Helping folks with practical tips to manage themselves better
December 5, 2025
The fastest way to block your own growth is to assume you already know. I see this often in experienced people—and in myself. Experience is useful, but it can also turn into a stubborn filter that edits out anything new. Read more…
December 4, 2025
When I look back at the year, two goals stand out. One: I wanted to run half-marathons. I woke up early, trained consistently, fixed my diet, and I got there. Two: I said I wanted to learn Bahasa. But I Read more…
December 3, 2025
I’m in Jakarta right now, and dinner ran long in the best possible way. I spent the evening with our Perfios team here — unhurried conversations, honest stories, lots of ideas. We spoke about ambition, purpose, careers, and what it Read more…
December 2, 2025
Something I’ve realised over the last few years of being in a fast-moving fintech and operating like an entrepreneur: if you haven’t started, the smartest thing you can do is simply take action. Don’t get stuck planning something you haven’t Read more…
December 1, 2025
The meeting had already stretched past an hour. The senior managers were deep in a debate about pricing models—tables, projections, jargon flying across the room. Everyone looked tense. Everyone sounded confident. And yet, nothing felt clear. Niko, the youngest analyst Read more…
November 29, 2025
I came across a paradoxical idea this evening: the walls you put up to protect yourself end up imprisoning you. It stopped me in my tracks because it’s true in ways we rarely notice. Every time we avoid a difficult Read more…
November 24, 2025
Arun’s first venture collapsed before it even found its footing.The second one dragged him into debt.The third stayed alive just long enough for him to be embarrassed in front of people whose opinions he cared about. Friends gently hinted that Read more…
November 23, 2025
There are thinkers and there are doers. Both spot the same opportunity. One starts drafting detailed plans. The other builds a rough prototype. Weeks later, the thinker is still refining the plan. The doer already knows what works, what doesn’t… Read more…
November 21, 2025
In most workplace conversations — especially when dealing with adaptive challenges — clean answers rarely exist. These are the situations where there isn’t one obvious approach, no perfect data set, and often no clear view of who is right and Read more…
November 20, 2025
In the technology world, one pattern keeps popping up—especially when working with customers and building solutions. Teams spend weeks trying to craft the perfect design, the flawless architecture, the “right” plan. And in that pursuit of perfection, nothing actually moves. Read more…
