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Great Managers Don’t Create Clones
While working with McKinsey, I worked with two types of managers: Type 1: They wanted you to just solve the problem as best as you could. Type 2: They wanted your output (PPT slides) to look exactly like they would have done it. But the problem...
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The Truth About Influencers
Most influencers are lying. They tell you that you can make a 6 or 7-figure income working 2-4 hours a day while chilling on the beaches of...
How to Find Your Inner Motivation
Today, during a Q&A session I was conducting at Nokia, someone asked -- "How do I find motivation for a task?" A part of the answer is hidden in...
The Pain of Growth
Talking about growth mindset has become such a cliche that not a day goes without hearing it. Then why aren't we all adopting that mindset? Because...
The Yerkes-Dodson Law
Why do deadlines improve performance? It makes no sense because deadlines create anxiety, which is the enemy of focus and productivity. For that, we...
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Pain is Private While Success is Public
What happens when you take a risk? If you succeed, people will sing folklore about you on LinkedIn. And if you get really lucky, Harvard will write a case study, which MBA students will interpret in all kinds of funny ways. But if you fail, you...
Not Everything Can Be Intellectualized
Today, I saw an article in 'The Print' in which the author explained why he quit the 10-day Vipassana course run by Sri SN Goenka's organization. He criticized many aspects of the program such as the 'noble silence' and the lack of discussion and...
AI Will Not Kill You — But Distraction Will
A year ago, virtually every second LinkedIn profile mentioned 'Web3' as a skill. Today, nobody is doing that. Similarly, I recently saw an ad proclaiming that 'Prompt engineering' is the new hot thing for which employers are paying Rs 4 crore...
Focus on Your Own Journey
One funny thing I saw in B-School was how secretive some people were during their job search -- you would have thought they were recruiting with Mossad. I understand that people don't want competition. And it might be somewhat understandable when...