1 day ago“Sorry, I did not get back to you. Got busy.”“Sorry, I did not get back to you. Got busy.” “So sorry but your message got buried in my inbox. Just so many messages!” <<This signifies that I am busy and that many people email me all the time>> “I was going to reply but then something else came up…Business3 min readBusiness3 min read
Sep 1Being Busy — isn’t it simply a matter of priorities?Question: How are you? Answer: Good. Busy. This has become standard nowadays. Ask most people how they are and somehow, busy is part of the answer. No matter who they are — young, old, working, student, retired, rich, poor. Like, really? You are retired. You should be enjoying life, not…Business4 min readBusiness4 min read
Mar 14A Kick in the Pants (3 of x)Moderation is key — in pretty much all things — It has been a rough week. Lots of things to think about. Lots of things to mull over. Lots of lessons learned. A basic thing that keeps coming to me is the importance of moderation — moderating what you do. Too much of anything is not good (with rare examples) …Life3 min readLife3 min read
Mar 8A Kick in the Pants (2 of x)Get Your Affairs In Order! I mean, really. [This is part 2 of a multi-part essay. Part 1 can be read here] Life changes in an instant. <← That is such a cliche. We’ve all heard it. Some of us have heard it many many times. …Life3 min readLife3 min read
Mar 6A Kick in the PantsOr why F Me has been the mantra for the last 24 hours — Yesterday, yes it really was just yesterday, started as a normal winter rainy and cold Saturday. I had thought it would be a good day to do a backyard burn but the then the rain started and the winds started to whip up and that idea went by the wayside…Life3 min readLife3 min read
Jan 12Member-onlyWrite more… and write oftenThis has been something that I have wanted to do for a while now — to write more and to write often. Topics that I want to write about often rattle in my head. Sometimes, I even have detailed sentences and paragraphs. And, then, they are gone. Those thoughts just…Writing1 min readWriting1 min read
Apr 1, 2021Member-onlySlow down and enjoy life more!What is success and how do you measure it? Think about it. For most people, it is about Salary and Job Title. Take a look at this graphic:Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
Mar 16, 2020Member-onlyEliminate the UnacceptableEliminate the Unacceptable Eliminate the Unacceptable — those are my words. But, as almost always happens with me, they came from someone else. In this case, it was Ray Dalio and his principle — “Make Sure That the Probability of the Unacceptable (i.e. Risk of Ruin) is Nil.” As Dalio said — “Thinking…Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
Dec 31, 2019New Decade: A Personal EssayIts the start of a new decade and I’ve been thinking about what that means. The last 2 decades, and maybe even the last 3 or 4, have been pretty good. A lot happened, as it is wont to do. …Family4 min readFamily4 min read
Nov 10, 2017Do you work for an authentic company?Last time I wrote about the importance of being authentic. I wrote about how employees have increasingly become disillusioned by managers who are trying to “sell” something that they are not; we all want to be led by someone “real.” …Leadership4 min readLeadership4 min read
