Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
June 5, 2026
When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out. Because that is what was inside. In the same way, life has a way of squeezing us. A missed deadline. A rude comment. A difficult customer. A family situation. A moment Read more…
June 4, 2026
You’ve just had a good evening. And somehow on the way home, the conversation turns to the restaurant you didn’t try, the thing you almost bought, the better option you missed. What could have been instead of what was. It’s Read more…
May 29, 2026
There will never be a perfect time to do something that stretches you. Not when you are starting something new. Not when you are being asked to think bigger than you are used to. Not when the ask feels larger 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 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 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 15, 2026
A doctor doesn’t run every test available. They know which ones matter. That distinction, knowing what matters most, is more important than most people realise. In today’s workplace, as knowledge workers are swimming in information. Data, reports, emails, meetings, opinions. Read more…
May 14, 2026
I was chatting with my niece this evening. She recently made the leap from employment to working for herself and is visibly happier, more energised, and more in control of her life. When I asked her why, the answer was Read more…
May 13, 2026
Attention is the oxygen that keeps any agenda alive. Good and bad. Give your attention to a goal and watch it grow. You think about it, work on it, move towards it. Your focus becomes its fuel. But the same Read more…
