Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
September 10, 2026
No one comes into a workplace as a blank slate. Someone may come in curious, eager to contribute, and willing to take responsibility. Someone else may be more guarded. They do what is asked, avoid risk, and keep their expectations Read more…
September 8, 2026
I ask a lot of questions. Why do you think the customer reacted that way? What do you think is really going on? What would you do next? Quite often, I hear, “I don’t know.” There is nothing wrong with Read more…
September 6, 2026
For months, Aditya had been trying to find his first job. One evening, he came home unusually quiet. At dinner, his father asked how the interview had gone. “I didn’t get it.” His father nodded. “Something will come.” That irritated Read more…
We spend a lot of our lives buying things to fix feelings. The expensive car with the right badge is not really about the car. It is about wanting to make a statement and be admired. The new clothes are Read more…
September 4, 2026
The world is changing quickly, and most of us are trying to change with it. You are learning something new, building a habit, changing how you work, trying to be calmer, sharper, fitter, whatever you feel is necessary to be Read more…
September 2, 2026
I was talking with my son and some of his friends about ChatGPT and Claude. A question came up: where do you draw the line? I do not think the answer lies in which tasks we use AI for. It Read more…
September 1, 2026
We like to believe quality speaks for itself. It does not. Unfortunately, people judge the book by its cover. Always have. You can have the best product, the finest work, the most useful idea. But present it carelessly, and it Read more…
August 30, 2026
A man once came to a teacher who was sitting quietly in meditation. The man was angry. He stood before the teacher and began shouting. He accused him. Insulted him. Mocked him. The teacher did not answer. He simply sat Read more…
August 29, 2026
My son called recently, upset about a collaborative engineering project that had not gone well. He felt he had done everything right, but something else, unanticipated, had caused it to fall apart. We ended up in a bit of an Read more…
August 28, 2026
Before I became a technology entrepreneur, I spent many years in a large financial institution. The instinct there was always to avoid anything new, because it must not fail. And thanks to that fear of failing, we would not attempt Read more…
