Learn or Perish

Learn or Perish

A McKinsey colleague once told me a funny yet sad story of this old lady working at a client company. He had to meet her a few times with some data requests. Since she used to always appear busy and overworked, he asked her what her job was. Turns out, she used to...

How to do the right thing EVEN when you’re demotivated

What happened to me I love running. But I also hate running. Let me explain. Once I am done with a long run, it is pure bliss. Running is my drug (in a really good, positive way). And yet, incredibly, my mind sometimes resists getting started with the run. This...

The little compromises that kills us

What happened to me It was 31st October, 1998 at 1:30 pm. The passing out parade of our IPS batch at the National Police Academy had just gotten over. In the IPS Mess, we were celebrating the completion of our training. Yay! I was now a real IPS officer — not a...
RDX or Detonator?

RDX or Detonator?

If you set fire to a lump of RDX, it does not explode – it just burns harmlessly. To unleash its killer explosive power, all you have to do is – hook it to a detonator (a thin pencil-like explosive device). Similarly, to achieve our life goals, we often...