Dear Self, Howdy from your favourite alien! Riding the waves without drowning requires confidence, skill, courage and most importantly luck. You have become good at it, especially the luck part. You ride it well. I won't tell you why and let you guess. Your visit to the Tricity was about two deeply immersive Live Labs for real estate p...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favourite alien! A two-week gap once again before we talk. Unusual given I was to write to you weekly but you are not someone who disrupts the natural flow. If it’s once in a week, it’s fine with you. If it’s once in two weeks, that’s fine too. If I don’t write to you ever again, I know you will be fine. So, ...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favourite alien! It's been two weeks since I wrote to you, with a week of work and a week off work in between. You seem to think the year is going too fast and hasn't allowed you to catch your breath. The week off to the Indian UK gave you a break from the mundane and some precious time with family, driving a...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favourite alien! Your week has gone by, and it seems like a blur, much like the year gone by. An iconic business veteran was kind enough to fulfill his commitment to share his wisdom. He was generous in his advice on topics as varied as challenges large FMCG enterprises face, disruption of business models and...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favourite alien! You looked somewhat confused this week my friend. Delayed starts, holiday season coupled with cold, dark and wet Delhi winters created work FOMO for you. You aren’t used to low productivity days. Nevertheless, lots of live labs and decisions taken decisively made up the day or week for you. Y...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favourite alien! Sometimes time flies faster than time. This week was deeply reflective for you. With extensive waiting time at airports and in planes before they took off, you had plenty of time on your side to do absolutely nothing. There is a risk of having time to do nothing because it can get filled with...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favourite alien! What a week you have had. It started with travel and ended with one. To the same place you have called home for the last 10 years. Today’s visit marked the 24th advisory board meeting of your favourite client. You convinced them and helped constitute the board back in 2018 to bring accountabi...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favourite alien. Been a while, eh? It’s your lucky month. Happy birthday once again. I could see you had a good time and the best food courtesy very kind and generous family members and colleagues at work who went the extra mile to make your day special. You are one lucky chap I say. The week started with a w...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favorite alien! You and your team are rocking it big time off late, creating meaningful opportunities wherever you go. The week gone by had everything that makes a great story. The bustle, jostle and hustle helped you squeeze out some hard fought client wins and a few heartbreaks too. Life and work-life inclu...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favorite alien! I have been waiting to hear from you. A week is a lot of time especially given how much fun it is to write to you. I know you have work to do other than writing letters. How I hope that was work. Until then, let me get going. So, you have been doing well lately keeping pace with your goals, do...

Dear Self, Howdy from your favorite alien! My day started with dropping my son and the two girls who carpool with us to their school in the mornings. Listening to their innocent chatter is why I love to drive them whenever my schedule allows. I dashed back home to eat a small healthy meal for breakfast and off to ThinkSpace to catch up...

He was getting older much faster than his true age. Each year that passed by felt like a leap year. At this rate, he would be a Zen Master in 7 years and die in 15 with a lot of unfinished business. He must create wealth faster and have enough time to enjoy it. He feared getting older before getting wealthier. The faster he ran after w...

The day passed in waves. The highs came with the fear of the next low. The lows brought in hope of the next high. In earlier days, he fought the wave trying to change its flow. Obviously, he lost but felt proud of trying as if trying was an achievement. He had now learnt to ride the wave. He found the fight futile. Go high with the flo...

He was in an adrenaline rush. It wasn’t a special occasion. It was every day. Super energetic, ahead of the pack, ready to conquer something. His pace was feverish, burning with his heat those who couldn’t stay on course. He was alone. He took pride in that. It was the only way for those who were meant to achieve great things. He belie...

At BOD, the most fulfilling part of building an organization has been shaping its unique cultural fabric. It’s perhaps the most invisible aspect of the organization and one that’s difficult to measure or explain. But it’s felt everyday in the way we go about things, the way we handle clients, the way we collaborate with each other and ...

The root cause of fear is past karma and it’s likely effect on our destiny. Karmic account gets updated by actions, words and even thoughts. Thinking bad about someone (or something), saying bad about someone behind their back or on their face and doing bad to someone, all equally add up to the karmic account that makes you fear your d...