Why our definition of future is mostly wrong

I am an eternal optimist. People who know me well call me the irrational optimist.  It’s my belief that the future is always beautiful. Tomorrow is always better than today.  The operating word I chose to describe the future is better.  It will be...

Drop the debt 

Debt is largely a misunderstood financial instrument, especially at a consumer level. Somehow taking debt is not considered being financial prudent. While there is enough literature to suggest that debt can be a fantastic lever for growth, if managed well. ...

How often do we open closed doors? 

Right before the gym entrance this morning, I am greeted by a guy I have seen several times working out.  “The gym is closed” “Really?”  Of course the question was a rhetoric. I wasn’t going to believe him. I went up to the...

Here is something I shouldn’t write about…

As the founder of a pro-consumer tech startup, the right thing to say is “customer is the king”. The right thing to say is that we are “customer obsessed” The right thing to say is that “the customer is always right” Just that...

The future is meant to be ridiculous

I rarely talk about the future. Because it’s my imagination that I will try and impose on someone else, without having given them the basis for imagining it.  However, day before, I found myself doing so. Talking about the future. How I imagined nearbuy to...

Focus doesn’t know pressure

I tend to think a lot. More than I should. And starting this year, I wanted to change that.  The human ability to imagine, sets us apart, in both good ways and bad. While it’s allowed us to created the world that we live in today, where the environment...