5 things I’ve learnt about leadership

1. A great leader is dispensable when it comes to their tasks and actions.They are indispensable when it comes to their thought and vision. 2. Every word you speak will be analysed.Every action of yours will be reproduced.Every standard you allow will set a new...

Keep looking ahead

When I started working out 11 years back, my instructor told me 2 things: Never close your eyes, even if in intense pain.Always look in front. Never down. It was later that I realised he wasn’t talking about working out. He was talking about...

Are you your best friend?

Imagine your best friend is going through a tough time.They aren’t able to succeed or are really sad.Would you start telling them that they’re no good?That they can’t ever do any good?That they should already give up? No. Right? We hate going around people who bring...

Resist the obvious

If you invest in a stock with the information that everyone has, you will get the returns everyone else gets.If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. Same choices, same results.Yet each day, we go...

Is it possible to multitask?

We know we shouldn’t do multiple things at a time.But how to accomplish the huge list of tasks we have? One task at a time.Then moving on to the next. We’ll be more focussed.And get things done in less time, which will allow to move to the next task Our brain craves...

Why do we procrastinate?

We are procrastinating.On that project that is important to us.On that gig that will get us closer to our dream.On writing that email that might help us land our dream job. Not because we can’t.But because we are afraid. Afraid of doing it wrong.Afraid of criticism of...