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Live on your own terms
During my MBA, a college classmate visited us in Philadelphia. He seemed happily settled in the US, doing a conventional tech job at a bank, drawing a $90k salary. His was a predictable job, with no growth prospects. Every year, his salary would go...
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Fitness and Health
During the offsite at the private equity firm I worked with, there was this German guy who was kicking the football like a rocket. Trying to catch...
Perfectionism Hinders Progress
You don’t quit building good habits because you are inconsistent or weak-willed – more likely, you quit because of perfectionism. When you are...
Keep Learning
I have made plenty of career transitions and here is my biggest learning – if you are fearless and keep learning, you can catch up with anyone, even...
Avoid Willpower Battles
Here is how I maximize my willpower – I use it sparingly. I don’t touch alcohol because if I start liking it, I will have to fight a battle within...
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Well-being and Happiness
During my student days, one morning, when clearing up my hostel almirah, I found a copy of Michael Crichton’s book ‘Congo.’ I casually opened the book to see what it was about and when I closed it, I had finished the book. About 8 hrs had gone by,...
Learning Without Limits
During a video interview, the interviewer asked me this question: What would I do if I did not have any college degrees or any pedigree? Here is my answer: Even if I had nothing else, I would still have Coursera. There was a time when to get a good...
Live Fully, Regret Less
The biggest mistake I made in my twenties wasn’t that I lacked focus, ambition, or hard work – none of that. My biggest mistake was that I took life too seriously. I worried about too many things, cared too much about what my bosses thought...
Disagree Without Defensiveness
Here is a simple skill that can accelerate your career: Learning to disagree without being disagreeable or putting others on the defensive. When you tell someone, ‘I disagree with you,’ more often than not, it makes them defensive. If people take...