I often think about the two women who have shaped my approach to work more than anyone else—my Mom and my Wife. They are very different from each other. In fact, they are almost opposites. But in my life, those opposites shaped me. My Mom and my Wife are two [...]
One of the most subtle productivity errors does not look like an error at all. It looks like initiative. It feels like momentum. It even feels disciplined. It is this: starting the day with the first task that grabs your attention. I call this behavior: running with the first task [...]
We all love the idea of being organized. But we hate the idea of cleaning up. And that’s the paradox. One of the hardest parts of staying organized is not arranging things beautifully — it’s keeping clutter from creeping back in. The Myth of the “Perfect Free Day” Most of us secretly [...]
My rating: 4 of 5 stars The biggest takeaway for me from this book is simple: there is absolutely no need to feel inferior about being an introvert (spoiler alert: I am one). After reading it, I still find myself quieter in new or large groups—but now I’m at [...]
Dr. Avinash Kulkarni (ADK) is an IIT alumnus and a PhD-trained engineer who has spent almost five decades building deep-technology businesses in India. After completing his doctoral work in the United States and earning multiple patents, he returned to India in the late 1970s to set up manufacturing in [...]
Last night, I received a WhatsApp message from my daughter. Short. Direct. Sounding urgent. “teach me GTD tomorrow morning i think i might need it im forgetting things” She’s deeply into art—paintings, sketches, mixed media (and the last I heard, she was experimenting with linoleum). She makes calendars, decorates [...]
मागे वळून पाहिल्यावर असं जाणवतं की आमच्या बहुतेक सहलींची सुरुवात काही ना काही गोंधळानेच होते. एकदा अंदमानच्या प्रवासात, विमानतळावरील सुरक्षा तपासणीदरम्यान मी आमच्या बॅगांच्या चाव्या ट्रेमध्येच विसरलो होतो. परिणामी, चेन्नईला रात्री पोहोचल्यानंतर आम्हाला संपूर्ण शहरात फिरून चावी बनवणारा शोधावा लागला. या सहलीलाही असाच एक नाट्यमय प्रारंभ झाला. पुण्याहून दिल्लीला [...]
In hindsight, travel drama seems to announce the beginning of many of our vacations. Once, during an Andaman trip, I forgot to collect the keys of our luggage at airport security, resulting in a late-night hunt for a key maker in Chennai. This trip had its own opening act. [...]
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. - Francis Bacon Francis Bacon once observed that some books are to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Looking back at my reading this year, [...]
We all want to learn something new — yoga, singing, strength training, coding, public speaking, tennis, anything. And every time, the same question quietly appears: Should I hire a coach or can I learn this myself? In today’s world, options multiply faster than clarity. We have YouTube tutorials, recorded [...]