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Meditation is being fully present
While you ruminate about your past mistakes and worry about the troubles likely to befall you, the tea in front of you is getting cold. Drink that tea. And when you drink it, just drink tea -- don't do anything else. Savor it fully. Ultimately,...
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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...
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...
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...
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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...
Lifestyle
When I quit my last job to become an entrepreneur, I could no longer afford my house rent. So I moved into a place with half the rent. Later I moved from Mumbai to Trivandrum, and my rent further went down by two-thirds. Strangely, even though my...
Mastering Articulation Skills
At McKinsey, the skill I needed the most was not maths. In fact, the most advanced maths I used was a simple regression. Surprisingly, even more than ‘problem-solving’, the skill I used the most was 'articulation' - writing, explaining, and...