How to Live

Most career transitions are treated like cliff jumps. You quit the job. Burn the bridges. Bet everything on your dream. Shiv Choudhury chose a different path. When he left BCG to build a billion-dollar business, he didn’t go all in. First, he faked an app. It didn’t even work. But it taught him one ...

Which of These 6 Success Traps Is Holding You Back? After my article on The Success Trap in Esquire resonated with so many, I’ve gone deeper in my latest How to Live podcast. Working with thousands of senior leaders at Google, Unilever, and HSBC, I’ve identified 6 fear-based identities that block ev...

You Can Only Make So Many Good Decisions - Are You Using Them Right? In 1987, we made 100s of decisions daily. Today, we make 35,000. Here's the problem: we can only make a finite number of quality decisions each day. By evening, when we're making important business decisions during work calls or sp...

When scaling a cause, should you pick passionate volunteers or capable ones? Most instinctively say passion. But Uma Thana Balasingam’s journey scaling Lean In Singapore to 7,000+ members tells a different story. Here’s the hard truth she discovered: Passionate people don’t always make great leaders...

When resources are limited, how do you still access the best? Afeef Hussain wanted his team - and his country Maldives - to learn from the world’s top minds. But bringing in world-class speakers and trainers isn’t cheap. So instead of saying, "We can’t afford them," he asked, "How can we make it wor...

Forget six-packs - in your 40s, fitness is about feeling good, not looking good.Let’s face it - most of us in our 40s aren’t hitting the gym for six-packs or beach bodies anymore. The idea of chasing aesthetics just doesn’t feel exciting or meaningful. But here’s the twist: strength training and fit...