- We’re all facilitators
When did we decide we are not? Facilitator. Teacher. Guide. I’m using the word facilitator. Someone who facilitates an interaction. Actively or passively. It is possible to self-limit with job titles such as “Vice President”, “CEO”, and “Junior clerk”. They’re useful codes to estimate where someone is placed in a hierarchy. Beyond it, it is difficult to come ...
- Your village and villagers
It takes a village to raise a child. And what about a business, a project or a service? It is good to assume that success is dependent on the village and villagers. The thing is, in the case of raising a child, the village plays a passive role and parents don’t get to choose their villages. But while building ...
- See that empty space? Let’s fill it
Technology is not here to replace us. (Read Rule no.3 in my New World Rules here) It is here to liberate us. Liberate our time. Liberate our mind space. Why to liberate us? That’s a million-dollar question. *Liberate us to fill with entertainment? *Liberate us to fill with 10-second TikTok? *Liberate us to fill with early evening Booze weekends? *Liberate us to fill with ...
- Our inherent need to be connected
Whether we identify ourselves as an introvert or an extrovert, we have this inherent need to be connected with other beings. Not all beings, just the right ones. In fact, we can see first-hand that we get bored with typical MOOC courses. Because in the end, the best interaction we get is forum-based. There is no ...
- Dusting off the glass
Last night, I attended Y Combinator’s session on Boom Supersonic jet startup. (Boom is building a commercial Supersonic jet that will travel two times faster than today’s commercial jets. You can read more about it here.) Boom’s founder Blake was showing around their testing prototype XB-1 Baby Boom at their hanger. YC’s president Geoff Ralston was ...
- Will a single step count?
I know you have walked the extra mile for someone and so has someone for you. That extra mile would have strengthened your relationship, developed trust and set your intentions in order. What if someone can only afford to walk an extra step? Not a mile. See, the thing with doing anything a little bit extra contains ...
- Believing is being
Most of us tend to believe what we see. For us, being is believing. The problem occurs when we start working on large projects. We have to believe in the project, its outcomes and its eventual being. We cannot wait for the being, the existence to manifest to make us believe in it. If your team or ...
- Creating hurdles to provide value
That’s an illusion. You may succeed in making a fortune in the short-term by gatekeeping, but not in the long term. One may argue it is their business model. But hey, isn’t that counterintuitive? The whole idea of commerce is to provide value in exchange for money. When did we normalize the idea of roadblocking as ...
- Reconnecting with your original WHY
All of us feel lost at some point in our lives and career. “Why did I choose this work?” “Why did I choose this partner?” “Why did I choose this product rollout strategy?” And so on… One thing that works for me is noting my WHY early on. Writing on a paper. Seems a bit weird and nerdy. Because it ...
- How to suffer less: in life, work or marketing
The idea is simple: learn to see reality as it is. Were you expecting a different behaviour to happen? Did it happen? Why did or didn’t it happen? What part of your thesis was correct or incorrect? This may seem like a no-brainer, but how many of us deal with our realities in this manner? Once you boil it down to ...