Ambition

Do we understand ambition? The beauty of it. Ambition is not about fitting in, not about getting the next promotion. Ambition is about generosity. About making change. About doing it again, and again. — If you liked reading this, consider subscribing. If you are already a subscriber, do share with your

Priority.

There are certain things that you can’t take your eyes off. Money and health are two of those. The moment you take your eyes off them, they start creating problems. It’s important to prioritise money and health much before they become an emergency. — If you liked reading this,

Petty distractions

When we leave our seat, when we open another tab, when we browse through our phone, we create space for petty distractions. They seem harmless at first. We feel we are in control. We can always go back to the work. We can sit back down. We will go back

Being a professional

Everything has a choice. A choice of professional or amateur. There is a dress code for the professional. A time of starting work and a time for ending work. When the work hours are done, the professional does not think about the work. She moves on. — If you liked reading

getting back up.

If you are an athlete, you will fall. If you are a dancer, you will fall. If you are a writer, you will fall. If you are creative, you will fall. If you are human, you will fall. It’s not about not falling, it’s about getting back up.

Surrendering to the teacher

That’s the key to growth.. When we surrender to the teacher, we take the power away from the force of self-sabotage within us. We start trusting a higher power. A coach who is invested in us, in our career, in our body, in her field if experience. If you

Effortless is more effective.

There are two ways to get anything done. One involves struggle and the other involves courage. It takes courage to take the effortless path. It takes courage to not be busy. When we are busy, we are not necessarily productive. Tiring yourself out every day is not a good way

more…

You can always be more… More generous… More kind… More relaxed… More you… The thing with infinity is that there is always more.

Fear and choice

When we are afraid, we start believing that we don’t have a choice. That creates more helplessness and more fear. You always have a choice. A choice of how you react to your circumstances. Choose.

Creating roads to creativity.

It is important to create the roads. If there are no roads, there would be no development. Your podcast channel, your medium page, your WordPress website, these are channels for you to express yourself. Once you have a road, you can drive a Mercedes through it or a truck, whatever

Writing Hour

I started this habit this Wednesday. And it has changed the trajectory of my mind. Every day, I put a timer for 60 minutes and sit down to write. I keep writing in a semi-public forum. This has helped me give shape to ideas and resolve complexities and ambiguities in

Don’t talk about your idea. Ship it.

If you have an idea in your mind, don’t talk about it. Write it down. Find what you need to do to make it live. Unless you are thinking about a cement factory, in most cases, making the idea live won’t cost much. Create a Notion or Strikingly

One by one

There are times when everything seems to be falling apart. Nothing is in its place. We don’t even know where to start. The key in this situation is to activate the finishing mindset. The finishing mindset is the antidote to the perfectionist mindset. When you activate the finishing mindset,

Jump without a parachute.

Our lives go down the tube looking for the parachute, for the backup, the worst case scenario. We obsess so much over the worst case scenario that it becomes our only reality. The way to get out of our day to day misery is to take the plunge. To not

One hour. 4 times a day.

We keep hearing about 12-hour and 16-hour work-days. Days full of meetings and distractions. Of shallow work or no work. But if we can find an hour of zero distraction. An hour of single-tasking. We can get a significant amount of work done. Creating 4 such hours each day can

Finding your way back.

It happens. One day we are a professional and then we are not. Call it a slippery slope or a rabbit hole, but one exception leads to another and soon our ‘amateur’ habits become a norm. The thing with slippery slope is that it’s easier to slide down but

Making space for sleep.

8 hours a day. That’s what is needed. Nothing less would do. Instead of stealing hours from sleep, it might make sense to create ample space. That can unleash a different level of creativity and productivity. If you liked reading this, consider subscribing. If you are already a subscriber,

One body.

Mind and body are connected. We can’t have a healthy mind without a healthy body. Yes, the brain and the mind give us intellect but they are part of the body. Creatives need to take care of their body like they take care of their tools. Without the tools,

Is it any good?

May be it is. May be it isn’t. But that’s not the point. The point is to ship consistently. The point is to not get stuck in the voice of Resistance. We can always make it better. But that’s what version 2 is for. — If you liked

What do we want?

Why is it that we shy away from being very precise about what we want? Because that is the key to happiness. When we are clear about what we want, we can take the action that can get us there. Make a list. Get the direction, and then drive. — If

Shipping

Just keep shipping.

Are you thinking of an idea? Ship it. Are you deciding whether to do this or that? Ship both. The thing is, you can think and you can talk and you can keep discussing and deciding, but nothing matters until you ship it. When you ship it, you can then

Listening to resistance.

Listen very intently to that voice inside your head. Listen to what it is telling you not to do. Then, with all the courage in the world, simply do that. Keep listening, keep doing. Resistance and self-doubt can used be a compass, just that the north and south are switched.

Together is better than alone.

But together with the right people. People who share your ambition, who share your professionalism. People who propel you forward, rather than dragging you back. If that’s not there, then definitely alone is better. A spaceship can’t get attached to the people on land, it has to look

Actions and dreams.

Are your actions taking you towards your dreams? Or are you busy in simply maintaining the status quo? The first action to make your dreams a reality is to list down the things that you want. Be very precise about them. Then identify what needs to be done in order

A thing that I do.

Until it becomes a thing that we do, it remains optional. And if it remains optional, Resistance has power. But when we make it a part of our identity, then it happens. That blog, that podcast, that book you want to write, make it a thing that you do. — If