The willingness to consider ideas and opinions that are new or different to your own is being open minded. I believe a great leader is someone who is open minded. Leaders make decisions. Decisions are made with information, facts, outcomes in mind and many things considered. Without being open minded, an individual (the leader) misses…
Category: wisdom
Vision attracts
How do you pull the best talent towards you, your idea or your company? Share your vision. Vision is a powerful tool. People especially the talented and ambitious ones are always looking for new challenges, bigger goals and grand visions. The vision will motivate and inspire the people to get behind the idea or the mission….
Do Epic Shit
Kobe has this sign on his office: Do Epic Shit
Ship it
As stressful as it can be, getting into the habit of shipping your work is thrilling to say the least. Have you worked on a project or projects where you were really focused on doing quality work, spent hours/weeks on it yet it never saw the light of day? Oh yes, we’ve all been there,…
Problems=Opportunities
It’s easy to look at problems and say there’s no opportunity there. It’s easy to give up when faced with challenges. Yet if you are aspiring to become an entrepreneur or are an entrepreneur right now, problems and challenges are what you thrive in. Problems and challenges test you, your idea/passion, how much grit you…
Making a global impact
There are certain moments in your life when you get a chance to make a global impact. You’re excited to embark on that journey and see where it will go. You’re thrilled about the process itself as much as about the results. That moment for me now is with the Artificial Intelligence Scholarship Program powered…
The market
Binod Chaudhary shared a famous story of the two salesmen going to the same market to Kitty Pong Sri (owner of Thai Preserved Foods) who was visiting Nepal. He said when the two salesmen went to the market; one came back with the report that since nobody eats there is no market, and the other…
the process
“For me, the beauty is all in the process. It’s all in the journey. It’s all in building something. That’s the most fun for me” – Kobe Bryant. Kobe’s been known to talk about the importance of “the process” in countless interviews. He loves the grind, the hustle and the discipline it takes to become…
Boosting the striatum
“It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice.” What a beautiful quote. Being nice is the gift we all can give to someone. It’s not expensive to be nice to people; in fact it takes more work to be an asshole. We all have enough to give, no one has more…
Starting a movement
Starting a movement means being the shirtless guy dancing all by himself when most of the crowd is sitting down. Well not just him but his first follower is equally or even more important. Derek Sivers in his Ted Talk says that the leader needs to have the guts to stand out and be ridiculed….
Showing up
A big part of success is about showing up. Showing up to work, at the meetup, the conference or anywhere you promised to be. Showing up means that you are invested, committed and want it more than anybody else. Once you show up, you take it from there. It’s your opportunity to showcase your charisma,…
Well-being teams, social media & us
Within Instagram, there is a “well-being team” that’s just focused on fighting harassment and bullying as stated by co-founder and CTO of Instagram, Mike Krieger in The Players’ Tribune interview with Harrison Barnes. According to Statista, in 2017, 81 percent of the population in the United States had a social networking profile, representing a three…
Just over the hill
Just over the hill are the beautiful and majestic mountains. That’s Mount Everest. You know the climb is steep. You’re ready mentally and physically to take upon the challenge. Nothing can completely prepare you for this moment, you just know that you have to keep going. The only way to go is forward. No excuses….
Principles For Success by Ray Dalio
I’m reading Principles: Life and Work at the moment. Almost done with the book. If you want to get an overview of what the book is about, this video is a great resource:
Skills blog series
What has helped me tremendously in my personal and professional life is developing and having the right skills to adapt to different environments. I was born in Kathmandu (Nepal) and have lived in Cairo (Egypt), New York City (US) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands). What has worked for me is having skills that are transferable, adaptive…
Will you take us to Mars?
Who’s the person in your company that takes the lead? Takes the charge to navigate the change? Has the courage to launch an initiative that he or she feels is right no matter what the outcome would be? Elon Musk was once asked by Ray Dalio on how he came to start his company, SpaceX….
What’s your anchor?
Getting up at 4am and believing that no one will outwork me. That’s Dwayne Johnson “The Rock”‘s anchor everyday. What’s yours?
Seven Bucks
He had seven bucks in his pocket when he was cut from Calgary Stampeders, Canadian Football League. Thus, Dwayne Johnson “The Rock” named his production company, his advertising agency among others: 7 bucks. He keeps the hard times in front of his mind which helps him to go into these big moments with a different…
The Art and Science of Training
I started reading The Art and Science of Training by Elaine Biech. Elaine relates the book as a recipe such as making a cake. “It’s about understanding the science behind best practices (what proportions of butter to flour to milk to sugar make the best cake) and where a little spicing up will make it…
Will you take 10 minutes to change your life?
Will Smith did. He took 10 mins and did an impromptu audition at Quincy Jones’s party for the guests. Will could have waited a week or maybe even 3 weeks to prepare. However, Quincy was adamant that Will audition at the moment and not wait any longer. Well he didn’t and after that audition, Will…