“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.” — Abraham Lincoln I just concluded a 4-day Himalayan trek the highlight of which was walking on a ridge at a height of 12000+ feet. The rawness of nature in remote…

#MakingBetterDecisions, #Goals, #focusonwhatmatters, #Wealth, #Careers “Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.” — Abbie Hoffman A few weeks ago, one of my newsletter readers approached me to get guidance on his career. Despite his sincere and hard efforts, he seems to have hit some kind of…

#MakingBetterDecisions, #Goals, #focusonwhatmatters, #Wealth, #Careers “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” — Francis of Assisi Recently, I was engaged in a serious discussion with a senior technically oriented person about determining next steps at the current crossroads in his career…

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” — Bruce Lee Did you ever feel like your actions and decisions are being watched and critically analyzed by people around you? Did that feeling influence the decisions…

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together” — Vincent Van Gogh As I launched my financial advisory practice, one of the biggest hurdles I faced was to actually ask my clients for money in return for my work. All my life…

“Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.” — Henry Miller Earlier this week, when I was dropping off my son for his morning soccer practice, I was overcome with a strong sense of unease as we were going to be a little late for the session. Students turning…

….planning is priceless #MakingBetterDecisions, #Goals, #focusonwhatmatters, #Wealth, #Careers “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower I have been part of a number of projects during my corporate career — right from playing the role of an IT developer to a project manager to a project sponsor to…

“If you own this story you get to write the ending.” — Brene Brown Recently I met a relative of mine — a young man doing well in life. Perhaps because I met after a while, it was immediately obvious that he has put on weight in the wrong places…

#MakingBetterDecisions, #Goals, #focusonwhatmatters, #Wealth, #Careers “The soul grows by subtraction, not addition.” — Henry David Thoreau When we moved from Bangalore to Mumbai in 2007, our apartment size reduced by 25% but the rental amount doubled. Real estate used to (and still does) command a significant premium in Mumbai compared…