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No one knows all the answers. However, the best players that move the needle forward, know how to figure out solutions to complex problems. You don’t become the most capable one when you know the answers. You become the most capable one when you go beyond ‘I don’t know’. And surprise everyone in the process. Including yourself.
Attitude >> Experience >> Education The hiring principle I have always followed.
Skills can be taught. Attitude is really hard to teach.
While finding the right people for your team, it always helps to pick the ones who embody the culture of your team. Even if they lack the ski...
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An optimistic, driven individual will figure out a way to learn more. A successful skilled individual will struggle hard to grow if they see pessimism in every p...
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Skills never compensate fo...
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When I asked my first boss, how come there was always this unequal distribution of work even within the same team, he replied, ‘Good people pay a far higher price for being good than bad people pay for being bad.’ He wasn’t talking about work. He was talking about life.
Build a team so strong that someone from outside doesn’t know who the boss is!
Do you admit your mistakes? Do you allow your team to make mistakes? Do you trust your team members to do their work? Do you ask questions instead of offering prescriptions? Do you give them autonomy instead of micromanaging the team? If this is how you run your team, no one from the outside would be able to guess who leads it. Because now, everyone is a leader!
How you handle yourself and your mental state during the times when everything is not a bed of roses, truly determines who you are.
The toughest skill as a leader is to be calm during the toughest moments.
The power to be calm when your team’s morale is low, the power to empower your team members despite their mistakes, and the drive to move them forward when things aren’t moving forward are the greatest skills.
With leadership comes the power to lose your calm.
Leaders who don’t lose it are truly powerful.
Show people who they can be. Instead of telling them who they shouldn’t be.
Build a culture that picks people up when they are down. Be a part of such a culture.
A great leader should be replaceable when it comes to their tasks and actions. And irreplaceable when it comes to their thoughts and vision.
In a society where being trusted is not common, operating with trust is a competitive advantage. People inherently want to be trusted.
because you grew up without money, you would either go after money or you would grow beyond money.
Money buys freedom. Freedom is a privilege. That freedom helps you make wiser choices.
Three books that have helped me tremendously to understand money: • Rich Dad Poor Dad • Psychology of Money • Intelligent Investor
If you do not know how to care for money, money will stay away from you. – Robert Kiyosaki
There are two ways to get rich – either work in the same place for a really long time or keep changing jobs every one to two years!
it is not money that makes people change their orbit. It is an opportunity.
If something is unacceptable to you in others, it must be something that must be unacceptable to you in yourself in the first place.
The change we want in others is the change we need to begin with.
We invite what w...
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Healing isn’t an option. It is a necessity.
Holding a grudge against someone requires a lot of effort. Think of all the wasted time spent being mad at someone. Someone broke you into pieces. And now you have decided to trade your peace for seeking revenge. When we hold a grudge against someone, we do the same thing they did to us: hurt us. They hurt us once. We hurt ourselves 100x by repeating it in our head.
Every problem in this world can be traced back to a point of miscommunication.
All relationships thrive on communication.
Feeling upset with someone? Why not talk? Feeling upset with yourself? Why not talk to yourself? Once we know how to communicate and we do communicate, problems mov...
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We create our relationships by what we choose to give.
Nothing teaches you better than teaching others. When you learn anything, you make it a part of you. When you teach anything, you make it a part of others. To make others understand things, you simplify them further. Break down what you already know. Through which you create your own breakthroughs.
To start with ‘you’re right’ is great. To do so in public, when you don’t have to is greatness!
Your kindness might cause you pain, a sense of betrayal, heartburn. Be kind anyway.
Sympathy: I feel sorry for you. Empathy: I can understand what you must be going through. Respect: I admire the way you are handling this. Respect >> Empathy >> Sympathy
No one is useless. Everyone knows something you don’t.
Knowing that you don’t know much, is the best knowledge!
By not appreciating someone for their vulnerability and truth, all we do is encourage lying.
Truth, as scary and scarry as it is, comes with the courage to speak up. And stand by it.
Do not show up for every argument you are invited to! An undeniable life hack for your peace. The nature of arguments is that they thrive on more inputs. If your only input in every argument is your silence, peace follows naturally.
Respect doesn’t come from the title. It comes from conduct.
How you treat others is your business card.
There are people who tell you that you are wrong. There are people that help you see where you are wrong. Guess which ones are more important?
The ones who tell you that you’re wrong are the ones imposing their beliefs on you. The ones who help you see where you are wrong are the ones encouraging you to form your own beliefs. Some impose. Others show. Some poke. Others make you more awake. Some show you how you are wrong. Others teach you how to be right.
It takes effort to find love. It takes effort to feel fulfilled. It takes effort to be fit. It takes effort to be happy. Which is why most of us do not have love, fulfilment, happiness or fitness in our life.
People who are loved the most, are the ones who BELIEVE that they are worthy of love.
Your parents are first humans. Then parents.
Whenever someone says ‘You will never know how I am feeling’, remind yourself that they are telling you life’s most fundamental truth. We will never know! We will never truly understand what the other person is going through. This might hurt, especially if you love them dearly. However, true love sometimes means understanding that you don’t understand.
