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Smile is such a powerful thing.

It makes us feel better about ourselves, helps us go beyond the limitations of what we “should” be doing, and makes us realise that it’s seriously important to not take everything seriously.

Smile in the mirror.
Smile in interviews.
Smile at strangers on the street, in the elevator, and even in washrooms.

Smile, because the world already has a lot of frowns. :)

1. Sofa is not against a wall
2. You do not feel the need to compete against anyone.
3. You are super comfortable not being productive every second.

Richness is not only what money brings. It is also what comes in when we focus on what truly matters for us.

Setting goals and targets can be quite tricky.
If we hit them, we feel great about them. But what if we could have hit a bigger goal?
If we don’t hit them, we feel bad about ourselves. But what if we weren’t prepared to hit them in the first place itself?

That’s why, in my team wariCrew (tag), we have ZERO targets.
None at all.

How do we get things done, then?

Here’s how:
1. We build a process for what we do. And we do that clinically.
2. Every week, we analyse how well the process is serving us. Through data.
3. Based on those numbers, we figure what is working, and what isn’t. We do more of what’s working. Do less of what isn’t. Rinse and repeat. 

3 years of this process and we have achieved goals that we could not set out for ourselves!
From virtually nothing at the start of 2020, we are a 7Mn+ follower brand on social media! 

All of this happened, because we signed up for the process. 

Set habits. Not goals!

Find the manager who saw your errors and still chose to trust.

Find the investor who saw you fail and still chose to support.

Find the friend who saw your ills and still chose to love.

Find the partner who saw the worst of you and still chose to stay.

Because you can!
Because it selfishly makes you feel good!
Because help is how we extend what we have, otherwise we all would stink if we stagnate.

Help is such a powerful emotion we extend along with the gesture of help itself, because it reminds us of who we really are, before the world taught us who we should be!

I am a big believer in the power of right thoughts.

Yes, our thoughts form our reality. We do become what we think about. Our environment is the biggest determinant of our success and happiness.

However, what I also believe in, more than anything else, is that our actions drive our results.
Not our thoughts alone.

No one says: “He was a person of beautiful thought and great planning, he just failed to execute everyday.”

There is power in action.
There is power in traction.
Even if it starts with a minutest fraction.

When you are waiting to be inspired, you are giving away your power to “create” to something that has to happen when it wants to.
Which also means you will not be able to create when the inspiration doesn’t strike.

A powerful way to look at that is to show up to do the work – no matter what.

It might not be the best. But done is better than perfect.
And from that non-perfect work, will slowly emerge the inspiration to get better. Win-win.

You don’t need to win in order to win.
You simply need to show up consistently, in order to win.

1. You are reading to impress people
2. The book does not hold your attention
3. You want to appear “smart”

Books are what have helped me the most in my life.
However, they help you when you pick them up because you want to read them, irrespective of what the world thinks about those books.

Read books, so that you can read yourself.

If we have a budget for something and that “something” is not fitting into the budget, should we exceed it?

It depends a lot on what that thing is.

Does it make our life easier? Or is it a temptation?
Does it make our work better, faster, smoother? Or is it just another decoration?
Is it an investment towards someone that will give 10X returns? Or is it an investment because we invested in the first kind of the lot?

It is good to break the budgets sometimes, but mostly, it isn’t. And we know the answer when it isn’t.

It is the moderation that maketh the boat sail. Go extremes, and either water gets in, or the boat gets in.

One question I ask my best friends is: “What was the happiest part about yesterday?”

We had a similar question on our weekly call this week.

It is almost miraculous how none of the responses are about getting more materialistic things, and almost all the questions were about the time we spent with people around us.

It turns out, when we ask the right questions, we often end up having the right answers.