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Why You Should Hike the 800-Kilometer Camino De Santiago

I was pulled to the Camino De Santiago,... read more

I was pulled to the Camino De Santiago, the 800-kilometer walking pilgrimage from the Pyrenees mountains in France to the town of Santiago De Compostela in Spain, the moment I’d ... read more

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12 July

Life Advice I Wish I Knew 20 Years Ago

I didn’t think I’d amount to much after... read more

I didn’t think I’d amount to much after Business School. The advice I received then--”focus on your core competence”, “your network is your net worth” etc. -- all ma... read more

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2 November

How to Develop an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Every Field

I’d thrived in uncertain, ambiguous roles like working... read more

I’d thrived in uncertain, ambiguous roles like working in new countries and new industries in my corporate career. So I thought I had an entrepreneurial mindset. Until I becam... read more

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4 September

Why You Should Hike the 800-Kilometer Camino De Santiago

I was pulled to the Camino De Santiago,... read more

I was pulled to the Camino De Santiago, the 800-kilometer walking pilgrimage from the Pyrenees mountains in France to the town of Santiago De Compostela in Spain, the moment I’d ... read more

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173

12 July

Life Advice I Wish I Knew 20 Years Ago

I didn’t think I’d amount to much after... read more

I didn’t think I’d amount to much after Business School. The advice I received then--”focus on your core competence”, “your network is your net worth” etc. -- all ma... read more

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2 November

How to Develop an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Every Field

I’d thrived in uncertain, ambiguous roles like working... read more

I’d thrived in uncertain, ambiguous roles like working in new countries and new industries in my corporate career. So I thought I had an entrepreneurial mindset. Until I becam... read more

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4 September

How to Always Think Independently

I had a sinking feeling in my gut... read more

I had a sinking feeling in my gut when I told my boss at P&G that I was leaving to travel and write a novel more than a decade ago in 2008. The timing felt wrong. I was 29. M... read more

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31 August

The Life-Changing Lesson No Life Coach Teaches You

I was sure I’d fail all my B-School... read more

I was sure I’d fail all my B-School interviews. I was living in a small town when I got my interview calls with no access to coaching classes or the Internet. On the day be... read more

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21 February

My Only Dream For My Daughters

I want my daughters to strive to become... read more

I want my daughters to strive to become Olympians. If I share this with my friends, they tell me I’m a helicopter parent. Or I’m trying to live my unfulfilled ambitions thro... read more

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13 September

Does Life Have A Purpose?

The first draft of The Yoga of Max’s... read more

The first draft of The Yoga of Max’s Discontent was a disaster. I was trying hard to write a story with a message. It doesn’t work. The storyteller has to become the s... read more

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7 September

The One Question That Will Change Your Career

I wasted the first few years of my... read more

I wasted the first few years of my career. I was focused on getting the right assignments, being promoted quickly, and acquiring the right job titles. Then, I self-destructed.... read more

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26 August

The Best Money Decision You Can Make Today

I was devastated when I first lost all... read more

I was devastated when I first lost all my money. I’d never thought I’d be broke at 31. All around me, my friends from school were buying their first houses and planning the bes... read more

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17 August

Seven things I’ve learnt in seven years of writing

Advice from an Author – 7 things I... read more

Advice from an Author – 7 things I have learned in 7 years of writing Keep off the Grass was published seven years ago in 2008. Back then, I had never thought this “hobby” w... read more

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24 February