Why Even Billionaires Go Broke

I know of billionaires who have gone broke. And here is why you should care about it. No billionaire has ever gone broke by consuming too much — after all, how many designer clothes or jewellery can you buy? Instead, the super-rich go broke by...

Choose Good People, Not Glamorous Projects

In my 4th year in college, we had to choose a professor to guide us for the BTech project. At that time, I had become very good friends with a young professor of electrical engineering, who was kind, generous, and brilliant. But his area of work was not glamorous. Had...

Why Yoga Classes Won’t Fix Workplace Stress

When companies feel that their employees are stressed, they organize yoga and meditation classes. But does it address the REAL problem? Is it not yet another bandaid applied on the poor human soul, which is already heavily “bandaided?” People are stressed...

Managers Should Lead, Not Do Their Team’s Job

In my policing days, a fellow senior officer was very fond of daily night-patrolling and catching criminals. Sounds cool, right? In fact, the media loved and glorified it. But here is the problem — that was not his job. His job was to guide his police station...