Nov 11Member-onlyNever Knew LinkedIn Was Worth More than Searching for JobsA job seeker’s guide to go wild on LinkedIn — In my second year, I had outrageous expectations from my engineering degree. I don’t know where those expectations came from, but I think these are the three reasons: I was a reader. I was good at academics. I thought I had a filthy rich dad. My lack of industry awareness…LinkedIn5 min readLinkedIn5 min read
Jul 20Member-only7 Mistakes You Can Avoid if You Are Thinking Online Writing as a CareerUnfair insights to get a 2-year head start into the paid online writing world — Call me ignorant, childish, or crazy, I left my career as a civil engineer and started afresh as a blogger at the age of 24. Yes, blogger. Blogging can make a person financially free. I took that sentence seriously and began writing online. I was new to the digital world…Freelancing7 min readFreelancing7 min read
Published inThe Sensational Brand·Jun 4Member-only7 Ways How Brand Building HelpsWhy is Apple expensive? Is it because of elegance? Is it because of benefits? Or is it because of rarity? See, I am talking about the fruit. If you are mistaken, then that’s the power of branding. Okay, misleading grammar and jokes apart. Just tell me whether I am speaking…Branding6 min readBranding6 min read
May 1Member-onlyI Wish More Reading Was the ANSWERBut no — Reading more won’t make you successful. Derek Sivers in a podcast with Tim Ferris says — “If [more] information was the answer, then we’d all be billionaires with perfect abs.” And it hit me hard. Because in the last few months, I was focusing on upgrading my knowledge. …Reading3 min readReading3 min read
Mar 29Member-onlyReading? Is That A Thing?Read this if you don’t know why you should read — Most people don’t read. They are stuck in a mental cage, conditioned by mediocre surroundings. They survive to breed and serve. Being stuck in a loop of repetitive patterns is not the way to live a life. True happiness comes from solving challenges. The more challenges the person solves, the…Reading4 min readReading4 min read
Jan 11Member-onlyAre You Starting to Read?Don’t make these mistakes — We don’t read books because of the benefits backed by Neuroscience. We read because we enjoy reading; we get value from the books. But how much of that value do you reinvest in your life and work? That will be a brilliant topic to study. Research in this area suggests…Reading3 min readReading3 min read
Jan 10Member-onlyDon’t Like Reading? Stuck in Life? Get Out and Make New FriendsDo you know people who don’t change after years? Well, that’s because they get stuck in the loop where they play the same cassette daily for months and years. They live in hibernation. …Reading3 min readReading3 min read
Jan 9Member-onlyDon’t Just Run Behind Money, or You Will Create an Ego BubbleRead a lot because that’s how you will be ego-safe and sane — If you are a busy guy who has no time to do anything else than work, then you are wasting your life. Yes, you might be earning tons of money (or struggling) but you have no juice. …Reading4 min readReading4 min read
Nov 8, 2022Member-onlyHow to Make Your Kid Smart Without Spending a Minute Teaching Him to Be SmartSubtly invoke your child to read — What is the best way to make your kids smart without spending a minute teaching them how to be smart? — Invoke in them the reading habit. That’s what my dad did. I used to see him reading one or the other book every day and so I became curious…Reading5 min readReading5 min read
Oct 22, 2022Member-onlyHow to Get 9x the Value From Every Book You ReadThe Learning Pyramid into practice — When I started reading, I had no clear agenda about what book to read. That’s how everyone starts —from scratch. Over the years, I read multiple books in various genres and made a lot of improvement in my awareness. But I still feel imposter. …Reading4 min readReading4 min read
