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Words. Wisdom. Winners.
How did you get saved today?
Every single day we are making mistakes
Taking the wrong decisions
Misunderstanding situations
Hurting people
Prioritizing urgency over importance
And every single day, life will send signals our ways
To tell us that it’s the wrong path
We have to read the signs
Keep asking the world to save you
And the signs will become obvious
Seth Godin saved me today!
I am at fault
The very instance you say these words, you set yourself free.
You come clean
No more guilt
No more presence
It doesn’t matter if people are still judging you
You now know what to fix
And how to win tomorrow
Strangely enough, people feel that saying “I am sorry” has the same impact.
It doesn’t
Accepting a fault doesn’t require one apologizing for it.
The reverse isn’t true.
Working out
When I started working out 2 years back, my instructor told me 2 things that have immensely helped me
Never close your eyes, even if in intense pain.
Always look in front. Never down.
It was later that I realized. He wasnt talking about working out.
He was talking about life!
When someone says no
How do you react when someone says no to you?
Try and convince them again
Do it anyway
Argue why it’s the wrong decision
Blame yourself for the defeat
Gather a mob
Seek sympathy
Stop caring
Consider for a moment – that the no sent across your way was not directed at you. It was not a no to the person, or the idea. Rather to the moment
No = Not right now
Knowing that it is just a matter of time now, now how would you react?
Don’t convince people of why something will work.
Spend time convincing them why it needs to be done right now.
Don’t get lazy
This was something my professor told me several years ago and I didn’t make sense of it back then. Now I realize the power of what he said. And I think it applies to you too
My colleague Ajay Singh at a get together last week.
He continued
People like us worry a lot. All the time. Our minds work overtime.
Because we get tired easily. Very very tired
My professor had told – Ajay, whatever happens, don’t ever get tired.
You have to be ready at all times and address everything in the right manner.
If a conversation needs to happen face to face, you cannot do it over phone.
If a matter is to be addressed urgently, it doesn’t matter if ts 3 AM or you are drunk or on a date with your crush
You ll have to run when you can’t stand and you ll have to smile when you are sad.
You just cant be tired.And that’s what I have to tell you as well.
It makes so much sense. Now that I think of it, the reason the last few years have been fantastic is because I chose not to get lazy.
Not just at work
But at life
Even if it means getting up early, or eating right, or not taking excel sheet decisions.
And that goes to everyone out there who worries.
Don’t get lazy! Don’t get tired!
Both
Should we go after 18-24yrs or 25-35yrs?
Should we go after market 1 or market 2?
Should we focus on mobile or desktop?
Should we focus on merchant or customer?
Should I focus on work or life?
Both is wrong
Both is the average
Both is not equal to doing more
Both is not what will make you win
Both might just make you lose
If unsure between two choices, both is almost always the wrong response.
Pick one. Do more.
Earning respect
Your colleague invites you to her wedding, by sending a personal email with the invitation card attached
Response 1:
Open the email
Read it
Reply back
“Thanks <insert colleague name>
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. I am traveling and will unfortunately not be able to make it. Thanks for inviting me :)
Wishing you both a lovely wedding. All the best and God bless”
Response 2:
Open email
Open card
Read the details
Reply back
“Thanks <insert colleague name>
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. I am unfortunately traveling on the 19th and will be unable to make it. Sorry about that and thanks for inviting me
Wish you and <insert bride’s name> a wonderful life ahead. All the best”
Time check
Response 2 > Response 1 by 10 seconds
Respect check
Response 2 > Response 1 by infinity
Respect doesn’t come from title. It comes from conduct.
Gut
Gut is an awesome thing
It supercedes data
It drives immediate action
It’s based on experience
It’s already rationalized
It’s you
Your judgement
Precisely the reasons why gut is also a bad thing
Because most people end up using gut to express fear.
“I know I know, all the facts are right, but it just doesn’t feel right”
Gut is your enemy when you use it to represent your fears
Excel sheet leadership
If, as a leader, you take all your decisions based on excel sheets, devoid of emotional labor, you are a victim of excel sheet leadership.
Here is the deal about excel sheet leadership.
It’s an oxymoron. It doesn’t exist.
The hard part is going through each cell on that sheet.
The hard part is listening and responding to all exceptions.
The hard part is looking at the world from someone else’s perspective.
Excel sheet leaders die young. And they die as managers.
The rest become leaders
Ideas
Received an email yesterday. A fellow entrepreneur wants to get into the gifting space. Wants to offer 2 hour delivery and only brands. Because no one else is serving this need.
Here is the deal
No one starts a business saying I will deliver bad products and I will deliver slow.
There is an economic reason behind everything.
Everything.
I always do myself a favor whenever a new idea hits me.
I tell myself – “you are stupid. People before have already thought of this idea. But how come no one has done it yet?”
Ideas don’t need parents.
They need work
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