Worth the Gamble

I want to share a short story today. (But it’s not very short)

Back in 2009, I was to appear for my Chartered Accountancy Inter exams(2 of 3 hurdles before you become a glorified CA) examinations. I had enrolled to take 3 out of 6 papers that term. Now, while I would not…

Retail Theatre

Supermarkets are the like the Broadways of retail theatre.

They are visually enticing like a piece of art. Every item is placed where it is after elaborate planning, rehearsals and assessments.

Execution trumps Ideas

The undisputed fact I know about myself is that I am a procrastinator.

I will sit on great ideas till either I stop liking it or someone else adopts it. However, once I start something I am quite diligent about it.

Cherish the absence

The worst temporary physical ailment you can get is a cold. You walk around feeling soulless for many days.

The only thing worse than a cold, is an ulcer (this is my personal observation; it may definitely be different in your case). I had one this last week and I…

A piece of time

A day has 24 hours or 1440 minutes.

We generally fail to look at time beyond the commonly known units- like seconds, minutes, hours etc.

When we club time in units that aren’t customized to suit our needs we either waste time or miss deadlines. Time…

Sorry for the inconvenience

​Almost everybody we interact with have habits that cause us inconvenience, or at least annoyance at some point. The impact of each is different based on how closely we know the person and how much they influence our lives.

Value Added Results

Every task can be done in two ways. One, doing it to achieve satisfactory results- a good enough meal prepared, an adequate amount of research done for a project, a decent idea for a presentation.

Will you buy your creation?

When you are in the process of creating something- a piece of art, food, a business- get obsessed with it. Make your mind think about it and dream about it. Surround yourself with material and information about the thing you want to create and take it all in.

The Other side

If I could master only one skill, that skill would be Negotiation.

I came across a great thought while reading some old mails this morning: ‘It’s almost impossible to convince someone of something once they see you as being on the other side’