Life Hacks for Leader in You

When do you know you are wealthy? Happiness is gap between expectations and what you have or make. If you are worth a million dollars and want 1.1 million, you will still be miserable. Ability to get up when you want, do what you want, do at your own pace is one sign of being wealthy. You are no longer on the treadmill. You can be stuck on that for all your life. It is important to know when to stop and start enjoying. If you cannot do it, you will always be miserable, all your life, even if you have stashed billions of dollars. The level is for you alone to decide. After a stage, money is just a number. Unfortunately most of us don't know when and how. Every time we hit a financial milestone, we create another one. It never ends. A bigger car, bigger house, bigger portfolio and so on. An average citizen of most countries makes double of what they used to make in 50s and is half as happy today. Happiness is managing your expectations, it's within you. Chasing more money is ...

  If you have not tried and failed, you have done nothing new in your life. How dreadful life would be if we were stuck in the same place, however comfortable it may be. Leadership can be lonely sometimes. especially when you face a big setback. The fundamental of leadership is that the leader is finally accountable for the outcome. Good leaders use these failures as opportunities to rally the team around, learn from the experience, and pivot to move toward the next objective. Action is the best medicine to overcome procrastination and negative thoughts. Leaders should reach out to their network and deliberate on what happened, how things could be different etc. This helps the leader to look at things from an entirely new perspective and also share the learnings for others to benefit. Leaders always have a choice at all points in time. Success depends on the ability to decide quickly and decisively. Weak leaders get paralyzed and fearless leaders decide and act. Only actions conver...

  It is easiest to succeed in today's World. You must be taken aback and a bit surprised to read this when the most common thread we keep hearing is the crib about succeeding in the extremely competitive world. One most common traits that all successful people across the World who sustain success, irrespective of geography, culture, and time is:- "They have consistently given back more in value compared to what they get" Look around yourself, how many such people do you find around you? (Don't forget to count yourself in!). Negligible, isn't it? If you actually find somebody, you will not fail to notice that they will be highly in demand, always sought after, and generally more happy, content, and successful for their age and experience. So, you actually have very little Competition provided you decide to live by the Mantra of giving back more than you get. It takes very little to do that, just a bit of introspection and commitment to yourself.