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Continue reading →: What is the secret of a long lasting career?
Resilience Resilience in your career is basically like having an all-weather gear kit. It’s what helps you keep going no matter what the professional skies throw at you—be it storms, blizzards, or the occasional heatwave. Jobs today aren’t just about showing up and doing your thing; they’re about constantly adapting…
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Continue reading →: Inspiring quote
Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration — Thomas Edison I have discovered this quote later in my life and but subconsciously, has been a guiding principle of my later life. I grew up thinking that geniuses were born and not made. That is anything but true. It…
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Continue reading →: Mind Your Emotions: How Emotional Intelligence Can Save Your Career from Turning into a Soap Opera!
Hey, have you ever caught yourself wondering if the smartest kids from your high school are really killing it in life? I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about this lately, and it’s pretty wild how many people are thinking the same thing. So, what do you think? Did those…
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Continue reading →: Decision that helped me learn and grow.
If I had to pick one, it is the decision to start listening to audio books. Why this helped me learn and grow? It made me aware of the Elephant and Six Blind Men problem and broaden my perspective on life. Before this, I was a uni-dimensional thinker. Whenever I…
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Continue reading →: What is your Value?
According to a recent article published by Yahoo! Finance, we moved from the times of “The Great Resignation” to the age of “Great Talent Stagnation”. This is a significant shift from employees’ market to employers’ market. The survey was conducted by University of Phoenix. While you can attribute a self-serving nature to this…
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Continue reading →: Questioning the Status Quo
Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther KingElizabeth Blackwell, Katherine JohnsonElon Musk, Steve JobsSteph Curry, Tom Brady What do all these names have in common apart from them being very famous? Yes, they all fought against conventional wisdom which was heavily stacked against their success and eventually ended up changing history…
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Continue reading →: Which dish will you choose?
When you visit your favorite restaurant, do you always order your one favorite dish or switch once in a while to something new on the menu? What is the mental framework you use to decide whether to stick with the known delicacy or explore in search of a new favorite…
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Continue reading →: One positive change I made in lifeI stopped being skeptical and started opening up to immense possibility. I was at a standstill in my life and I felt that I reached my ceiling. I used to analyze a lot about everything and my logical, rational brain would think of only things that were in the realm…
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Continue reading →: Book that I read over and over again
It is very hard to choose one book that I can read over and over again. I will list down three gems that really helped shape my career in the last 7 years. These are the books I read over and over again. Spoiler Alert : These three books are…
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Continue reading →: Ten books to read for career development
The Challenge: Eight years ago, stuck at a career standstill and unable to engage with traditional learning methods or get past even the 50th page of any book, my future seemed bleak without any further growth. The Turning Point: Conversations with friends and the discovery of Audible for auditory learning,…
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Continue reading →: Which aspects do you think makes a person unique?
Mindset and Attitude. Everything flows from the mindset. People go through all sorts of experiences in life as they grow up. However, depending on the mindset and attitude, they become very unique beings in the ways they react to events. Adversity can be opportunity or a problem depending on how…
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Continue reading →: I am lost in my career. What do I do?
I encounter a lot of questions of a similar variation from professionals who are in their 20’s and 30’s and 40’s. You are totally screwed. There is no hope. You are damned for the rest of your life. I am just channelling the absolute worst case scenario that could happen…
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Continue reading →: Dr Daniel Kahneman passes away
Dr. Daniel Kahneman, a towering figure in the fields of psychology and economics, has left an indelible mark on how we understand human thought and decision-making. His groundbreaking work, which spans several decades, bridges the gap between psychological theory and economic reality, challenging and reshaping conventional wisdom on how decisions…
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Continue reading →: What’s something most people don’t understand
People don’t understand themselves. I am a middle aged man and I realize that we run after trying to understand everything outside of us but balk at learning anything within us. My life has significantly changed since I started understanding myself better. By understanding yourself, you can
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Continue reading →: Competing against luck: Lessons to learn by treating your career as a startup
“Competing Against Luck” by Clayton Christensen introduces the Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) theory as a framework for innovation and understanding customer motivation. The methodology described in the book emphasizes the importance of focusing on the job that customers are hiring a product or service to do. Here’s how you,…
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