Why a team doesn’t perform?

Managers often struggle with team members not delivering on their tasks.  However, they rarely stop to question what could be the reason behind it.  Here’s three reasons why employees don’t deliver: 1. They lack capability: They are not capable of doing the...

Being poor with money

We all think that money solves for everything.  I would argue, rich is the person who gets to sit with a friend at a lovely cafe early in the morning, drink coffee together, share a pancake, listen to songs that celebrate the relationship and then leave to start...

Does money buy happiness?

Most of us have been taught with the belief that money can’t buy happiness.  I’d disagree.  Money buys you freedom to do things you want to do. And to say no to things you don’t want to do.That privilege to live life on your own terms is happiness, because...

Comments and Actions

In my first job, I used to make this gross mistake of commenting how the management of the company was responsible for all the problems we were going through, at work. Hardly realizing that they were always doing their best.Hardly realizing how difficult things at...

The easy and hard part of building a company

As entrepreneurship is getting cool, it is becoming even cooler to provide people with bean bags, free coffee and lunch, and flexibility to come and leave any time. What remains the hard part still remains the hard part: To build a culture that helps people thrive.To...

The real drugs

It is not the salary that is the drug. It is the stability that is the drug.It is the predictability that is the drug.It is the complacency that is the drug.It is the addiction to the status quo that is the drug. It is the lack of awareness that you need to push...