“Why do I wake up with this sinking dread, forcing myself to that office every single day? This relocation didn’t just move me—it shattered everything I’d built over more than a decade: my cozy home, my easy routine, my peace. Now it’s back to square one—squeezed on crowded buses, dragging my exhausted body through the […]
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For more than a century, humanity had a quiet superpower. Each generation got sharper than the one before it. Better food. Better schools. Better medicine. IQ scores climbed year after year, so reliably that psychologists gave it a name: the Flynn Effect. Then something strange happened. Around the time smartphones slipped into backpacks and bedrooms,
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The Anecdote That Changed My Coaching Practice I’m nervous every time I take an Uber or Ola. In 2021, an accident. A distracted driver. Since then, I talk to every driver to keep them alert, engaged. “What are your working hours? How many hours daily? Do you send your children to school?” One afternoon, a
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It was 2014-15. I sat across from the registrar of a top university, sipping chai, dreaming up ways to spark startup fever on campus. We laughed about young dreamers pitching wild ideas. Then his face turned serious. “Mark my words,” he said, “the middle rung of jobs—those steady 9-to-5 doers—will vanish. Only top strategists and
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It was an ordinary evening until my phone rang.One sentence erased nearly two decades. “Ma’am, you were right.” There was no excitement in his voice. No relief either. Just steadiness.The kind that comes when a career stops demanding justification. It was Anku. Back in 2006, Anku was already earning well. Fresh out of college, he
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Here’s a thought that might shake you: By the time we tell kids to “think like an entrepreneur”… they’ve already been trained to play it safe. Now pause.What if entrepreneurship wasn’t just for MBA grads or 20-somethings in co-working cafés? 💥 What if it started in Class 6? 👇Let me tell you about a student
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A Letter to Every Woman Who’s Tired but Still Tries This morning, I saw her.Or maybe… I saw you. After months, I took the metro again during office hours. Among the packed crowd, my eyes met a woman trying not to cry — but the tears betrayed her.On the phone, she whispered: “I’m being tortured
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Let’s say you’re teaching a Grade 6 student today. She’s 11 years old, bright-eyed, and curious. She’ll finish school in the next 7 years. Then 4 years of graduation. Then, maybe, 2 more years of post-graduation. That’s a 13-year journey. And you’re not just teaching her for today—you’re shaping her for a world 13 years
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Embarking on a new career—whether you’re fresh out of education, shifting industries, or returning to work after a break—can feel like standing at a crossroads without a map. You know you want something more: purpose, fulfilment, stability. Yet, the path forward seems muddied by self-doubt, conflicting advice, and an overwhelming number of options. You’re not
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