Author: Mukesh Gupta

Entrepreneurship, Leadership

The Art Of Making Progress

Making progress is about knowing what you have and making the most of it… Making progress is about moving in the direction that we want to move, irrespective of the circumstances.. Making progress is about knowing when to stop, step back and re-think about where you are going.. Making progress is about keeping our heads down and keeping at it.. Making progress is about knowing what we can’t influence and what we can and influencing what we can influence. We spend a lot of time thinking about how to change things that are often out of our control, instead of […]

Entrepreneurship, Ideas, Recommendation

Are You An Amateur or a Professional?

Today, I read a post by Shane Parrish on his Farnam Street blog and couldnt resist sharing this with you. He tries to explain why some people are ultra successful and some are not, despite having similar knowledge or experience. He goes on to share that one of the defining aspect that can explain this difference – Mindset. [bctt tweet=”How we see ourselves matters” username=”rmukeshgupta”] If we consider ourselves professionals, our chances of success goes up significantly. So, what makes one an amateur or a professional. Below is his take on the difference between amateurs and professionals. Most of us […]

Ideas

Making Procrastination Work FOR US and NOT Against US

At one point or another, I am sure that we have all procrastinated about something – deciding to go out on our own as entrepreneurs, preparing for our exams, having that difficult conversation or exercising. I know and see procrastination as a constant companion and a part of our lives, whether we like it or not.  As I am writing this, I am procrastinating on creating an online course that I have been wanted to create since the start of the year. Now, is it good that I have procrastinated about this particular project? I don’t know. Time will tell. […]

Entrepreneurship, Ideas, Innovation

7 Practices of Highly Inspired People

I have been writing every for this blog for the past 20 days and every time I open up my laptop to write, I don’t necessarily have an idea that I want to write about. I need some kind of an inspiration, some seed of a thought which can then go on to become a blog post. This is what writers call inspiration. As entrepreneurs, we our productivity and effectiveness is at its highest when we are inspired. So it is with our team mates. All creative ideas have an inspiration as their seed. Someone somewhere was inspired by someone/something […]

Marketing

Standing Out

  We stand out When everyone is self-obsessed, by being selfless When everyone is shouting on roof-tops to be heard, by being silent When everyone is trying to go fast, by slowing down When everyone seeks scale, by focusing on that which can’t be scaled When no one can be trusted, by being trust-worthy When self-promotion is the norm, by shining the light on someone else When everyone is trying to be interesting, by being interested When everyone is running after the next big thing, by cherishing that which we  already have When everyone is trying to fit in, by […]