Author: Mukesh Gupta

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 […]

1000Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Leadership

Why Are Meetings so Important and How to Make them Effective and Fun

Premise: Not a day goes by when I dont hear someone complain about yet another meeting that they need to attend and how it is such a waste of time, money and effort. Yet, there is enough written about the way Alan Mulally, the ex-CEO of Ford, turned around the company in his stint as the CEO, primarily using a weekly cadence meeting with his entire leadership team , called The Business Plan Review. You can read more about this and how he ran these meetings here. What he has shown is that meetings can be extremely productive for organisations and […]

1000Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Ideas

10 Things to Practice Everyday

Move: If there is one set of actions that can have disproportionate benefit for us, then it has to be movement. Our body is not designed to remain seated for long hours. It has been known for ages it is better to keep moving through out the day rather than exercising for an hour and not doing any physical movement for rest of the day. Our body craves movement. It is well-known that women around the world outlive men and are also less likely to suffer from fatal chronic diseases. There are many theories for the reasons this happens, but in […]