Another Simple Rule – Believe in others

Many of us suffer from being not the best that we can be; many-a-times its because we lack the confidence or the drive to be the best.

Legendary psychiatrist and Holocaust-survivor Viktor Frankl delivers a powerful message about the human search for meaning — and the most important gift we can give others, believing in them.

Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions.

Guy Kawasaki’s new book “Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions” provides valuable, practical and realistically working knowledge of how you can actually create a cause and have people work with you towards achieving it’s goals.

Once a Rising Star Chef Now Feeds Hungry

“I saw a very old man eating his own human waste for food,” Krishnan said. “It really hurt me so much. I was literally shocked for a second. After that, I started feeding that man and decided this is what I should do the rest of my lifetime.”

The 3 A’s of awesome

An amazing talk by Neil Pasricha about the Awesomeness that surrounds us and the 3 A’s that make a whole lot of difference in our limited time on this planet. Remember Neil’s Simple Rules: A – Attitude A – Awareness A – Authenticity Neil is the author of the best seller book “the book of [...]

Academia vs. Business

Re-wiring yourself – unplugging is good

I used to be a workaholic.

When I started working for myself, my theory was “I have to give it my all. All work no play is fine!” or “I have to work harder at this because this is my own thing”.

All good. No harm no foul. After all, I was starting out so I have to give it my all right?

But it wasn’t till a lot later that I realized that I was working some 12 hours at a stretch everyday, weekends were non-existent, and when they were, I was mostly in front of my laptop even then.

Simple Rule #1 – Love it, or leave it

….it is then that I realized why I’ve always said I’m blessed both in my work life. It’s because I love what I do. The cardinal rule of my life which I’ve tried to stick to always, is “Love it, or Leave it”.

Re-wiring yourself – part 1

The last couple of months of 2010, were for me a step into a different direction.

I had started and eventually wrapped up Pakistan’s first and only co-working space (suite401), I completely turned the tables of my creative design & development business (Viaduct) by changing down the gears to a different way of working, I shifted offices from the once office-space of my dreams, to a smaller, simpler, yet soothing and calmer location.

After 8 years of long hours at work, next to no social life, no day-offs (we had the complete weekend off after almost 6 and a half years of just Sundays off… even that when possible), anxiety from work, client headaches, money problems (I had started with 2 desks, 2 old computers, and no financial backup or security more than 8 years ago), I was about to get married.

Nothing like a step in a direction like that to take a step back, take an overview of what I’d been doing and how, and decide to re-wire myself.

This is my fresh start.

The 50th Law: 10 Lessons in Fearlessness

The 50th Law: 10 Lessons in Fearlessness

1. See Things For What They Are (Intense Realism)
2. Make Everything Your Own (Self-Reliance)
3. Turn Shit Into Sugar (Opportunism)
4. Keep Moving (Calculated Momentum)
5. Know When To Be Bad (Aggression)
6. Lead From The Front (Authority)
7. Know Your Environment From The Inside Out (Connection)
8. Respect The Process (Mastery)
9. Push Beyond Your Limits (Self-Belief)
10. Confront Your Mortality (The Sublime)

Turn off the “Social web” for when you work

You just can’t seem to get any work done, especially when its extra important! Why? Because you’re too addicted to tweeting or checking your friend’s facebook walls or something or the other.