Chronic worrying is a habit

Chronic worrying is a habit. And like any habit, it can be broken. But let us first understand how this habit is formed. When our brain feels some threat or uncertainty, it creates this dreadful feeling in our head that we call ‘anxiety.’ And we desperately want to...

Luck truly matters

I have been part of two very different recruitments: Drivers in the police force and consultants at McKinsey 🙂 And yet, from both the recruitments, I learned the same lesson – we totally underestimate the role of luck in our life. During my stint with McKinsey, the HR...

4-Hr work week — is not real

4-Hr work week — is not real. It is a fantasy that sells. Please don’t blame yourself for working 8 or more hrs every day. That is what real life is. You are doing nothing wrong. You are not a ‘corporate slave.’ You are not missing out on a fabulous life,...

Judging people has consequences

In my first job with the police, one of my bosses would constantly find fault with me and haul me over coals for some mistake or the other. Almost every letter from him would warn me of disciplinary action. And very sadly, this fault-finding boss was a very upright...