Staying true is the easiest path

I want to quit a “successful” career because I’m not happy doing it. We’re not going to raise funding because it is not in the best interest of our customers. We’ll give no-questions asked refund, and will comply with it 100% of the time. These are difficult choices....

The lie we were told as kids

Most of us had a childhood of competing with others. Get more marks than your competitor. Higher rank. Go to a better college than them. These were (and unfortunately still are) the parameters that defined success for us as kids. Except: Everyone is running their own...

Why entrepreneurship?

Maybe you figured a PM fit that worked. Maybe you wanted to try things on this side of the world. Or perhaps you were just happy doing it. Whatever it is, that reason is important. Your “why” is important. Your root cause matters. The reasons hyped by the media, the...

Why do people change?

Someone was kind to you for a long time.Now, all of a sudden they’ve become rude. This leaves you questioning.How could they change? Why did they change? Did I do something wrong?Somehow it has started affecting your self worth in that relationship.  Here’s the...

Focus, and lack of it

Focus – Is something we chose for our own selves. For the life that we have chosen. Our career. Focus makes us accountable.  But there is another perk of that focus: The right kind of focus leads us to stop focusing on what others are doing wrong, and start...

Not leveraging opportunities?

People are going to screw up. They are going to lose it. And the sad part is, they won’t even understand this despite we trying to explain this to them. Over and over again. So, we have two options: behave like the world is supposed to, get angry, and tell them where...