Dearest Darling Friends, Not every friendship deserves a lifetime subscription. Not every relationship is meant to last. Not every goodbye is a tragedy. Not every distance needs to…
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Aapo Deepo Bhava
Dearest Darling Friends, Aapo Deepo Bhava (Be your own light). These were among Buddha’s last words to his dearest disciple Ananda. Every Diwali we light diyas in our…
Pausing to observe has often led to brilliant breakthroughs.
Dearest Darling Friends, 1. Post-it wasn’t invented, it was noticed. 2. Cornflakes was not a research driven product, it was a ‘wealth out of waste’ idea. 3. Saccharin was…
Most people would have taken out their phones, found the Wi-Fi and scrolled. Not Kipchoge.
Dearest Darling Friends I just read what happened to Eliud Kipchoge after Tokyo 2021. He had just won his second Olympic gold. Then came the wait. Because of…
Why does every decision still end up coming back to leadership?
Dearest Darling Friends, The CEO of Bokhre Foundry, Anshul Bokhre, asked me this during an executive review. The company had smart people. Clear reporting structures. Strong managers. …
Borrowed Agency Vs Self Agency
Dearest Darling Friends There are people who change what others believe is possible – A teacher sees something in a student that the student has not yet seen. – A…
The team doesn’t need another motivational speech.
Dearest Darling Friends, “The team doesn’t need another motivational speech. They need fewer contradictory instructions.” The HOD Engineering said that to me after the fourth consecutive difficult quarter….
Movement and Direction are very different experiences
Dearest Darling Friends Have you ever found yourself sprinting on treadmills and calling it progress? There was a period in my life when everyday felt full. * Calls. * Meetings….
Perhaps, that is true leadership.
Dearest Darling Friends, Leadership is less about holding the spotlight and more about becoming the lighthouse. Earlier in my journey, I thought leadership meant visibility. Being the…
The road has a way of revealing our weaknesses.
Dearest Darling Friends , A hill exposes our endurance. A sprint exposes our speed. A long run exposes our patience. Sometimes, simply staying with the group exposes the stories…