If you know who you are…

You can love, only if you know how to love yourself. You can teach, only if you know how to learn. You can build, only if you know how to be patient. You can be content, only if you do not compare. You can get rich, only if you buy assets and not status. You can be...

This really bothers me a lot

Here is something that bothers me. The world is increasingly indulging in glorification of entrepreneurship. Everyday, you hear of fundraising announcements. Founders becoming millionaires and billionaires. Sponsoring tournaments, signing up celebrities, giving crazy...

Nice?

One of the biggest mistakes I made as a leader was I assumed that if I sugar coat what I didn’t like about people’s way of working, they will feel less hurt. Instead, they were left confused! I mistook being nice as being helpful.  Being clear and direct is more...

Invading the important

There are emails. There are WhatsApp messages. There are urgent things to attend to. And here’s what most of us do: Attend to them. Allow them to invade what’s important. Someone else’s urgent becomes more important than what’s most important...

How do I deal with trolls?

It is simple. I do not deal with them. If someone says something that seems reasonable, I respond. Sometimes even have back-to-back conversations. If someone says something that is not true, I simply have fun. By not responding most of the times :) Win-win. The truth...

The biggest mistake parents make

One of the biggest mistakes Indian parents make is to not teach us accountability at an early age, and then suddenly make us responsible for all our actions. It is okay for the kid to know that if they stumbled and fell on the floor, the floor is not to be beaten. It...