After yesterday’s article, some people messaged me…some agreed, some disagreed. But the consensus was that it sounds good in theory, but how does one go about it? My answer is very simple. Rewind to 20-30 years back. Think of the businesses that you knew in your neighborhood. From the grocer, to the chemist, the repair …
What is the objective of a business? To make profit, you may say. Of course. No successful business runs at a loss. But how much profit? Now, that’s the question. And if you say “as much as possible”, then I may just disagree with you. The startup craze has brought about new terminology, the most …
A big launch today. We made forays into the unknown, a very different field that few, if any, of my kind have ventured into. Most of my tribe stick to the traditional, few go a bit further, but we have taken a giant leap. Not really knowing how it will pan out. But then, why …
Someone makes a wonderful dish. It is right up there with the best you’ve ever tasted, and you can’t have enough of it. “Give me the recipe!”, you say. “I want to make it at home, just this way…” In science, an experiment consists of a set of inputs, acted upon to result in a …
Did you know that photons of light have no color, sound waves have no sound, olfactory molecules have no odors, and food molecules have no taste? The greenness of the trees, the blueness of the sky, the smell of that freshly baked pastry and the taste of that homemade pie are all created inside your …
The issue is not that you are not capable of doing it…the issue is that I know you are capable but you don’t. A phrase (or a close derivative) that I have found myself repeating often – to karate’s who I taught, to employees, even to family. The starting point for most people is “I …
120 calls. 10 hours a day. 6 days a week. 3,000 dirhams. Stressful work, with irate people at the other end of the telephone. No job stability. Would you do it? Well, I don’t think the JD above even remotely qualifies as anyone’s dream job. So the rephrased question is – Would you be ABLE …
Have you heard of “legacy planning?” Chances are that you have. Or maybe “estate planning” or something similar…back in the days, it used to be called “making a will”. With time, a will sounded too pedestrian for people with a lot of wealth, and so financial planners started to make it sound a lot more …
I get asked often, about how I manage to squeeze in so much in a day. Yoga, handling 5-6 business streams, operations, client calls, karate, reading, blogging, kid, etc. Teach us – they say. Well, I wish I could! I guess they all fit in perfectly with each other. I start my day early not …
I just bought dumbbells over Amazon – delivered in a day. I then looked at my order history, and was pretty amazed at the amount of stuff that has been bought over the past year. From diapers to TVs, quite a varied list! Cut to 20 years back, and every purchase was an event in …
