The Collector of Good

I had just arrived in Islamabad via Daewoo, and the old friend who came to pick me up was having car trouble. The car’s headlights were just not functioning, and it was getting dark. We assumed the problem to be the simplest: a fuse had shorted and a simple...

Acknowledgments and Your Invisible Team

I am re-re-re-reading The Lean Startup as I am preparing a workshop on business growth. I noticed the Acknowledgments section which I had of course seen before, but haven’t read read it. Then I took out my pen and listed the people Eric Ries acknowledges. About...
Is THIS the Biggest Risk You are Taking Right Now?

Is THIS the Biggest Risk You are Taking Right Now?

Was lucky enough to be invited at TEDxFairyMeadows as a speaker. I talked on “The Biggest Risk”. I talked about how we think we are avoiding risks but that “risk avoidance” may be the biggest blunder we make. Maybe. See the video and let me...

I was on PTV Morning Show (OR The Time I Put On Make Up)

I was invited on a morning show on PTV. Here’s what happened: (Can’t see the above video? Then click here) Yes, I know I look weird in short hair. And yes, I actually had to put on make up (BLOODY MAKE UP!!). As you can see in the picture below, I am...

Done

My first triathlon. Done. I am now, officially, a triathlete. But this is not just another item off my to-do list.  They were announcing every finisher’s name and their country as they finished. But the announcer missed my name – possibly because I entered...

Destination Anywhere: Getting to 1408

I have seen enough people dreaming of travel – men and women – that I think that we should make a plan to finally do it. New year is just around the corner – let’s make that the year where you get to travel to anywhere in the world. Sounds like...