The 3 life-changing things I learnt at INKTalks 2018
In the aftermath of the life-changing INKTalks 2018, I must admit that it feels a little surreal to be back […]
Motivation
How to find the motivation to get started?
Motivation is the friend who’s never around when you need him! And so the hardest part about getting productive is
Why is setting a goal important to increase productivity?
Hi! Someone wrote to me on Linkedin recently, asking how they could go about improving their career progress. And while
3 things leaders must do to increase team productivity!
It always seems like there is so much to be done and that we are never going fast enough.
Money is scarce.
So is time.
And the world won’t wait.
We need to move faster, do more, be more.
And the only way to do that is to maximise the amount achieved per unit of time and effort…in short, be more productive!
And not just you, the founder, the leader.
Every member of your team has to be firing at all cylinders because it takes a (productive) village to raise a startup. <
So if, like me, you lead a startup team and are struggling to raise the productivity levels of your team, then here are the 3 things that you, as a leader, MUST DO, to ensure that your team is productive, frugal and motivated!
The simple secret to making your dream come true!
I wish I could make my dream come true! We have all felt this and even though our dreams change
The single choice that can change your life!
Life is nothing but a series of choices. And accordingly, we make hundreds of choices everyday. And the crazy part
7 steps to a more organised You!
Thought you were organised? Well, it is easier than you think to lose control of your day. Things just spin
The single key to success – being disciplined!
But what’s interesting is that I’ve found my struggle with indiscipline escalated massively over the lockdown when the number of things on my plate scaled exponentially.
Between working from home & working for the home, I found myself in full-scale rebellion-mode – actively shying away from doing what needed to be done & binging on what I wanted to do – napping at inappropriate times & then pacing like an insomniac at night…completing things in a screaming panic seconds before the deadline…missing my workouts…eating junk like it was going out of fashion…
Should I go on?
Are you making that classic startup mistake?
What is truly ironic about the startup journey, is that IF you complete the first phase – Bootstrapping for traction – successfully, then you have to unlearn absolutely everything you’ve figured out so far for the next phase -Scaling up!
And this is where most founders trip up and fail to make the transition! This is where they make that classic startup mistake – of clinging to control by trying to do everything themselves instead of delegating and growing quickly – which can make the difference between your startup growing quickly & surviving long enough to make an exit!
3 reasons why fund-raising is just the beginning!
When we raised our seed round and finally had access to funds to scale our product-market fit, I was so sure that life would be so much easier.
That since we now had money to spend, we would be able to do everything.
And give life to everything that we had wanted to for so long, but couldn’t!
Right!
We soon found out that life post fund-raising is just as hard and much, much more stressful than a boot-strapped environment.
And before you cry ‘oh, you poor lil funded startup’, let me give you three reasons why.