hide them.

But when we look at the most powerful people in the world, their strength isn’t in not making mistakes.
Their strength lies in admitting that they made one.
It lies in making sure it never gets repeated.
And when another mistake comes their way, their strength lies in admitting it again!

We can’t escape making mistakes.
It’s the courage to own up to these mistakes that makes us the most powerful.