When you reach a point in your career after striving hard to get there, you might feel that it’s time to take a break and maintain the status quo. Beware. Maintaining the status quo is a big myth. A few decades ago when the rate of change fueled by technology was very small, there might… Continue reading
You and I are shaped by our past – literally and figuratively. What we feed our bodies and minds is shaping who we are becoming. There is an invisible power exchange happening between you and your past. Either your past is robbing your power and capacity you have reserved for your future OR your past… Continue reading
Self-care is NOT a selfish act Self-care is NOT a selfish act. On the other hand, lack of self-care is an irresponsible strategy. Let us think about it… Caring for others is important. However, if you are broke (or broken), your capacity to care for others is heavily diminished. If you are not standing on… Continue reading
Some doors open. Some doors close. You may have zero effect on why some doors closed. It may be just a matter of timing. Some situation change at the other end might have shifted the priorities. There might have been a change of heart. Who knows? However, for a new door to open, there is… Continue reading
Maintaining the status quo rarely leads to growth. Neither does recycling old thoughts. If you want to grow, consider solving problems, taking on the right challenges, conversations with competent people, engaging in deep study, deliberate practice and so on. A lot of people take the approach to duck, bend or maneuver around a problem or… Continue reading
When the passion is strong, the related work seems light. In the beginning, the effort is not any less, but it seems lighter. Soon, it gets even better. Here is how. When you engage in a craft that you are passionate about AND the effort seems light, you tend to do more to it. Soon,… Continue reading
So many good things in life have a simple pattern: They are inconvenient in short-term, but important in the long-term. There are so many examples: Exercise (or any kind of external self-care) Meditation (or any kind of internal self-care) and so on… This looks like common sense in theory, but extremely hard to put it… Continue reading
Just because you can get by being average, you should not choose to settle down there. Why? Because average might reign..right until excellence arrives. A few decades ago, almost all alternatives to what you bring to the marketplace where what were available in that particular geography. Today, that is not even imaginable. Competition for any… Continue reading
You can be at play, whether you are playing or whether you are being played. At the outset, it seems like the former is good and the latter is bad. In most cases that sounds about right, but context matters a lot. When you are young and/or inexperienced. you should take the opportunity to work… Continue reading