Evolutionary Biology Applied to Everyday Life
Last night I attended a dinner party where I attempted to share the below theory with the group. Midway through my first sentence, the women in the group burst out in rage and started attacking my character, which was both amusing and ironic, because it validated the exact point I was trying to make. They […]
Embracing your Judgement
I’ve often been told that I’m judgmental by those who observe social constructs and typically perceive it as an insult. What they fail to recognize, however, is that my judgement is an intuitive skill that I’ve honed to navigate uncharted territories and foresee situations yet to arise. In the past I’ve ignored my best instincts […]
The Age of Influence
Originally posted on Medium. Introduction The Age of Information was birthed as early as 1949 through Claude Shannon’s piece on the A Mathematical Theory on Communication and has continued through the tech boom and bust of the 90s. But today, it is 2018, and the Age of Information has long since died. The […]
How to Tackle Sexual Harassment
Most women in the workplace have experienced sexual harassment at least a couple of times. And while raising awareness may aid the general climate of the topic in question, it doesn’t help women to specifically set themselves up for success in predominantly male work environments. Here are some ways I’ve strategically set myself up for […]
Increase your EQ: Part IV
Preliminary Interactions How can you, after gaining a clearer understanding of self, effectively use this new clarity towards understanding others better? Let’s start with the first step- Your first encounter with a new acquaintance. EQ Photo Tools for Pre-Screening Neal introduced me to this one. You can learn a lot about someone through their photos. […]
Increase your EQ: Part III
The Joshi Jolt Now that you’ve become self aware and begun to articulate your internal monologue, it’s time to start thinking about how you can implement this new knowledge into your life to work towards a version of you that you can respect and love. One exercise I went through is a process I […]
Increase your EQ: Part II
Fundamental Questions As you’re thinking about your three ‘Self’s, you can go on to ask yourself a series of fundamental questions that will help you get deeper to the root. Be as genuine as you possibly can while asking yourself these questions, and understand that it’s better to say ‘I have absolutely no clue’ […]
Increase your EQ: Part I
The Three Selfs Increasingly over the last year, people have asked me how I’ve tuned into my sense of perception and what they can do to increase their own EQ and intuition. My short answer to this is- Your understanding of situations and others is directly correlated to your understanding of self. You cannot […]
8 Lessons I Learnt From Founding my First Tech StartUp
Early on, many of my VC and serial entrepreneur friends urged me not to indulge potential team members with equity arrangements until they had proven that they could deliver on what I would be hiring them for. Here was where I made my first mistake- In my paranoia of bringing people on board too quickly, […]
My Baseline Beliefs
Keep it transparent. I don’t need another ass-kisser around me. And if you are all about ass-kissing, whether it’s on the giving or receiving end, you can bet I won’t be getting my hands dirty with you. No pun intended. Make something valuable. Making something ‘cool’ that doesn’t add any inherent value to your […]