Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
July 20, 2025
Aparna took the severance quietly. No LinkedIn post. No farewell email. Just a calm exit after seven years in a role she had outgrown. What came next wasn’t glamorous — she worked out of her guest bedroom, redesigned her own Read more…
July 19, 2025
Just landed back in KL after a full-throttle week in Bangalore….. management reviews, long meetings, and finally wrapping up some long-overdue personal errands. This weekend, I am going to do the opposite. No plans. Just space to breathe. At some Read more…
In my thirties and early forties, the more I tried to live up to what others expected of me, the more disconnected I felt from myself. I was doing well on the outside, but somewhere inside, I knew I wasn’t Read more…
July 18, 2025
He’s always in back-to-back meetings. Always responding to something.Always “swamped.” At first glance, he looks indispensable. But if you take a closer look, there is a lot of activity, but very little tangible progress. In many workplaces, we confuse activity Read more…
July 17, 2025
“We need more alignment” is a signal for “no one wants to make the call.” I’ve seen it often. As individuals in a team, we agree on the problem and even the direction, but still don’t move forward. Because action Read more…
July 16, 2025
In most teams, persistence gets celebrated. Keep going. Push through. Don’t give up. That said, it’s worth asking—what kind of persistence actually works? Because not all persistence helps. There’s the kind that keeps trying the same thing over and over, Read more…
July 15, 2025
This idea is inspired by a conversation with a teammate this evening. I used to think I needed more time. More hours in the day. Fewer distractions. A calendar with breathing room. But the truth is, I didn’t need more Read more…
July 14, 2025
A disciple asked his master, “Why does my work feel invisible?” The master lit a candle at noon and held it up in the bright sun. “Do you see its light?” The disciple shook his head. The master took the Read more…
July 13, 2025
A bathroom door that kept getting stuck. A weird ache in my shoulder. A cold silence after a sharp word with a teammate. They all seemed minor….until they weren’t. The door ended up damaged beyond repair because of a leak Read more…
July 11, 2025
A few days back, I wrote about how real decisions don’t get made in meetings. They happen before the meeting, in quiet conversations, through context-setting and alignment. I have a related point: Influence beats intelligence. People don’t always back the Read more…
