Welcome to my blog
Writing since 2010, I explore and share ideas around personal growth, creativity, design, branding, business, strategy and technology.
The Pioneer Spirit
Every day, something new is created in the world. The effects of most of these - events, inventions, products, and new knowledge are linear. They build on top of what has been done before, what we know for sure is possible. They improve, they optimize, they make...
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The way back home
Going home is always interesting, but going home after a long time, is its own ball game. Things feel familiar and comfortable, but at the same time different. Everything has a quality of strangeness as you settle and reacclimatize to a space you haven’t occupied in...
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The world works for you
This is the mantra I have been repeating to myself often lately. As someone who usually has a mild level of anxiety going on at most times, my mind races towards all the ways things can go wrong. I hope to succeed and win at whatever I am doing but I am also too familiar with the…
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Death by a thousand strokes
Whenever you come into contact with an immerse and impactful piece of work, the towering obelisk, the frescoes on the ceiling, the sculptures, the works of art, the architectural marvel, the music, films and books that draw us in deep into new and exotic locales, it...
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Stretch your imagination
The need to dream big Since January, we have been on the journey of unpacking what it takes to get what you want. Knowing yourself, embracing the hard work, crafting the routine, and being consistent. These ideas help us lay a strong foundation of habit, and action....
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Play all the way to the end
There is a part of the game that is hardly talked about. And that is the after game. We know all about striving and pushing towards the goal. That’s the basic fodder of self-help content. We are very concerned with what it takes to win, to become successful. We don’t talk too much about the aftermath. What do you do after you get what you want?
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The Meaning of Life: Prologue
For the past couple of months, I have been working on a project – my first book. But really, it has been a long time coming. I have toyed with the idea since 2012, of creating a personal ‘Tao’, a distillation of ideas and conclusions I came to in my quest to figure out ‘the meaning of life’ and how to live well.
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The incredible power of Journaling
I have this set of notebooks that have been with me for years now. When I was 16, there were just two or three of them. Now, there are maybe 20 of these notebooks and sketch pads in a pile on my shelf. A modest collection of personal journals. I have written in these...
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Change your Environment, Change your life.
If you follow my writing, you would know that I have been harping on the idea of getting what you want, studying and highlighting the ideas that if applied, could move you from point A to point B. As a sub theme, over the past three months, I’ve been thinking and...
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Play at your Edge
In his book titled, ‘The Way of the Superior Man’, David Deida outlines the concept of the Edge. Everyone has an edge, that marks the boundaries of what we are presently capable of, and it is different for each of us. He defines it as such: Your edge is where you stop...
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