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lockdown 2.0 in Mauritius

Mr. San, There is a full lockdown starting from tomorrow. I was on a call with my team when I muted and took the call. It was from the local police station. Mr. San, you can go this the Facebook… Continue Reading →

Why the “Robbinghood” moment in B2B might come from browser plugins!

Why the “Robbinghood” moment in B2B might come from browser plugins! I was “mildly” upset with the Robinhood guys for stealing customer data and misrepresenting how they make money. Why mildly upset? Because I used to think that if someone… Continue Reading →

My struggles in building UPilot.

I had just sold my first business and decided to build the 2nd company which was in healthcare and I had thought has the potential to be a $100M company. I was sitting down with a lab technician from a… Continue Reading →

Why Brands and Governments are losing their power.

Brands! We’ll put their name to the test!! When an animal tries to attack you, one trick that works is to make yourself appear more prominent. The same works if you want to hunt down an animal larger than yourself…. Continue Reading →

Conversation with a soldier about PTSD

This meeting happened just before Mauritius went on lockdown, and we met a couple living in London from different countries. The guy was in the army of his country and was previously deployed in Afghanistan. We were having dinner when… Continue Reading →

A web of lies

I had been following the GameStop episode and saw this article on Forbes today. The article went on even to use the word “market manipulation by retailers.” It had me thinking, “surely the author is eager to show off his… Continue Reading →

2021 starts with a Podcast on the journey so far..

Human beings are clones. Ninety-nine percent of our DNA is identical. 70-80% of which are instructions to build the brain. Still, most of us do not have a single unique thought that has not occurred before in another brain. So… Continue Reading →

Learning as play, playing to learn.

We can all learn skills. It is also incredibly hard or enjoyable based on how you see learning as fun or as work. I have been researching this topic for many years, especially Talent – which I think can be… Continue Reading →

If money was a natural phenomenon

My youngest son, who is 6, wants to the French president when he grows up. I told him, being born in Paris, he can have that ambition. This made my first son feel a bit sad. He said, hmm, I… Continue Reading →

The growing craftsman mindset!

Responsibility is never given, it is taken. I have had the privilege to have employed 100s of people in my companies combined, which often means I come across them again and sometimes re-engage with some of them. I am proud… Continue Reading →

Feeling like Nemo! My Visionary / Integrator Score

When someone asks you a question, “what book do you recommend me to read?”, first ask the question – “What are you struggling with?” The books you read to find answers to the struggles you have in life stick better… Continue Reading →

6 things as powerful as meditation

I have tried meditation, and it is powerful, but there are few things even more powerful and reduces the amount of time you need to meditate. 1. Having a trust-based and kind relationships with everyone, especially with your partner. 2…. Continue Reading →

Variable x and Rainbows

As our circle of knowledge grows, so does the circumference of ignorance. Very few are comfortable with vast areas of unknown left open. So Humans tend to fill regions of ignorance with either God or philosophy. You will see that… Continue Reading →

Mixing friendship and business

Friendships give us a high and often the source of disappointment. What is the purpose of friendship? 1) Networking – help each other with their abilities to do things hard to do alone. 2) Reassurance – helping to realize that… Continue Reading →

Why oracle’s move to buy, tick-tock is a bad idea

Oracle is the 2nd largest software company that largely escaped the scrutiny on the amount of data they have on people, which is probably more than Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook combined! They just escaped it by being perceived as… Continue Reading →

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