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Life
The long view. Mindset, mortality, family, and what any of it was for.
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LifeAn expert lecture at TKIET on getting a dream job
Back at my college to give an expert lecture on using AI to get a dream job: the one line I gave the students, the hot seat and the felicitation.
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?
LifeTwo and a half months of working like crazy
After the Himalayas 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: quit TCS, start a business with a friend, rent an office for 50 people. 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 real hours behind it.
LifeWrite the list you would regret not finishing
Death is certain and its date is not. The question I asked friends a year ago: list what you would regret not having done.
LifeThis time will pass away soon
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.
LifeYou learn more from failure stories
Four things I chased because someone else wanted them. What each one cost me, what it gave back, and the point at which I stopped borrowing dreams.
LifeWhat happens when you stop sharing secrets
What happened after I shared every secret with one close friend. 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.
LifeYou are on the right path of life
Ten signs that you are going the right way, including not hating Mondays and not caring much about changing your display picture.
LifeAn entrepreneur with more than one business
Six lines about where I had reached by November 2015. The job I left, the hour and a half in the gym, Pune, and why none of it made me unusual.
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.
LifeWhen not to give advice
A Skype call with a college friend turned into a lecture on entrepreneurship he never asked for. What I learned about when to talk and when to stay quiet.
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.
LifeThat is why spell check was invented
Comparing yourself to others always makes you feel small. So I compare myself to me yesterday, and change the plan when I fall behind.
LifeAn expert lecture on entrepreneurship
Sharad Institute started an Entrepreneurship Cell and asked me to give the expert lecture. What being asked meant to me.
LifeNever be ashamed of what you do not have
This is how I started out, never be ashamed of things that you don't have!
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.
LifeMaturity
Thirteen lines on what maturity actually looks like, from dropping expectations to no longer needing anyone to approve of you.
LifeSome of the shortest stories
Seven very short stories with a lot packed into them, and one line at the end about friends that still lands ten years later.
LifeLife always offers you a second chance
Nine lines I was carrying around in April 2015, about tomorrow, comparison, and the people who end up teaching you the right things.
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.
LifeYou are the five people you spend the most time with
Show me your friends and I will show you your future. Why the people around you decide more than you think, and what to do when they pull against you.
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.
LifeBeing called Rancho
Some of my friends started calling me Rancho. Why that name means more to me than a degree, and what a friend list says about the company you keep.
LifeThe day I resigned
In May 2013 I walked out of a TCS job that most people around me would have kept. It is the decision the rest of my career is built on.
LifeMy first week at TCS
Everyone else was happy about joining. I was not, because I assumed the next three months were three months lost. A week in, I had that wrong.