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Productivity

How we built a remote agency without realizing it

Our 2BHK office in the heart of Koramangala was barely being used even before the pandemic began. I would go once a week to the office. Our Bangalore employees would visit every other day initially, then once a week and eventually about once a month.… Read More »

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Productivity

Productivity Fails

The first step is the hardest. I learned to swim when I was a kid on one of the summer breaks. My mother would haul my brother and me off to the early morning class along with a few cousins every day. I was terrified… Read More »

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Marketing

How Analogies Can Simplify Your Message and Paint a Picture in the Readers’ Minds

A good orator makes us see with our ears Arab proverb How do you explain something unusual, foreign and complex to people? We often hear the phrase “explain it to a 5-year-old” in a pitch deck questionnaire or an interview.  We explain it with terms… Read More »

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Productivity

Book Highlights: Atomic Habits

Forming new habits and breaking old ones are hard. Delayed Outcomes is one of the main reasons why we start a new habit and give up early. The new year weight loss goals, your financial goals and learning something new don’t happen quickly enough. When… Read More »

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Psychology

What’s holding you back from achieving your true potential

“I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.” – Neil Armstrong When Karan and I began discussing the direction of our agency business triggered by… Read More »

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Productivity

Can the practice of note-taking make you smarter?

The earth’s atmosphere is full of waves and signals transmitting bits of information from one device to another. This did not exist 100 years ago.  Radio and TV signals have been replaced by Wi-Fi and 4G. The devices of yesteryear existed outside of our personal… Read More »

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Marketing

Support Indian brands, but not mediocrity

The market doesn’t recognise or support jingoism. There is a strong sentiment in the country to support local products over imported ones, particularly those imported from China. Keeping all the political considerations aside, this is a good cause to get behind. But it shouldn’t surface-level… Read More »

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Productivity

Procrastinator’s favourite ruse is perfection

One of the reasons we procrastinate is because we are afraid of failure. On the surface, it seems like boredom. The idea of creating something that does not live up to an imaginary view of perfection stops us from starting the task. And if you… Read More »