Subject
Life
The long view. Mindset, mortality, family, and what any of it was for.
16 entries
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LifeWrite your own story and success will follow
Three steps to a story worth sharing: cut the negative people, keep smiling, and start before the plan is ready. The idea is 10%. The rest is getting it done.
LifeSix kinds of people, and which one you are
Six kinds of people, sorted by how they chase their targets, and why only a few end up with the joyful life. Which one are you?
LifeMy biggest motivation is to keep challenging myself
After the Himalayan trip I admitted I had missed two years of targets by underestimating myself. Being a serial entrepreneur is harder than a bio makes it sound.
LifeAlways listen to your inner voice
Three times a quiet voice told me to leave what was safe: quitting TCS, starting a business with a friend, and renting an office for 50. It was right each time.
Life"I do not have time" is an excuse, not a reason
The excuse I hear most from friends is that there is no time. The transformation people noticed after two years, and the honest accounting of hours behind it.
LifeA day will come when each of us will die
Death is certain and its date is not. The thought experiment I put to friends a year ago, and the question it leaves: what would you do with 360 days?
LifeIs there a main goal in a person life
A boy, a bow, and arrows that always hit the bull's-eye. The short story that convinced me there is no predestined goal, only the one you create.
LifeThe friend who never looks unhappy
My childhood friend Navanath has never once looked unhappy. What he told me when I finally asked how, and why friends like him are the reason anything worked.
LifeThe friend I told everything to
What happened after I shared every secret with one close friend, and the rule I live by now: a secret you have told is no longer a secret.
LifeThe white shirt I wore to every viva
The lucky shirt that got me through engineering vivas, the roommate who borrowed it and topped the exam, and what both taught me about luck and numerologists.
LifeWhy I stopped debating
I used to enjoy debating politics, religion and success. Why I stopped, and what people usually want from an argument instead of an answer.
LifeThe friend who called about starting a business
A Skype call with a college friend turned into a lecture on entrepreneurship he never asked for. Three rules about when to talk and when not to.
LifeTen lessons people learn too late
Ten lessons most people learn too late, from owning your own success to treating today as the special occasion, plus one extra: too late is an excuse.
LifeThe email you send to your future self
A friend's idea of emailing your future self, and why I would rather plan like a climber: adjust as the mountain changes, and never set targets in money.
LifeHow do you stay positive all the time
Someone asked how anyone stays positive whatever happens. My answer: motivation from within, the right company, and praising what you admire in others.
LifeMy diet, since people keep asking
The exact meals, timings and quantities I eat in a day, as set by my gym trainer, for everyone who keeps asking. Check with yours before copying it.