I used to think leadership was about the best plan and the tightest control. But after reading Simon Sinek and Derek Sivers, I realised I had it backwards. The best leaders aren’t simply managers; they are believers who know how to start movements. It’s less about managing people and more about believing in something, isn’t […]
Category: Inspiration
Forget Job Titles — Agency Is What Makes You a Star
Starting your career is like stepping into a vast, competitive arena. Those early days shape your mindset, determine your trajectory, and influence whether you climb or stay stuck. Two powerful sources — Yoni Rechtman’s Be a Star or a Janitor and Theodore Roosevelt’s iconic Man in the Arena speech — reveal a core truth: success […]
How I Learned Success Isn’t About Secrets – It’s About Building the Right Habits
Starting my career, I used to believe success was about finding the right secret: some hidden formula that others knew but I didn’t. But over the past few weeks, as I’ve been delving into the architecture of long-term success; reading Sam Altman’s How to Be Successful, analysing Charlie Munger’s investment philosophy, and studying how entrepreneurs […]
Window Of Opportunity
Why is Steve Jobs so revered? What did he do that none other could? Did he have any extraordinary skills, any intergalactic, out of the world powers? May be, may be not. He’s dead to pitch in his veto vote anyway. So what I can put forth is a theory.
Poem Time: ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling
After today’s mentally taxing work, I had taken a coffee break and when I was returning back to my desk, I chanced upon the following poem by Rudyard Kipling hung on the office notice board. If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you;If you can trust […]