Take your time, focus hard, and get it done

In movies, you see heroes spraying light weapons in automatic mode, killing dozens of ‘bad guys.’ In real life, you never do that. Here is why. An AK-47 will finish a full magazine of 30 bullets in 3 seconds, and they will almost all miss the target. It is...

Face your fears

I spent my 4 years at IIT mostly lazing around, wasting my time. But I had other classmates who slogged hard. In the final year, most hard-working guys had great career options lined up, including scholarships from some top US universities. I told myself that it...

Let us allow people to enjoy their work

In my very first engagement as a McKinsey consultant, we were trying to schedule a meeting with a senior leader at a pharma client. She literally threw up her hands, saying, “I am back to back with meetings the whole day.” I was sorely tempted to ask her,...

How to handle stress effectively

How to handle stress effectively “I’m so stressed!”— How often do we say these words in our heads?  But what is stress? And if stress is a harmful thing, why does the human body even have it?  Stress is, in fact, essential to our survival. It is our...