Ditch the guilt about pursuing wealth. He had it coming. Who earns so much money selling hardware to people building or renovating their homes? He must’ve been up to something illegal on the side. The business was prospering so fast that he was bound to be in the crosshairs of this thing called Luck. The variety …
Then I learned a fifth one. It was the 90s. Days of doing what the heart desired. Way before mobile phones took that away. College was off. And interminable summer stretched ahead. It meant reading, hikes, and nighttime meet-ups with the gang. And ideas that turned into plans within minutes. And I wanted to see …
I’m average at most things. Definitely worst at answering a bunch of questions so that others can tell me how bad it is. If you ignore the traditional tests and let simple curiosity do its job, you’ll discover hidden talents waiting to be unlocked. Rather than looking externally for assessment, turn your focus inward. Your …
Live your best life in 2024 Away from the familiar, you can be a different breed of awesome. When you’re navigating the bustling bazaars of Marrakech or swapping stories with a Mongol in the Gobi, you’ve already shed routine. You step into the shoes of the person you want to be when no one is …
There are a million ways to help people. Once you start doing it, you discover a million more. The truth is you can help others till it hurts. The question is, should you? I have made it my life’s mission to help others to the best of my ability. But before I reached that point, …
The world is a polarising place. You have to pick a side. If you don’t, one is chosen for you. We live in a culture where one of the greatest social dishonours is not having an opinion or not knowing. We often form our views based on ideas borrowed from others. Rarely do we invest …
As I sat at the table, I realised I had left the phone in my car, which the valet had taken away to park. I gazed down at my hand. Where normally my smartphone would be, I could see my deeply lined palm. Suddenly feeling liberated, I decided to let the phone be. While I …
After my visit to Azerbaijan, I planned to visit neighbouring Armenia. From Baku, I had to take a flight 1,925 km away to Moscow and then reach Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, via a connecting flight. Yerevan is just 453 km away from Baku, but such is the nature of geopolitics. But I am glad …
I visited my 14th country, Azerbaijan, in the Caucasus. I went with an open mind since there was not much to go on about the countries around the Caspian Sea – Iran and the old breakaway states from the USSR – Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Azerbaijan. No one I knew from the travel community had been …
