Conversations with a dear friend. My decisions of today can’t be based on who I was 10 yrs ago. I am not who I was 10 yrs ago. Our identities evolve. Even if our personalities do not. Heck - I am not even who I was one year ago. Change is the only constant.

Grit. Resilience. Discipline. Fitness. Grace. Inspirational. Virat Kohli.

May love, light and wisdom triumph over darkness. Happy Deepawali. ✨💫🪔

Because there is no single truth, the ensuing debates cause conflict. In comparison, delusions are rosy.

L&D teams - please learn what NOT to do. I can’t stop laughing at this!

My Karmabhoomi since 1997. The home of my children. Happy Karnataka Rajyotsava.

Pet peeve. It drives me nuts. When people do not continue email threads. I hate going to multiple emails to refresh context, review promised action items, and understand current situation. Add or delete people as required. But please continue the thread.

When was the last time you said ‘I am scared.’? When was the last time you said ‘I screwed up.’? And whom did you turn to at these moments?

If you are a founder CEO/CxO, read this thread twice and bookmark it. If you are a CEO read this thread very very closely. If you are a senior leader read it slowly and carefully. Who in your innermost circle calls your bullshit? Solid advice. Brilliantly written. Chris Sacca 🇺🇸

Beautiful misty morning at the Qutub.

Second order thinking.

Gossip creates more gossip, which creates more gossip. It’s a vicious cycle.

“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent, and original manner possible.” — Richard Feynman (via ) Excellence demands irreverence. Being undisciplined necessitates irreverence. Originality begs irreverence.

NICE Road 8 am. The joys of ‘flying’ across Bangalore at a speed greater than 30kmph.

Has anyone else noticed these unusual features of flying Mum-Blr? Happened too often now to be a mere coincidence. Co passengers: Smile at each other. Give space/way to each other. Help each other with baggage. Are nice to the airplane staff. Or am I just imagining it?

And FINALLY, thanks to ChatGPT, people are learning the skill of ‘asking the right questions to get relevant answers’.

Global media is speculating whether current challenges in the business sector will trip India’s ambitions to be a global economic force. I’ve lived long enough to see us face earthquakes, droughts, recessions, wars, terror attacks. All I will say is: never, ever bet against India