Don’t be a perfectionist. You don’t have to put yourself in a bucket. You are less stressed and working in your focused area without any FOMO. It takes away lots of mental pain and expectations burden when you are not part of the herd. The world will leave you thinking you are crazy.It is a …
Category Archives: Life
change
Is it because we are scared or our laziness that we dislike change? I know dozen toxic relationships where people continue staying because of the unknown. They can’t imagine what is waiting for them next positively. The same applies to switching jobs or expanding a new business unit. We are scared of the unknown. We …
mirror
We like people who are like our own mirrors. People who shape our progress and make life more livable. We learn from them and understand their view on various subjects related to life and work. We resonate with it. It does not feel like we are forcing ourselves on their company because they are like …
generalize
We are lazy. We form opinions about a race, caste, or religion with the simplest of experiences we have gone through. As a result, either we have a good or a bad opinion. If we think with sense, we will realize what we are missing out on. We will end up telling world around us …
Luck
Successful people sell hard work over luck to you. But very few admit that little luck, and it’s a wonder. Time and again, in 35+ years of my life, I have been hearing about success stories and luck playing its part. People meet, and their world changes. Opportunities come, and we have to seize them. …
narratives
We are living in an information age where narratives are written and re-written. These narratives can make or break anyone, society, or religion. Early days it was newspaper or television. With changing times, it’s in every sphere, from textbooks to social media platforms. It is not easy for most of us to skip it. But …
mirror
You are a mirror of yourself. How you see and feel about yourself shapes you. It defines you. It is easy to be pessimistic about our actions and feel negative about things around us. Our brain subconsciously crafts and maps it. As a result, it starts believing in it. We are locked in our limitations …
Self-doubt
Self-doubt is a demon we are battling with constantly. In every realm of our life, Self-doubt comes as a grumpy competitor whose role is to make you a loser. It’s like an enemy who results in losing a battle without even participating. Our life is a mixed bag of success and failure. But having self-doubt …
goal
Running a startup is painful. Although some founders have turned it into get rich quick scheme. With funding winter, these companies and founders are coming into the lights of scrutiny. I am sure this is just the beginning, and we will see many more names coming out. India’s growth story. The youngest English-speaking population has …
responsibility
As a founder, one virtue you should seek from early team members is their responsibility-taking capacity.A founder should not worry about the quality and delivery timelines.They should be confident that team members will do it and deliver their best. Any other pedigree and show-off should not be the priority in early hires. Otherwise, the founder …