4 days agoMember-onlyOverworked And UnderfuckedHere’s To Reversing The Trend Next Year — Long hours, dwindling cash, hard labor, quiet quitting, shrinkflation. We’ve all had a tumultuous post-Covid year. Working around the clock to make our marks: hustling, bustling, fire-fighting. …Philosophy2 min readPhilosophy2 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyIt’s My Job To Give Them Unbelievable BeliefArsene Wenger — The Quintessential Transformational Leader — Arsène Wenger is currently FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development. But his magnum opus was being Arsenal Football Club’s longest-serving and most successful manager since its inception in 1886. Widely respected, greatly admired, and with a trophy-laden cabinet, Arsène’s immense contribution to football and club leadership makes for a sterling…Arsenal10 min readArsenal10 min read
Nov 22Member-onlyRevenue Growth Is Exercise, Cost Savings Is DietYou cannot outrun a bad diet — Things are so bad out there that even Bezos is asking us to hold on to our cash. I spent close to a year in #LockdownLife exercising hard — weights, 10k steps a day, pushups, and yoga. I psyched myself every morning and ended the day, curled up in bed…Business2 min readBusiness2 min read
Nov 15Member-only5 Acquaintances Every Modern Man NeedsButcher. Accountant. Tailor. Mechanic. Beer buddy. — I wish I could do it all. As an overworked-and-underloved Millennial man, I have unique needs that I don’t have the faculties to always make happen. At least to the standard I’d like to. But as a sociable, outgoing, chatty bloke — I make friends easily. …Men3 min readMen3 min read
Nov 13Member-onlyBitcoin, Not Crypto.Crypto is “crapto”. Bitcoin is so much more. — Caveat: “What you love will often appear to be the solution.” “But Bitcoin has no use! What does it really do? How can it be worth anything if it's backed by nothing? This is a Ponzi/bubble/tulip-mania scam. It has no intrinsic value. It causes oceans to boil. It’s toxic!” Like…Bitcoin12 min readBitcoin12 min read
Nov 7Member-onlyFive Negotiation Tactics To Get Paid What You DeserveDo these during the hiring process and thank me later — You don’t ask, you don’t get. More annual leave, dental cover, frequent salary reviews, larger expense accounts, etc. Despite what your prospective employer says, take it from me: everything is negotiable. Companies hire for culture, skills, and experience— purely perfunctory, cognitive metrics. …Negotiation4 min readNegotiation4 min read
Nov 3Member-onlyFive Superpowers Every Visionary Leader HasAnother Day In My MBA — My Big 5 personality test tells me I am talkative, social, foolishly optimistic, and a pleasant drinking buddy. But a pain in the neck to live with. It's got me spot-on. Seriously though, it actually says that I am high in openness, extraversion, and conscientiousness, low in neuroticism, and seemingly…Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
Oct 24Member-onlyCapitalist In The Streets, Socialist In The Sheets3 Reasons Why You Must Have A Giving Mindset — I am writing this basking in glorious sunshine in South India. MBA mid-term break done right. Eventually, the au natural Vitamin D infusion lulled my brain into an introspective stupor. Conclusion: having a “giving” mindset pays dividends. Giving it a go Gumption is sexy. Running headlong into the unknown is quite possibly #stupidAF. …Psychology2 min readPsychology2 min read
Oct 18Invest For Cash Flow, Buy For UseAnother Day In My MBA — I need to think of myself as a company. A lean, mean enterprise with moderate operating costs, zero term debt, high gross margins, marginal profits, and zero cash (#truestory). More importantly, I need to rethink what I consider to be assets. I thought my home was an investment. But if…Bitcoin3 min readBitcoin3 min read
Oct 157 Ways Our Brains Fool UsAnother Day In My MBA — Another Saturday in class. Who'd have thunk it? Here are my frantically typed ruminations from today’s excellent “Leadership and Organization” lecture. Chew on these while I grab a richly deserved pint. Or three. Unconscious Bias From what age do we let bias (conscious or otherwise) seep into our psyche? We are intuition-driven…Brain3 min readBrain3 min read
