Time matters

When I see ads saying “Learn to build a website in 5 minutes” or “Learn XYZ in 10 minutes”, I often wonder, what is the big rush? Do we have only that long to live? For sure, time is valuable. But so is the thing you are trying to build or the...

Build discipline, which leads to consistency

Whether or not you have that MBA from Harvard, ISB, or IIMA, you have to train yourself to think clearly. To create thought clarity, train yourself to write well. To write well, write every day. To do anything every day, train yourself to do things even when you...

Learn to say NO also

In the 8 odd years I spent in the Indian Police Service, I hardly saw anyone saying ‘No, sir.’ The ‘Yes, sir’ behavior went all the way to the top. In fact, a junior IPS officer might still occasionally say ‘no.’ But often, the top...