This morning I wrote about orchestration—owning more while personally executing less. Later in the day, one of my delegated tasks went wrong. My immediate instinct was predictable: Let me handle it myself. But that would defeat the entire purpose of learning orchestration. So I resisted the impulse, pushed the person responsible to correct it, and waited.…

Yesterday, I received a last-minute task. I had prepared as much as I could, but the final confirmation came extremely late. There was uncertainty, multiple moving parts and very little time. This morning wasn’t any easier. I had kept a branch open to complete one pending task. I had to finish an e-learning requirement for…

A few days ago, I wrote about a skill I don’t have yet: orchestration. I know how to work. Give me a problem and my instinct is to read more, work harder, follow up and, if necessary, simply take over the task myself. But I am beginning to understand that this instinct has a ceiling.…

“I sold a township.” Mr. Sumer Singh Saini of Riyasat Group said this during our conversation yesterday. That one sentence stayed with me. Not I bought a house.Not I bought a plot.Not I built a villa. I sold a township. Look at the unit of thought: a township. I have spent my professional life as…

Outcome engineering matters. But so do visible ownership—and knowing when an outcome was never fully yours to control. Today I got another lesson in power. I was discussing how things work differently at Corporate Centre when someone casually suggested that perhaps my predecessor should be sent along with me. The implication was obvious: He would…

I am struggling with money. This is probably one of the most embarrassing truths about my life. Not because I don’t understand the importance of money. I do. My problem is stranger. For most of my life, I never developed a strong desire to make money. And I am beginning to think that this is…

I chose my mentor for a reason. Until recently, I could not explain that reason. He can get angry with me. He can criticise me. Sometimes he can burst out over something I consider relatively small. And yet, strangely, none of this has made me want to move away from him. I remain unnecessarily loyal…

For the last two days, I have been in a slump. And I know what started it. Beer. On Sunday, I could have rested. Instead, I went out and had beer. That disrupted my recovery. Chilled beer gave me a cold. I took cold medicine. The medicine made me drowsy. This morning, I was practically…

Ben Wilson’s cancer diagnosis brought back an old podcast, an old version of myself, and an uncomfortable thought about ambition and mortality. Ben Wilson, the creator of How to Take Over the World, has cancer. I learned about it through My First Million. Normally, news like this about someone I don’t personally know would not affect me…

I have written through many of my old thoughts. Perhaps the next phase is not about writing more, but living, learning and giving new ideas time to emerge. Something unusual has happened to my writing. I don’t feel an impulse to write. Usually, my mind is bubbling with some idea. I keep thinking about it,…