Successful people should not give advice
I’ve consumed a lot of advice content from many successful people and more often than not, I wonder if the similar actions they’ve taken will replicate the same success or not. These actions are a result of their decisions which often comes out as advice. My personal observations is that there are rarely a fewContinue reading “Successful people should not give advice”
Create more than you consume
We live in a time where information is in abundance. It’s information overload. Tens of apps in your phone screaming for your attention. All seem too important to not miss out on. Apps like Pocket help you save content for later, which in reality rarely get consumed. FOMO is a very common feeling when youContinue reading “Create more than you consume”
1 person company
I am in the creator/influencer business and on a daily basis, come across creators who run a one person army and are raking in more revenue than many of the funded startups. Some are running courses, some are selling premium content, many are working on brand deals and few are trying to monetize from theirContinue reading “1 person company”
As a leader, you should make yourself irrelevant
I’ve been building teams for the last 5 years and there’s one thing I’ve realized – the more my team depends on me, the more work I have to do to actually make the team work. My personal ambition is to get to a point where my team doesn’t really need me. To a pointContinue reading “As a leader, you should make yourself irrelevant”
Book Notes: Psychology of Money
This is one of those books which I randomly picked off, thanks to Amazon suggestions and what a journey it has been reading this over the last couple of weeks. This is one of those books that’s a breeze to reach and understand. The language is simple. The ideas common but profound, and the author has doneContinue reading “Book Notes: Psychology of Money”
My north star metric
Every great company or a business usually focusses on one single metric. The metric that helps them take decisions, the metric that helps them measure success, the metric that gives their employees a clear guidance and direction, like a north star. The north star varies for different companies. For companies like Facebook, it’s the numberContinue reading “My north star metric”
Book Notes – What You Do Is Who You Are
I have been an admirer of Ben Horowitz’s writing. The previous book of his which I read a few years ago offered deep insight with examples (most books have little to no examples) into how to tackle the hard things about startups, the things no one talks about, what happens when shit is hitting the fan. MoreContinue reading “Book Notes – What You Do Is Who You Are”
Book Notes – Mental Models: 30 Thinking Tools that Separate the Average From the Exceptional
I was first introduced to the concept of mental models by Paras Chopra when he spoke about it on a podcast with Kunal Shah. Mental models are like a map which can help us navigate this highly complex thing called life, or maybe a better way to think of them is comparing it to aContinue reading “Book Notes – Mental Models: 30 Thinking Tools that Separate the Average From the Exceptional”
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Rahul Singh 