Thinkman

Sam came into my dream on 04 Sep 2022. What followed was an evening of conversation about Planning, Execution, and Commitment that felt more real than most waking discussions I have had. I wrote it down before it faded.

A good friend and mentor shared this poem with us at work. It is one of those pieces that stays with you long after you have read it.

Getting a mail from the Income Tax department can be alarming — but it does not always mean trouble. Here is a plain-language guide to the most common notice types and what they actually mean.

Eleven people in a photo taken in 1978. Thirty years later, one had become the world's richest philanthropist, one had gone cattle ranching, one had worked on Cabbage Patch Kids, and one had sued the company. Life goes in unexpected directions.

Subramania Bharathi's defiant challenge to time — did you think I would live and die like every other ordinary man? A personal translation and reflection on one of Tamil literature's most thought-provoking verses.

Three words — "I did this" — carry more motivational power than most leaders realise. Creating the conditions for people to say them honestly is one of the most valuable things a leader can do.

A Stanford course on Model Thinking and a practical problem at home — how do we teach our kids better? An exploration of five teaching models and what each one means in practice.

A friend vented on Facebook about a road rage incident and the state of the world. My response: humans are unreasonable most of the time — and you can either argue against that, or accept it and prove that sometimes we can be better.