Action Converts Potential Into Reality

You have potential. So do I. But even a rock sitting on a hilltop has potential energy. Yet, there is nothing it can do until it starts rolling down the hill. Movement unleashes the rock’s potential energy. Our potential is very much like that. Whether we...

The Truth About Jobs and Entrepreneurship

“9-to-5 jobs are slavery. You work on someone else’s dream — and have no freedom, no flexibility. It is a shitty life. “I was also like that once. But look at me now! I quit my job and work a few hours a day. And I earn a 7-figure income, live...

The Power of Simple Stories

In the summer of 2006, I was doing my summer internship with McKinsey in New York. My manager was an MD from a top medical school. One day, he and I were waiting for a cab to visit our client’s office. Soon, a cab arrived. But before us, a woman standing next to...

Choose things that are right for you

You don’t have to hustle — if you don’t want to. There is no law of nature that says — “Everyone in the world has to hustle all the time.” No doubt, hustle has value. But there are a lot of things in the world that have value...

Treat People Fairly

In my B-school course on ‘Negotiations’, we were split into groups of two and given a $10 bill each.  The person who got the $10, had to split it with his partner in whichever way he wanted. If the partner agreed to the proposal, they got to keep the $10. ...