April 10, 2025
Many feel uncomfortable with the idea of solitude. But, it is fundamental to any creative problem solving.
September 11, 2024
Our daily interactions are a key indicator of future success—improving the quality of these connections drives better outcomes.
May 20, 2024
Once upon a time, a priest on a walking tour in pre-revolutionary Russia was confronted by a soldier as he entered the town. The soldier pointed his bayonet at the priest and called out, The priest was unfazed. Instead of Read more…
May 26, 2021
In 1990, Elizabeth Newton, a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University, did a study to check how confident people were about communicating some message to someone and how successful they were in getting the message across to the recipient. In the Read more…
May 27, 2026
Something I keep reinforcing with my sons. We spend a surprising amount of energy managing how other people see us. Adjusting what we say. Second-guessing our decisions. Softening our choices to fit what we think others expect. And when the Read more…
May 26, 2026
Taking things seriously without taking them personally. Most of us don’t make that distinction. The moment criticism lands, we treat it as an attack. We defend ourselves, construct counter arguments, replay the conversation in our heads, and lose sleep over Read more…
May 25, 2026
Meera pressed a ten-rupee note into the shopkeeper’s hand. “Your cashier returned too much yesterday. This is not mine.” Suresh stared at this widow in her white saree. “Keep it, madam. It’s nothing.” “What is not mine honorably, I cannot Read more…
May 24, 2026
When things aren’t working with others, we rarely look at ourselves first. A colleague is difficult. A client is unresponsive. A conversation keeps going nowhere. The instinct is to diagnose the other person. Their attitude, their priorities, their problem. But Read more…
May 22, 2026
Most of us think we are more empathetic than we actually are. We nod at the right moments. We say the right things. We treat empathy as something that naturally shows up when we need it. A side effect of Read more…
May 21, 2026
“This is complex. I’ll need at least two weeks.” We’ve all said it. We’ve all heard it. And in most cases, if you’re being honest, the task didn’t take two weeks. It took two days. The other twelve were spent Read more…
May 20, 2026
A valuable lesson one of my mentors shared with me early in my career. “People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.” It stung because I was guilty of exactly what he was describing. Whenever I encountered a Read more…
May 19, 2026
I was recently engaging with a colleague. Last year was difficult. Things did not go as planned and when we sat down to understand what went wrong, the answer was both simple and uncomfortable. We were doing too many things. Read more…
May 17, 2026
Riya wanted a “big day” to change her life. One perfect workout that would get her fit. One brilliant idea that would change her career. One bold conversation that would fix a broken relationship. Every time life looked the same Read more…
May 16, 2026
Big goals do that to you. They sit in your head and feel impossible. The expectation feels unrealistic. The risk of failure feels very real. And somewhere in the background, a quiet voice asks whether you even want to take Read more…
