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Month: May 2025

Nourishment Over Novelty

nourishment over novelty

My body reflects what I eat. My mind, what I consume. It’s very simple. If I want a healthy body, I need to eat well. If I want a sharp mind, I need to feed it ideas, insights, and knowledge Read more…


Solitude Strengthens

solitude strengthens

“Dad, I’m bored. I want to go meet my cousins,” said my son, barely a day into his mid-semester break. It made me pause and reflect. We’ve all felt that itch—to escape silence, seek company, and fill the empty hours. Read more…


Weekend Story- The Deeper Well

Two neighbors dug wells in drought-stricken land. Liam struck water at ten feet and mocked Elias, who kept digging deeper—until his arms shook and his coins ran out.  “Fool!” Liam said. “I’ve been drinking for weeks!”  But when summer came, Read more…


Obsessed with the Goal, Blind to the Path

Blind to the path

I was recently speaking with someone who is desperately trying to land his next big role. It’s clear that everything he does is filtered through one question: Will this help me get the job? It reminded me of this idea—when Read more…


When Changing Your Mind Feels Hard

change mind

This afternoon, my wife and I got into a heated argument. She had her point of view, I had mine, and both of us dug in deep. Classic deadlock. A few hours later, I replayed the whole thing in my Read more…


Be A Learning Machine

Be a learning machine—soak in every experience, connect the dots, and let each moment sharpen your decision-makin


Good Luck, Bad Luck

Good Luck

Bad Luck is what you endure. Good Luck is what you create. It comes from doing the unglamorous things- following your instincts, staying with the problem, taking a chance when it is easier to play it safe. If you are Read more…


Don’t Just Acquire, Activate

Activate

In B2B fintech, we often celebrate new customer wins—and rightly so.But what I’ve found equally valuable, and often overlooked, is the opportunity to go deeper with customers who are already onboard. At Perfios, many of our most impactful growth moments Read more…


Weekend Story- The Jammed Printer

jammed printer

Every time the office printer jammed, people banged at it, cursing.One day, the janitor calmly opened the tray, realigned the paper, and walked away.It printed perfectly.Someone asked, “How did you know?”He smiled, “I read the manual.”


Weekend Wisdom-Expectations

Expectations

Sharing this simple wisdom via Seth Godin’s Blog We might deserve something. We might be entitled to it. But expectations are a story we tell ourselves, and that story is up to us. The simple life hack is to lower Read more…