I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else
I spent the weekend at a fruit orchard in the rural hinterlands Reflecting on the experience, on the way back, here are a few perspectives – 1) The world as a ‘we’ know of it – the news we consume, the problems we discuss and trends we cover, is of the bubble we live in …
Why do folks not respond to cold DMs? Cold DM 101 You want to reach out to someone you don’t know. Maybe you seek a referral, mentoring or want to learn more about their journey. You type Hi and wait for a response. And get radio silence. Lets deconstruct how you can engage better with …
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What makes you passionate? I was chatting with this newly minted CEO of a heath tech start up over the weekend. He had, in the past, played executive roles and had moved onto investment and consulting. His new startup leverages AI to automate manual work in healthcare and clinical trials. He spoke in depth about …
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What is the single most important thing to start your work day? No, not with emails. Take 15 mins to plan out your calendar for the day. Here are three things to make sure you account for on your calendar #1Do you have Deep Work slotted into the calendar to tackle the top 1-3 things …
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Have you wondered why we work 40 hour work weeks? As recent as early 1900’s, industrial era worked clocked in close to 100 hours. What drove the change in standards? I was listening to Rory Sutherland‘s brilliant interview in the podcast – Diary of the CEO, where he called out this quirky fact In 1926, …
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How to be more productive – 3 Tips you can try this week #The Idea Dump : I learnt this first from James Altucher who recommends carrying a notebook to capture all the thoughts and ideas that cross your mind. Over time, he says, you train your brain to become an ‘idea machine’ #2Important vs …
Don’t set goals for 2022! Set Systems instead The man behind the Dilbert series, Scott Adams puts his success down to an alternative approach to goal setting. Setting systems vs goals “The Problem with goals is that they give you something to work toward, but accomplishments are fleeting. What’s more, if the goal is particularly …
#SystemsThinkingDay2 – Why do people often sacrifice resilience for productivity or some other immediately recognizable system property? Injections of genetically engineered bovine growth hormone increase the milk production of a cow without proportionally increasing the cow’s intake. The hormone diverts some of the cow’s metabolic energy from other bodily functions to milk production. …
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#SystemsThinkingDay1 – Deconstructing Complex Systems – Hierarchy There were two watchmakers – Hora and Tempus. They both made fine watches and soon people were visiting their stores more often, and the orders for new watches were increasing in both stores. However, Horas’ business prospered over the years, but Tempus became poorer and poorer, eventually went …
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Having worked in Pricing earlier, one thing that always catches my eye is how brands use price discrimination It is essentially a way of ‘How can I identify people who are willing to pay more’. A good example of this is the one highlighted by the behavioral economist in ‘The Undercover Economist’ …
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