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sad with $100 Mn in bank

Aug 1, 2025

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11 min read

sad with $100 Mn in bank

1.3M watched her get fired

Jul 25, 2025

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10 min read

1.3M watched her get fired

what went wrong has nothing to do with performance

Is your intelligence artificial?

Jul 18, 2025

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9 min read

Is your intelligence artificial?

The moment I realized we're raising a generation of brilliant idiots.

your phone addiction

Jul 11, 2025

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8 min read

your phone addiction

buzz buzz. and that's it. attention gone

Who is Soham Parekh?

Jul 4, 2025

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8 min read

Who is Soham Parekh?

it didn’t feel wrong until I saw the data

we aren't productive

Jun 27, 2025

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7 min read

we aren't productive

hours worked is not equal to output achieved

you're ruining relationships

Jun 20, 2025

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6 min read

you're ruining relationships

just by making this one mistake

The Slippery Slope Trap

Jun 13, 2025

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6 min read

The Slippery Slope Trap

the moment I understood this trap

hate your job?

Jun 9, 2025

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7 min read

hate your job?

#7 Letter: The Moment I Knew Medicine Wasn't For Me

The Stoic Code

Mar 1, 2025

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8 min read

The Stoic Code

#6 Letter: The One Rule That Transforms Your Life

Attention Is the New Gold

Feb 19, 2025

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6 min read

Attention Is the New Gold

#5 Letter: Own It or Be Owned

Stop Dreaming, Start Doing: The No-Nonsense Guide to Real Entrepreneurship

Feb 10, 2025

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8 min read

Stop Dreaming, Start Doing: The No-Nonsense Guide to Real Entrepreneurship

#4 Letter: Feel the FEAR & Do it Anyway

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