On happiness

If it made you happy yesterday, don’t put the pressure on it to make you happy today as well. We humans change. External things don’t. A wiser choice is to pick something different that matches your current state of happiness. One of the happiest definitions of...

What happens after exploring?

I often talk about suggesting kids in their 20s to go about exploring different career options. But what should you do when you have really found what you love, you’re good at it and the world is ready to pay you for it? Double down on what you’ve found. Think of what...

Problem solving

As humans, leaders and wise humans, we love to solve problems for others. It makes us feel better, and we believe that it would make them feel better as well. Except, that it doesn’t. Smart people suffer from a problem called The Curse of Intelligence. They want to...

A less-known secret to productivity

When we talk about secrets to productivity, mostly we think they would be Pomodoro technique, having a schedule, working out, etc. While all of that is true, there is something way bigger than it: Our rest schedule. Rest and rejuvenation is not sitting idle, wasting...

“I do not have any friends. I feel lonely.”

We feel lonely without others because we have not built a friendship with our own selves. Who else can be your best friend, but you? You know your strengths. You know your weaknesses. You know your secrets. You know your desires. You know your mind. The truth is...

Generalist versus Specialist

In our parents’ generation, it was a privilege to be a specialist.To be the best and fastest in the world at one thing was the only way to survive. With unlimited opportunities in the information age, things have reversed. As someone who wants to climb the corporate...