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Cut Ruthlessly
One of the joys of working in government is the plethora of committees and meetings 🙂 But now even the private sector seems to be catching up on that. Like entropy, the number of committees (and their meetings) only goes up. Here is why. In...
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How to sustain habits?
In 2009, when I quit McKinsey, I was at my unhealthiest. For the previous 10 years, through various jobs and my MBA, I had worked long back-breaking...
Carve your own path
One of my best friends had joined the 5-year MSc Physics program at IIT Kanpur. He loved physics but his parents were very unhappy with his...
Motivation is not the same as excitement.
I am not always excited about building my startup. But does that mean I am not motivated? Of course, I am. Motivation is not the same as excitement....
How to overcome stress?
How to overcome stress: 1. Whatever be the reason behind the stress, it manifests in your body by activating your Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)....
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Be exceptional
During a taxi ride back from my office in New York City, the driver asked me, “So what do you do?” When I told him that I was a consultant, he asked, “IT consultant?” I hastily corrected him, “No, no… I am a strategy consultant.” In those days, IT...
Humility
In a marketing class, our business school professor once told us – "The world doesn’t owe you anything just because you went to Wharton." This is one lesson I have always cherished – we are not entitled to anything regardless of which college we...
Keep Learning
A few years ago, in a South Bombay office complex, I saw a notice on a door – “Salesmen and interns not allowed.” It left me wondering, why are we so hostile to salesmen and interns? Why do we treat them as a nuisance? One thing to remember is that...
A Good Leader
When I was in the police force, the best leaders I worked with had one common quality – they were not bossy at all. Usually, when we think of ‘good leaders’, we imagine charismatic people with magnetic personalities. But the leaders I cherish were...