Do you hate what you do?

You’re earning good money.You have access to expensive restaurants.Even people see how far you have come. There is one problem though: You are not happy!.You hate what you do, but don’t have the courage to do what you love.  What if you spoke to that one person...

Is it advisable to play it safe?

Our parents love to invest in FDs?Because an assured return is better than the volatility of stocks.What if the market tanks? These are several reasons why people invest their hard earned money in safe assets. Unmindful of the costs of inflation and taxes, thereby...

Help people, help you!

A lot of founders write in to me:“Hi Ankur, please find my pitch deck for your feedback.” Or, another set of emails I get is:“Hi Ankur, please find my resume for relevant positions with you.” Why do they believe I would open the attachment, read the entire document,...

Your college matters, and it doesn’t!

When you are deciding what to do after school, college matters more than the course.What you learn will have far less impact than the people you spend your time with. However, when you are building a product and shipping it, your college doesn’t matter at all. The...

Should you take risks or not?

If we take too much risk, what if you don’t succeed at all? If we do not take risks at all, did we actually live? Here’s a risk reward statement that is applicable in almost every aspect of life:More risk, more reward. And vice versa.  Risk and failure is a state...

Don’t set goals

By 31 December 2021, I’ll have Rs. X in my bank account. We’ve all set these kind of goals at some point of time in our lives, haven’t we? When we set goals, we commit ourselves to reach a place, which we may or may not reach. When we build systems or create habits,...