How To Start A Fire?
It’s Sunday, 8 September 2024, 11:00 AM here in India. I am spending the weekend with my parents, celebrating the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. I wrote this newsletter on a Wednesday before my trip..
Break Heroin Addiction
The Paradox of Choice
One day, you decide to buy ice cream at an ice cream parlour you haven’t been before. The parlour has 35 varieties of ice cream, most of which sound exotic and mysterious. You sample a few flavours and
Best Piece of Career Advice
In 2012, I was a young management consultant working for a department headed by a charismatic leader. I was trying to develop project proposals that would help me drive efficiencies….
Stress SOS: It’s an Inside Job!😵
Last Sunday, I visited a friend to pick up fabric from her shop to make quilts. She was closing her organic clothing boutique and had many scraps of cotton fabric sourced from various parts…
Diffusing High-Energy Conflicts 😮💨
A few weeks ago, I went out for lunch with a close friend. We had a sumptuous Indian meal, and we were happy and content. After some time, a sharp digital voice pierced the air.
Gourmet Dining in A War Zone Army Mess 🍰
In their book, “Made To Stick”, authors Chip and Dan Heath relate the story of a gourmet dining experience for soldiers in an army mess in Baghdad. Army food is not something to write about..
The Recipe for Anti-Fear 😨
One of the favourite ways the mind amuses itself is to conjure worst-case scenarios, magnify them and have them on repeat. Even if one thinks one has secured the future with a foolproof plan..
The Tale Of The Olive Presses 🫒
Thales of Miletus was an Ancient Greek Philosopher who lived during 600 BC. In the village where Thales lived, there were mystics. Mystics went high in the mountains, communed with..
The Realm of Hungry Ghosts 👻
In Tibetan Buddhism, there’s a symbol of the cycle of birth, life and death called Bhavacakra or The Wheel of Life. Six realms are depicted in the Wheel of Life, and one of them is the realm of..
The Self Appraisal Freeze Mode 🥶
Story of Derethil and the Wandersail ⛵
Unlock the Secret to Better Work Relationships! 👩🏽💼
🚀 Unmasking Hidden Expectations
In one of the teams I used to work with, a Change Consulting team, there was an unwritten rule: only if you contributed to department initiatives would you get an “exceeds expectations” in your..
Solving The Puzzle of Communication
Last Sunday, I attended a workshop titled “Habits of Mind.” The facilitator led us through activities and reflection that helped us to think about the traits or habits of mind we would like to cultivate..
Breaking The Overload Cycle💥
I have started a new running program, which adds an additional 3-5 hours to my week. We all have 168 hours a week (24×7), and finding 3-5 hours in that time frame should not be challenging..
The Subtle Art of Task Stretching 🕛
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave 🧠
Imagine a dark cave where a group of people have been imprisoned their entire lives since childhood. These prisoners are chained so that their legs and necks are fixed. They can’t move, so they..
What is the purpose of your brain?
When I was younger, I could hold several pieces of relevant information in my brain. I could always trust my brain to remember the exact things I had to buy when I was physically present at the grocery store..
The Myth Of Perfection
t is the last Sunday of September, and with it, we enter the last quarter of the year. What are you looking forward to the most in the next three months? Ranked World No.1 in Men’s Singles for 310 week..
How To Eat Your Frog?
It’s Sunday, 31 August 2024, 11:00 AM here in India when this email arrives in your inbox. I’m writing this to you in a “cave” on 28 August 2024, 10:14 AM. A “cave” is a virtual co-working session hosted by..
The Five Types of Email Procrastination
When My Life Settles Down..
The Dark Side of Scheduling 🌑
I recently attended a three-day silent retreat. The retreat schedule was meticulously planned by the organisers, detailing timings, activities and locations. The schedule was printed and stuck..
The Trap Of More 💀
At 10:30 a.m. on a Tuesday, I was waiting in the lobby of a bank to access my locker. The “locker key person” was late, and I had already been waiting for half an hour. I was told it would likely take..
The Story of the Funky Shaped Nozzle 💨
The Sure-Fire Way To Burn Out 🔥
The easiest way to achieve all the above is to NOT say NO to more work, clients, projects, bosses, team members and stakeholders. We all have a weird relationship with the word “NO”.
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