Focus on Your Own Journey

One funny thing I saw in B-School was how secretive some people were during their job search — you would have thought they were recruiting with Mossad. I understand that people don’t want competition. And it might be somewhat understandable when the jobs...

The Courage to Quit

LinkedIn is ablaze with posts that tell you, “Never quit.” But the biggest mistake I have made as an entrepreneur is not quitting when I should have. Let me share this story which started in 2012 when I quit my job and launched CourseBrew, my first startup. I built a...

Leadership Requires Discomfort

Every leadership training I have been through, be it for the Indian Police Service or at McKinsey, was missing a critical element — training people how to dissent. Without the ability to dissent, you only have yes-men (or yes-women), not leaders. In the...

Your Story Need Not Go Viral to Be Real

We love rags-to-riches stories. That is why every social platform is full of them. And they make us wonder — how come everybody gets lucky except me? The reason is that stories other than rags-to-riches are not considered stories! They don’t motivate...

Escape The Trap of Plenty

About a year ago during lunch, my colleague Ayisha said, “Whenever I want to learn something, I search online and find so many books that I get overwhelmed and never start.” To escape this trap of plenty, become aware of the following fallacies: Fallacy 1:...