May 14Unlocking the Power of Writing for Clarity of Thought and Enhanced Learning: My Experience with ChatGPTA few years back, I hired a career counsellor. I loved his approach to counsel me. Post a administering me a personality assessment questionnaire, he asked me write responses to a few open ended questions. I spent a hours daily writing my response. There were iterations too and I did…6 min read6 min read
Mar 12Becoming of a CEOI aspire to become a CEO, which would be a consolation for my failure to take the risk of becoming an entrepreneur. To achieve this goal, I have read books such as ‘The CEO Within’ and several series on behavioral economics, including some written by Nassim Taleb. As I reviewed…2 min read2 min read
Feb 26Should I start reading fiction?”Here are some reasons why you might want to consider it: a. Fiction is a great way to learn valuable lessons through stories. b. You can learn unintended lessons and gain a new perspective. c. Fiction can be more engaging and memorable than non-fiction. d. Non-fiction books can sometimes lead to bias, especially if you had no opinion about the topic before. And why should you consider non-fiction?Writing1 min readWriting1 min read
Feb 21Discovering leadership traits in meI will set the context here: Of the five personality traits, I rated high on conscientiousness quite contrary to what I personally introspect about myself. This when I retested myself to Big Five Personality questionnaire. If I introspect, I am frequently concerned about my impulses. Infact, ‘Impulsiveness’ is the most…2 min read2 min read
Dec 11, 2022My advice to younger me at workI valued skill and intent over experience in my 20s and 30s. I believed the ‘experienced’ as team members had little much to do except delegating tasks. I felt ‘leadership’ to be a jargon and my seniors benefitted from the hard work of youngsters in their teams. My days as…2 min read2 min read
Nov 8, 2022‘Fear’ drives me at work. I am not sure.I’m usually (not always) driven at work because I want to be the best at what I do. Most days at work, I want to provide value to my team and help my company succeed. When at work, I seek purpose and target to make some progress on each of…2 min read2 min read
Oct 22, 2022Is Sports channel the most preferred at a Bar?I wonder if this is true. Anyone who relates to this? My judgement about sports channel played in mute with loud music in background as the best setting to keep guests in a trans mode. Keep drinking and talking. I hardly tried any of the other bars in the city…1 min read1 min read
Mar 11, 2022Work Story: How can you be allowed to travel?Work Story: How can you be allowed to travel? I was standing with My boss (MD) of the Company outside a hotel where we concluded a meeting. This is mid 2014. I said, “I am going for another bike trip to Ladakh.” My boss standing next to me turned to…Business2 min readBusiness2 min read
Jan 23, 2022Work Stories: Managing expectations is not easyMy mentor recommended me to promoters of a sales outsourcing company in Delhi. I joined as a finance guy but was to work on strategic agendas. It looked like a force-fit role since they already had a CA working as a finance controller. For the first month, I stayed at…Work3 min readWork3 min read
Jan 20, 2022Work Stories: My First realization at Companies to work for in futureI changed two jobs in less than 9 months of quitting my first job. The first one was with a large Indian Insurance company- a joint venture with a global conglomerate. My role seemed a minuscule one that lacked any purpose and meaning. …2 min read2 min read
