7PS: Ripen, Then Release 🍁

7PS: Ripen, Then Release 🍁

Read time: 1 minute, 393 words. A farmer once told his grandson,​”You plant in spring, water in summer, and harvest in autumn. ​But you never tug a mango down. When it’s ready, it falls.” As the leaves change and the season turns, October reminds...
7PS: What’s your sleepy mountain? ⛰️

7PS: What’s your sleepy mountain? ⛰️

Read time: 1 minute, 463 words. I grew up hearing my mom reminisce about summers in the Himalayas.​In 2023, we turned these into Himalayan Nights, guided sleep meditations.​A few days ago our book with the same name dropped. ​You can do this with your family stories...
7PS: Unpublish it ⏪

7PS: Unpublish it ⏪

Read time: 1 minute, 381 words. A man spent years building a boat.​But he never sailed it. When asked why, he said:​”I wasn’t building it to sail. I was building it to stay sane.” Not everything we make has to be useful.​Some things just have to be...
7PS: Your moonshot 🌕

7PS: Your moonshot 🌕

Read time: 1 minute, 353 words. There’s a story often told at NASA. A visitor once asked a janitor what he was doing. He didn’t say cleaning floors.​He said,​”I’m helping put a man on the moon.” You’re not just doing...
7PS: That tiny fix 🤏🏽

7PS: That tiny fix 🤏🏽

Read time: 1 minute, 352 words. Everyone was trying to fly by building bigger engines and bigger wings.​The Wright brothers focused on one small problem: steering. They added a cable and pulley system to warp the wings.​That tiny fix made the first flight possible in...
7PS: Same talent. Better table.🪑

7PS: Same talent. Better table.🪑

Read time: 1 minute, 399 words. When I worked in banking, the calls came.​A recruiter. A competitor. A reminder of my market worth.​Even when I wasn’t looking, the offers told me something.​My value didn’t change. Just the table I was sitting...
7PS: The one, the only 1️⃣

7PS: The one, the only 1️⃣

Read time: 1 minute, 388 words. I receive a few interview requests every week. Most are podcasts you’ve never heard of.​Some larger periodicals come knocking.​One national outlet recently wanted my opinion on office cubicles (don’t ask).​I say no because...
7PS: Headphones on. Heart open. 🎧

7PS: Headphones on. Heart open. 🎧

Read time: 1 minute, 465 words. My grandfather was a hospitality official in India. He welcomed & took care of dignitaries. ​ One of these dignitaries was His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Years later, the Dalai Lama became an Emory professor in Atlanta. ​ My parents...