A bicycle that’s built only for me — and the engineering and art behind it

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• cycling
• FF Life
• premium content
• bicycles

Here’s a pattern that I’ve observed throughout my career: incumbents mostly lose; they somehow survive but don’t thrive. An incumbent growing faster than the market over a decade is more an exception, rather than the rule.

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• premium content
• Julian Birkinshaw
• adapt and thrive
• Digital disruption
• Competitive advantage
• MNCs

Beyond the movie, there are a number of reasons why the Cholas matter. Here’s how one can follow the Chola trail and get a deeper experience of what you saw in the movie

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• Ponniyin Selvan 1
• Mani Ratnam
• Rajaraja I
• premium content
• FF Life
• The Cholas
• Ponniyin Selvan 2

It is the intersection of what you say about yourself and what others say about you

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• digital identity
• Personal Brand
• Social Media
• premium content

FF Life: The power of social media has lulled leaders into believing that a carefully curated digital identity is the sure-fire passport to success. They are entirely off-the-mark

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• digital identity
• FF Life
• premium content
• Personal Brand

Antarctica—a land of extreme weather, majestic landscape, and rich wildlife

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• Antarctica
• FF Life
• travelogue

1 April 2023: India’s temples are more than just about religion

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• Temples
• Padma Subrahmanyam
• Kaalimala temple
• Brihadeeswarar Temple
• Kaani tribe
• VS Ramachandran
• FF Life
• Kapaliswarar temple
• FF Recommends
• Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga
• Meenakshi Temple

What do we need more of: leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a make-in-India mindset?

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• 1 Comment

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• Rohit Jawa
• leadership
• Hindustan Unilever
• HUL

The game is a good analogy for the markets and investing behaviour

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• golf
• FF Life
• investing
• Risk Taking

How Obsidian is helping me save ideas and tonnes of information, and also retrieve it and see connections and patterns

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• note taking apps
• FF Life
• Obsidian