I’ve never heard anyone say, “I’m glad things are more simple now than 5 years ago”. We just don’t say that. In fact, we talk of how simple things “used to be”. In my research on a new book, I came across an interesting concept called Entropy or the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. There’s a lot of science behind it but essentially it says that: Things get more complex not less. We go from simplicity to complexity. We go from […]
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I knew Sonam when she was a kid working at our family Dairy Queen store about 10 years ago. Recently, I learned of her new business on Facebook through a friend and decided to stop by her bakery one rainy afternoon to pick up some treats for my kids. It’s called Chocal8Kiss and it’s a brand new bakery/cafe located in Manalapan, NJ. She embraced the chaos and opened in March and is busting her back and making it work…and loving every […]
Read moreYou can’t thrive in a new, more global world, if you don’t get out of the house and actually see it for yourself. I met my friend Ben a few years ago. He’s a successful entrepreneur who has created and sold businesses. He lives in Manhattan and is a great example of someone who’s realized how important it is to say YES to new opportunities. Ben has never been to India and doesn’t necessarily have a specific NEED to go […]
Read moreAbout a month ago, I noticed an odd thing on my driveway when I went to pick up my morning issue of the Wall Street Journal. No paper. I thought it was a mistake but as the days went on and I didn’t see a paper, I realized that I had never renewed the subscription. So, it’s been a month and you know what? I don’t miss it. When I first starting commuting to the city about 6 years ago […]
Read moreThere is so much chaos at work these days. People are living with so much stress and anxiety due to uncertainty at work. Based on my own personal experience of living with chaos at work, I’ve come up with 3 ways to Embrace the Chaos at work: 1. Accept [Rule#1] that organizational change will happen more often and be more drastic. People will move, leave, come in and evolve. Products, businesses, services will launch, grow market share, spin-off, be acquired […]
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