The importance of sleep

If you feel low on energy throughout the day, this post is for you. Sleeping well is perhaps the single biggest determinant of physical and mental energy.You should aim to get at least 7-8 hours of sleep everyday. I sleep at 9:30pm everyday (except Friday) and sleep...

School taught us this useless thing

School/college had a fascinating way of trying to teach us something: Everyone will enter a class at the start of the year. Everyone will be taught the same subject. Everyone will be expected to understand and comprehend that subject, at the same pace. At the end of...

The joy of building a team

Last week, my team and I returned from our quarterly offsite. We are a fully remote team of 14 folks – so we meet once every quarter for 4 days.  Each trip is a new city and a new experience.  In the past we have been to Goa, Rishikesh, Pondicherry,...

Do winners quit?

We are often told that quitting is a bad thing. Because winners don’t quit.Winners say yes to everything.Winners hustle!Winners are constantly motivated.Sleep is a waste of time for winners. They’re all LIES. In fact, winners quit all the time. They quit...

Job and impact

It is not funny how often I will speak to a person in their 20s who doesn’t like their job. “Why do you not like it?” “Oh, I am not creating any impact” “Impact? How long have you been working?” “6 months!”...

The first one

I hated the first blog post I wrote in 2005. I hated the first social media post I created in 2012. I hated the first video I created in 2017. The first newsletter in 2020. The first podcast in 2021. But they are still there in the universe. To remind me of how far I...