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Are you married to you?

As you grow, you will change.
Your needs, your desires, your wants will change.
How you wish to get to them will change.
What you are willing to give up for them, will change.

And that's okay.

A beautiful life isn't one that remains the same.
A beautiful life is okay with the new. ​
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I recently met my school friends, 25 years since graduating.
One of them recalled a trip we took together in 2006.
I was 26 back then.
I was sharing with him back then that all of my life's definition of success was pegged to one thing: "Owning a Honda CRV" :))
It sounds so unlike me, today.

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In school, success was getting into the IIT.
In college, success was going to the US.
In MBA college, success was a consulting job.
At work, success was a fancy car.
Later on, success was awards.
In my startup, success was becoming a unicorn.
Today, success is owning my time.

I changed.
So did my definition of success.

You will change too.
That's okay.
​But that ought to change your definition of success too.

Do not remain married to a version of you that doesn't exist anymore.​
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📕 Book I'm reading this week

I am STILL reading Letting Go, by Dr. David Hawkins, and I do not think I have taken more notes for any book lately, as much as I have for this one.
Will be making a video on it too - really awesome book. This might turn out to be a heavily gifted book.
Highly recommended.

I got a bunch of suggestions from all of you, on which book I could read next. Bought 6 of them already. Thanks so much :))

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📸 My week, in pictures

This is a new edition where I share my week in pictures, for those who do not like to read as much as I write :))

After writing last week's newsletter on Wednesday, I had an event with Dell Technologies in the evening, in Bangalore. They launched a new range of products and I LOVED the curved desktop monitor. Very tempted to buy :))

On Friday, I had a session in Mumbai with NAREDCO (which is a real estate organization). Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani (founder of the famous Hiranandani Builders) gave a terrific speech, before sitting through mine and actually taking notes on his phone. He is 73 and was taking notes from a 43 yr old. What a man!

Came back with guess guess, what!! :))

Saturday was chill. Was sitting by our complex swimming pool while Uzma enjoyed herself :))

Sunday was a relaxed day. Uzma clicked this pic of mine, reading from my Kindle :))

Monday was shoot day - nothing remarkable :)

Tuesday - recorded 2 fun podcasts (will share once it comes) and went for dinner with a dear friend.

Today (Wednesday) - I am in Bangalore again for a session. The weather is stunning - it is 25 degrees! Wow!

Update: Just finished the session. It was with the VMWare Global Engineering Leadership team - super fun session. Lots of fun :)))

Have a lovely weekend and week ahead, all of lovelies :)))

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Quotes to share

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The greatest obstacle to achieving greatness is often our own self-doubt.

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Happiness is not as much in reaching, as it is in traveling.

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Authenticity is the currency of connection in a world craving genuine human experiences.

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Question of the week

On popular demand, this section is back. Yay! :)
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How often do you think of your death?

1. Quite often
2. Not so often
3. Very rarely
4. Have never thought about my death

Answer here

(and see the results of others, too)

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📕 FREE Book Giveaway (LAST WEEK)

We have the results of the 150th edition giveaway.
The top 150 people who referred the most, will receive an email from us today, to select the book of your choice.

The top 10 winners are (in decreasing order of the number of clicks generated):

Thank you all for participating. I hope you enjoy your book :))

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🎙️ Podcast I shared last week

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🚀 Content I shared this week

📹 YouTube:​

​Learn English through ChatGPT​

📱 Instagram:​

​Are you part of the rat race?​

🐥 Twitter:

​Money is important, but...​

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You can, of course, always write to me by simply replying to this newsletter.

I love reading all your emails, even though I may not be able to reply to them all.
Yes! I READ ALL MY EMAILS. ALL OF THEM.​
​(bangalore ke traffic, dilli ki garmi, aur mumbai ki bhasad ki kasam)

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