Musings

Introducing Musings…

It has been a strange few months. Like most people around the world, I have been locked up at home with family. That means me, my wife, two young kids (12 & 10), my parents, my mother-in-law, and our 4-year...

Jun 14, 2020 4 MIN

Personal OS

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been thinking about how to organize the various topics that we are covering in Musings, into a framework. Contemplated a bunch of different concepts, and finally, the techie in me won. Went...

Jun 27, 2020 3 MIN

On Deep Work

Reflections This is the first time I'm trying a "Staycation" and that too at home. After three months of Work-From-Home, needed a break before kids start school next week and so have taken a couple of days off to spend time with...

Jun 30, 2020 4 MIN

Grit: It’s the Climb

"Success is failure turned inside out… And you can never tell how close you are It may be near when it seems so far. So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit It’s when things seem worst that you...

Jul 04, 2020 4 MIN

Give to Lead – The Hidden Connection

Life is fragile. In late May, I got a call from a classmate from business school to give the sad news that one of our mutual friends passed away. Our whole class's heart broke. Over the subsequent few days, friends...

Jul 11, 2020 5 MIN

Musings #6: Embracing Failure – How the Paranoid Thrive

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill In Startupville, where I live, failure is an inherent part of the game. Like professional athletes, who have to deal with "triumph and disaster and...

Jul 18, 2020 4 MIN

Musings #7: The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; - The Road...

Jul 25, 2020 5 MIN

Musings #8: Coaching Teams

In Musings, we looked at a range of topics on how we can push to perform at a peak as an individual - practicing deep work, developing grit, giving and leading, overcoming failure, and making better decisions. And thanks for all the wonderful stories on how...

Aug 01, 2020 5 MIN

Musings #9: Whistle Podu – Celebrating Teams

'Whistle Podu' is the unique team cheer for Chennai Super Kings (CSK). I have been a big fan of CSK since the first IPL season in 2008, and man, do I miss it this year! It was easy to be a fan in...

Aug 08, 2020 4 MIN