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Today, I saw an article in 'The Print' in which the author explained why he quit the 10-day Vipassana course run by Sri SN Goenka's organization. He criticized many aspects of the program such as the 'noble silence' and the lack of discussion and debate. The author...

A year ago, virtually every second LinkedIn profile mentioned 'Web3' as a skill. Today, nobody is doing that. Similarly, I recently saw an ad proclaiming that 'Prompt engineering' is the new hot thing for which employers are paying Rs 4 crore salaries! Thankfully...

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 are very...

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...

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 uniformed...

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 anyone -- so...

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: We need to...

Overcoming digital addictions is NOT about giving up your phone. If it were, the solution would be straightforward -- throw away your smartphone and buy a feature phone. But that totally misses the point. Our smartphone is an essential part of our life. However,...

During my consulting days, while working for a healthcare client, we made a beautiful PowerPoint deck -- what else would a consultant do? 😊 But the client asked us to get the presentation jazzed up by their favorite visual graphics company. Naturally, we complied, and...

Your life = Your time. We know it, but we still don't "get it." Wasting our time somehow seems ok. But wasting our life feels criminal. And yet, they are exactly the same. As an example, nobody says, "I will waste 20% of my life meaninglessly scrolling my phone or...

If every Sunday evening fills you with dread, you probably need to rethink your job. If you somehow survive the weekdays only to live on the weekend, you can calculate what % of your life you are living (the math is pretty easy). Is that a good deal? I don't know --...

We love to start new things every New Year because, in our mind, it gives us a fresh start. Yet, isn't every morning an equally good fresh start opportunity? I find that no matter how good or disappointing the previous day was, when I wake up every morning, my mind is...