Procrastination gets a bad rap. We treat it like a character flaw, like something to be ashamed of, something that signals weakness, laziness, or a lack of discipline. But more often than not, it’s none of those things. Procrastination is rarely … [Continue reading]
There was a time - till very recent, in fact - when an idea by itself wasn’t enough. You could have the most compelling insight into human behaviour, the clearest understanding of a broken process, the most obvious gap in a market, and it still … [Continue reading]
What if the way out isn’t to escape your work - but to redesign your relationship with it? It catches people off guard when I say it, which tells me it’s still not a common idea: “My work doesn’t feel like work.” I’m not being flippant. I don’t … [Continue reading]
It happens quietly in parking lots across Canada. You’ve loaded the last of your groceries into the trunk, closed the hatch, and the cart stands there - empty, idle, waiting. What you do next might feel inconsequential, even mundane. But this … [Continue reading]
There is no shortage of advice on how to live a meaningful life. Invest in yourself. Nurture your relationships. Find purpose. Cultivate harmony between your work and your life. Practice mindfulness. And none of these are wrong. In fact, each … [Continue reading]
Every Hindu temple has a bell. It’s almost always the first thing you encounter - a small ritual before the rituals begin. A rope, a ring, a sound. For years, I did it without thinking. A polite, almost mechanical motion before stepping into the … [Continue reading]
It’s one of life’s quiet tragedies - the way people who once lived, worked, loved, played, and struggled together, sometimes for decades, slowly slide away from each other. It’s not always dramatic. In fact, it rarely is. It’s not the thunderclap … [Continue reading]
There’s something almost tragic in how easily the notion of patriotism can be hijacked and diluted into a shallow performance. Recently, in Canada, a wave of reactionary nationalism has swept through conversations and headlines, fueled by a trade … [Continue reading]
There’s something uniquely frustrating about seeing what’s coming and watching everyone else miss it - not because you’re smarter, but because you’re paying attention to things they’re not. For the past six months, I’ve been telling anyone who … [Continue reading]