Build vs buy

Build: We should build the capability of doing this in house. It’s core to us and we have the expertise to build it. Buy: This is important to us but we either don’t have the expertise to build it or the time to invest in it. We will be faster or better...

If there was only one lesson I could teach my son

I am the best result I know – of a genetic socioeconomic lottery.  Born into a family that loved me immensely, inculcated the right value system, could afford quality educated, provided food and shelter.  Nothing even remotely as bad as most people in...

Two lessons I have learnt from airlines

At times you find life lessons in the oddest of places.  Security messages when you are onboard the aircraft are mostly considered useless. You have heard them several times. Of course you know how to use a seat belt. It’s 2017! And no, when something bad...

It doesn’t matter what you know

IQ was what got the previous generation to succeed. Mostly.  Not anymore.  In today’s world of distraction, instant gratification, unlimited access and boundless opportunities – your ability to focus is what will make you stand out.  Focus...

The one word that defines success

NO! Smart people and nice people think their smartness and niceness diminishes each time they say no to someone.  They believe they are saying no to their own capability of helping.  To their own ability to solve.  What we rarely realize is that the art...

It’s about you. Mostly you.

I have a “problem” I have been trained to think that everything is a consequence of me. I am the source of the current situation. My thoughts, my actions led to what we are witnessing, especially if it’s bad.  I may not admit it all the time,...