Last week, some of you received a new format of this newsletter. It was a lot more colourful, a lot more emoticons, designed for more engagement and interactions.
Some of you liked it, some of you didn't.
Which is understandable. That's life!

However, that set me thinking 'Why did some people not like it?' An easy answer could be - because hey, they didn't like it. Duh!!
A deeper answer is - they didn't like it because they were used to the earlier version.
If there was a way (unfortunately there won't be) to go back in the past and receive ONLY the new template of the newsletter, it is possible they will accept it, as the default.
But because we have a way to compare, we compare.

In my head though, this new format was a way to test.
Test a new approach, a new style, discover something new.
Who knows what we might find.
Because hey - what's the worst thing that could happen?
It doesn't work.
We can always go back to the original, no?

Which brings me to the design of change, in our life.

Some folks are comfortable with change and some are not.
This is something we all know.
​But there is another aspect to change.
Do we initiate it, or do we wait for it?

If you were to plot this on a 2x2 matrix
X-axis is "Am I comfortable with change?" - Yes/No
Y-axis is "Do I initiate change?" - Yes/No

We get 4 types of situations.

Type 1:
​I do not initiate change and I am not comfortable with it.
These individuals suffer the most. They spend their entire energy not just in resisting the change, also in dreading it.
They hate change, so they keep thinking when it might happen and lead them to misery.
Think of all the times you were worried if these good times will last or not.
All the times you were worried whether something would take away your current joy.

Type 2:
​I do not initiate change, but I am comfortable with it.
These folks wait for change to happen. While they do not panic when it happens, they might find themselves too late to adapt to the change.
Think of all those who are reading about AI right now and saying 'let's see what happens'.
While it is a better type than above, it still is sub-optimal because you are late to react.

Type 3:
​I initiate change but I am not comfortable with it.
This is a rare breed, who will initiate change because they choose to suffer to project themselves as brave, while they are not.
Think of all those who sign up for a new project at work, only to please others, but never intended to do anything meaningful about it. Instead just complain how hard the new project is!

Type 4:
​I initiate change and I am comfortable with it.
That's the interesting type.
They are forever adapting, forever moulding, as if they do not have a permanent form of theirs. They are like water.
They lead the show, they tend to learn the most, and they certainly garner the most experience because of their nature.

In summary,

Who are you?
Who do you want to be?

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Success is made of 99% small things done on a daily basis.

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📕 Book I'm reading this week

Still reading HOW TO DO THE WORK by Dr. Nicole LePera.
This is such a good book - I wish everyone in the world could read it once. It is hard-hitting, actionable and deeply resonating.

Nicole has written an absolute stunner.

You HAVE TO follow Nicole on Instagram or Twitter. She speaks to us, that makes us go - wow, this is all that I ever wanted to express all these years.

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🌉 I'm coming live to your city

Ahmedabad

​11th March​

Hyderabad

​18th March​

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Someone needs to hear this: “Don’t put your life on hold for someone else.”

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🗣️ Response to last week's question

So interesting!
More older siblings feel they are the smarter ones, than younger siblings.
The gaps seems wider when below 18 and above 40, becomes close in the 20s.

Here is my explanation.
It is because the older siblings see the world from their experience.
And in their head the comparison is between the younger sibling today, to the older sibling today.
They actually tend to ignore the actual age gap.
And thus the experience gap.

My answer:
I also think I am smarter than my younger sibling today, but the time she is my age, she will be equal if not more! :)

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🙋🏻‍♂️ Question of the week

Which of these superpowers would you love to get?
​Only these are on offer right now by the genie. Sorry :)

• Ability to fly
• Ability to become invisible
• Ability to read minds
• Don't want any of these!

Rub the magic lamp

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In relationships: don’t fix your partner. Fix yourself.

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📸 Picture of the week

Me, applying hair oil, before Holi haha :))

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🚀 Content I shared this week

🎧 Podcast:

Heal the pain | Dard se kaise deal karein
​Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, JioSaavn, Gaana or YouTube.

📹 YouTube:​

​23 Passive Income Ideas for 2023​

📱 Instagram:​

​Your parents are not here forever​

🐥 Twitter:

​Top 7 reasons for low self-confidence​

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You can, of course, always write to me by simply replying to this newsletter.

I love reading all your emails, even though I may not be able to reply to them all.
Yes! I READ ALL MY EMAILS. ALL OF THEM.​
​(Holi ke teen din baad bhi chehre se rang naa uttarne ki kasam)

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