Random chance

Once, during my stint with McKinsey, an HR recruiter from the New York office once asked me if I could help shortlist a few resumes for interviews. The applicants were all from top B-Schools (Harvard, Columbia, MIT, Wharton, etc.) and every resume looked stellar. All...

The path to greatness

Learning new skills is hard. Learning daily is hard. But you don’t climb Mt. Everest by watching National Geographic. You get there by pushing yourself every day, for years. To do big things, we don’t need one-day heroism — we need to go through the...

Focus on the Process

As a kid, during our train travels, when we got close to the destination, I would be constantly pestering my parents, “When will the station arrive?” And in that process, I would totally miss out on the fun of the journey or the beautiful scenery outside...