We take most things in our life for granted. The freedom to be independent financially or personally. This is something the maximum population around the globe is missing. We are blessed, but we don’t realize it. Not everyone is born rich or lucky to have all this. Modern-day self-help keeps selling you an agenda of …
Author Archives: Atul
convenience
Our humanity thrives on convenience. Every single innovation of humanity has driven society towards it. We call ourselves advanced because most of the manual labor we have automated. The era of finding love, counseling, food, and soulmates all started happening over finger tap. Is there a flip side to it? Some will say our lifestyle …
emotions
In a high-pressure environment where the stakes are high and both risks and rewards are significant, emotions will inevitably run high. As long as everyone’s position is heard and there are no personal attacks, this emotional intensity can be healthy. When individual, team, and organizational goals are aligned, it creates a win-win situation. In such …
Fire
I keep hearing that hiring is a challenge. We have had our share, too. One thing that has stood by us is finding people with fire—in crude terms, fire in the butt (gand me dum). Some people think I am offending them by saying this during interviews. A startup is a roller coaster ride. Apart …
balance
The era of a balanced life is over. Our parents were lucky to have stable 9-to-5 jobs and enough time to spend on hobbies. The burden of consumerism and mass migration is upon us. Let me not even remind you about inflation and unaffordable real estate prices. We used to manufacture things before making China …
Commit
It is great to dream of having a good life, a satisfying job, a life partner, and loving friends around. Most humans strive for these things. In reality, very few achieve them. The reason is “missing commitment.” The lever between success and failure in transforming a dream into reality requires commitment from the self. No one …
confidence
There is a thin line between confidence and bullshitting. When you are confident, you will be less arrogant, and your actions will speak for you. It is not about what you wear or the phone you carry, but how you value the conversation. We are living in a world where fakes get more eyeballs than …
right
You need to have your heart in the right place to succeed. What I mean by that is: we human mind is a monkey mind and society fueled with consumerism has chained us. We are in some kind of competition like a video game or Farmville or catching Pokemon. If our incentives are not aligned …
generation
Our society is undergoing a generational shift. From politicians to officials to families, we are witnessing the emergence of new stewards of the future. What held priority in the past may be discarded, and new priorities will take their place. Fresh gateways to opportunity will open, and many careers that previous generations dismissed as trivial …
opportunities
As an underdog, I consider myself fortunate to have received the opportunities that have come my way. It takes small, consistent steps, a tremendous amount of hard work, and an almost unimaginable level of self-belief to wake up every day and compete with well-established players. What has worked for me so far is building a …