Strategy Vs Tactic
23rd June 2025 I have no idea whether this is really part of a program at Stanford, but I liked the story. Most Stanford students failed this challenge. Here’s what we can learn from their mistakes. A class on entrepreneurship was going on, the professor walks into the room, breaks the class into different teams, […]
You never know when….
28th May 2025 Came across this wonderful poem some time ago & reread it recently and it resonated. “When I’ll be dead . . Your tears will flow . . But I won’t know . . Cry for me now instead ! You will send flowers . . But I won’t see . . Send […]
Thank You Dad….
27th May 2025 They say, “Something that is loved is never lost, for all that we love deeply, becomes a part of us.” As I reflect on Dad’s life, I can’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude. He wasn’t just an amazing father, he was an incredible human being. His love, wisdom & […]
What’s Your Alamo?
21st May 2025 The Alamo is a truly inspiring place – where about 300 Texans chose to stand off a Mexican army numbering over 6,000. A fool’s errand? Perhaps, in our modern world – but in their world, it was a matter of honor. For those Texans, the Alamo was their last retreat. The Texans […]
The applause will come
20th May 2025 t’s been said that the champions aren’t made in the ring, they are only recognised there. The champion is made in the dark, cold, lonely mornings when they’re doing work. Disciplined work, Repetitive work, Boring work, Lonely work, Work that the competitor is not willing to endure consistently. The truth of the […]
Meaningless Goals
17th May 2025 A farmer had a dog who used to sit by the roadside waiting for vehicles to come. As soon as one came he would run, barking and trying to overtake it. One day a neighbor asked “Do you think your dog is ever going to catch a car?” The farmer replied, “That […]
If you don’t ask, you don’t get….
13th May 2025 The idiom “crying baby gets the milk” holds true in all aspects of life. There’s a story about Apple founder Steve Jobs that I love: When he was 12 years old, he cold-called Bill Hewlett, co-founder of the pioneering technology company Hewlett Packard to request spare computer parts for an electronics project […]
Doing the thing
8th May 2025 The only way to get stuff done is to do the work. We spend too much time in collecting information and data, on how it can be done, the easiest way to do it etc etc, but not the effort required in actually doing it. We all look for a quick fix […]
The Sandcastle on the beach
6th May 2025 On a recent holiday, I was sitting on a beach one summer day, watching some children playing in the sand. They were hard at work building an elaborate sandcastle by the water’s edge, with gates, towers and moats and internal passages. Just when they had nearly finished their project, a big wave […]
If Money were No Object..
12th March 2025 We once conducted a small survey and asked the respondents this very question, ‘If Money were no object?’ And the respondent had to fill in the blanks. It was an open – ended question with no options. Everyone was free to choose whatever they wished to say or do. And the answers […]