Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
March 1, 2026
Success is not additive. It is multiplicative. It is not Thinking + Action + Luck. It is Thinking × Action × Luck. I call it the Success Equation.If one variable is zero, the outcome collapses. Your thinking shapes the quality Read more…
February 28, 2026
There is an interesting reciprocity in gratitude. When you feel thankful for others, they feel thankful too. No one is doing anyone a favour. Everyone walks away feeling enriched. This morning, we had a small family ceremony rooted in Vedic Read more…
February 27, 2026
Nothing important is for everyone. That is an easy thing to forget when feedback starts coming in from all directions. When someone critiques our work, the first question is not whether they are right or wrong. The first question is Read more…
February 26, 2026
Most of the time, we don’t realise it, but the story running in our head is a choice. Two people can go through the same situation and walk away telling completely different versions of what happened. One story drains energy. Read more…
February 25, 2026
I thought I had enough time to reach an important meeting, so I left later than I should have. I thought I had the full year ahead of me, so even if closures did not happen in the early months, Read more…
February 24, 2026
This evening, I came across a very nice quote from Mark Manson: “The cost of inaction is often much higher than the cost of the wrong action.“ Whenever something like this catches my attention, I run it through my own Read more…
February 23, 2026
A master handed a student a full cup of tea.“Carry this across the garden without spilling.”The student returned without a drop lost.“What did you see?” asked the master.“Nothing,” said the student.“Good,” said the master.
February 22, 2026
When our kids were growing up, people often asked my wife a question that never really went away. Why are you pushing them to learn Indian classical music?Why spend every summer going back to India, asking them to spend their Read more…
February 21, 2026
Don’t dig the well when you are thirsty. It’s something I often tell my kids when we speak about relationships and networking. Most people reach out only when they need something: a job, an introduction, a favour. By then, it Read more…
February 20, 2026
Something I’ve realised after chasing enough goals is this: everything takes longer and is harder than you think. I plan the actions, the milestones, even the outcomes. What I rarely plan for is patience when things don’t go as expected. Read more…
