Dead end traps.

When you hit a dead end on the road, you have no choice but to turn around and find another way. Dead end jobs and relationships are different. They are like infinite loops. You keep going and nothing changes. Things neither get much better, nor much worse. These are scary

Glass half full.

The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander & Ben Zander: Often, the person in the group who articulates the possible is dismissed as a dreamer or as a Pollyanna persisting in a simplistic “glass half-full” kind of optimism. The naysayers pride themselves on their supposed realism. However, it is

Now or later?

We mostly choose later because we don’t want to face uncertainty. We think we are afraid of the no, the rejection, but if that was the case, why would we make it certain by not asking. What we are afraid of is the uncertainty and the change, the letting

3 ways to show up.

We can show up in 3 ways as an independent professional: as a freelancer, a creative, and an entrepreneur. The Freelancer: A freelancer gets paid when they show up, when they do the work. They have to be there give the talk, to sing, to act, to design, to write.

Getting the right framing.

Decision making depends on the frame with which we are looking. Are we looking to cap the short term loss or recuperate the sunk cost? Are we worried about what someone else would think of our choice? Or are we aligning with where we seek to go? And how this

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Letting go of perfect.

No action can be perfect. The only thing it can be is done. And when it's done, others can engage with it and dance with it. Perfect is a way to hide, from our best self and, from making the impact we can make. When we focus on

Elegant forward motion.

It's not the forward motion that's hard, it's navigating the resistance to it. We only get burned out when we are fighting the forward motion. Instead, we can learn to dance with the fear and move forward elegantly.

Letting go.

From The Pathways to Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander: It’s a paradox: developing the skill to let go of worries, to let go of whatever you claim you are right about or feel you deserve recognition for—letting go of fears and prejudices, tension and efforts at avoidance—ironically

It's all invented...

From The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander & Ben Zander: A simple way to practice it’s all invented is to ask yourself this question: What assumption am I making, That I’m not aware I’m making, That gives me what I see? And when you have

Seeing emotional labour.

Physical labour mostly starts showing progress immediately. As you keep putting in more bricks, you can see the wall coming up . Mental labour is subtle. You are writing code or creating a copywriting page. It's not as visible as physical labour, still you can see things moving forward.

Pass the gift forward.

You are who you are because you were given a gift. well, not just one, but many. And not only when you were born (talent), but the ones you have earned (skills) along the way. Your teachers, mentors, friends, clients, books you have read, courses you have done, all of

"Don't worry about it."

When you show up to lead, sooner or later, you might end up doing something that'd be a mistake. It might be an assertion that didn't pan out or an initiative that didn't get traction or sometimes even something that just slipped by your

Inventing joy.

What brings you joy? Is there a story that stops you from doing those things? A narrative, some reasons (maybe excuses), the delays, the people, the rationalisation? Do you want to invent another story, one that allows you to experience joy? Who'd be the hero of the story?

Bad decision mode.

When we are on low energy, or feeling low self-esteem, or when things feel like spinning out of control, that's a sign to stop everything and simply rest and recharge. Ironically, that's when our mind feels is the best time to make significant decisions. It takes

Good enough to ship?

Done is better than good. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic. Done is, of course, better than perfect. Perfect is a trap. It's a figment of our imagination. It doesn't exist. It can't exist. It only exists to keep us from shipping. But, done is also

You are the gift.

When you show up as a teacher, you are the gift that the student was looking for. The one who would help her learn a skill, create an environment of curiosity, help her do things she didn’t think she could do. When you show up as an artist, you

Beyond fear.

When 2 people (or organisations or even countries) are afraid, they put up their defences and it feels like both are walking on eggshells. Every gesture becomes a potential threat and is likely to be shot down. The fear becomes the story on its own. The calculating selves take over

Which version?

Which version is you? The one who is your best self, the one who wants to make things better, the one who is ambitious, generous and seeks to be a contribution. Or the one who wants to fit in, to shrink, to hide, to not offend anyone, to be just

Walk with spirit and love.

Rosamund Stone Zander teaches 5 infinite games in her book, Pathways to Possibility. These games have the capability of helping us loosen the grip of the critical voice and help us find agency and connect with possibility. One of the games is to "walk with spirit and love"

Feeling at home.

There are people who make you feel at home. They may be friends or you might be meeting them for the first time. It's the way they interact with you, the warmth they bring with their presence. Each of us has that opportunity everyday. To make someone feel

"There is all the time in the world."

An excerpt from Pathways to Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander: “The game with no goal and no limits, called “there is all the time in the world,” has the power to get you back in step, to bring you back to your center, to connect you once more with a

Working with resistance.

When we are doing ambitious work, work that may make things better for those who we seek to serve, without a doubt resistance would show up too. It will distract us with tasks and chores and do whatever it can to keep us from doing the work. What we can

Transactional relationships.

There are certain people and organizations who want only a transactional relationship. Everything is linear. You pay, this is what you get. We are not friends. We are not we, we are you and I. Then there are some who build connection, who invest in a we story. It’s

Energy management.

Most of our work is managing our energy. Finding things and people and places that energise us and distinguishing them from the ones that require energy. If all we are doing is engaging with the latter, it's no wonder that we feel drained all the time. The reality