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...

Benefits of bingewatching

Binge watching is not relaxing you. It is numbing you. \Your mind is not thinking. It is consuming. Your eyes are not calm. They are wide open. You are not active. Your body is decaying gradually. If there is only one benefit of binge-watching, it is the awareness of...

Excuses

How many times do you create an excuse, even when the choice is always with you? You have the choice to push a little harder. Or the choice to say a polite no. Or the choice to have a conversation and make things easier for everyone. Even when you are making an...