Who am I? What do I do?

What is the role that we define ourselves by? Am I a Product Manager? A painter? An engineer? A leader? Society has trained us to believe that we should be just one thing in our life. However, none of the successful people in history – from Michelangelo or...

Entitled to nothing

I stayed at a wonderful place for a week where I paid more than what I earned in a year at my first job. Am I surprised everyday at how far I have come? Yes! Do I believe it’s all my doing? Not at all. It’s insane luck at play. Does that stop me from showing up...

Saying no is a choice

Each time we say no to someone, we think we are saying no to our capability of helping. We think we are saying no to our ability to solve problems. The reality, however, is that we are saying no to someone else because we want to be respectful of what’s important for...

The importance of a good teacher

This is one of the fondest memories of my childhood. My Sanskrit exam was in a week. And I was certain I would fail the exam. Our teacher was so boring. Uninspiring. Ma saw that I was scared. She wrote a letter requesting the daughter of our temple priest to tutor me....