June 1, 2026
A trader was crossing a long stretch of desert with three bottles of water tied to his mule. By noon, the sun had become fierce. His throat burned, his lips cracked, and every step felt heavier than the last. He Read more…
May 31, 2026
An uncomfortable question worth sitting with. Can your current choices carry you to where you want to go? Not will they. Can they. Because in many cases, the outcome you want will keep eluding you even if you try harder. Read more…
May 30, 2026
There’s a pattern I keep seeing. Someone shares an update. The numbers aren’t great. The situation isn’t clear. But somehow the conclusion is always the same. It’ll work out. That’s not optimism. That’s confirmation bias. We don’t look at facts 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 28, 2026
Our excuses are rarely what they appear to be. I know this because I made plenty of them in my younger days. Not enough time. Not enough support. Not the right connections. Not enough knowledge. Each one felt completely legitimate 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 26, 2026
Taking things seriously without taking them personally. Most of us don’t make that distinction. The moment criticism lands, we treat it as an attack. We defend ourselves, construct counter arguments, replay the conversation in our heads, and lose sleep over 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 22, 2026
Most of us think we are more empathetic than we actually are. We nod at the right moments. We say the right things. We treat empathy as something that naturally shows up when we need it. A side effect of Read more…
