In Japan, you can hire a stranger to play your father at your wedding. In the United States, you can pay a person to walk with you and listen. These are real businesses with real customers. They exist because something quiet and serious has changed in how people treat each...
Inside your skull sits an object that weighs about 1.4 kilograms. That is only 2% of your body weight. Yet it takes about 20% of your body’s energy and about 15% of the blood your heart pumps. It does this on about 20 watts of power, the same as a...
Every day last year, one Indian family gave away about ₹7.4 crore. Shiv Nadar and family gave ₹2,708 crore, up 26% from the year before, mostly through the Shiv Nadar Foundation. It was the fourth time in five years they topped the list. The man and the money Nadar is...
Imagine being asked to memorise nearly 25,000 streets, thousands of landmarks, hundreds of routes and the locations of hospitals, hotels, theatres, restaurants and public buildings across an entire city. Now imagine being tested on that knowledge while an examiner randomly names two locations and expects you to describe the best...
Every Indian city has a secret workforce. Before sunrise, sweepers and garbage trucks clear the roads while the traffic is gone. They work at night because the streets are empty. Try the same work at 6 PM and the city would choke. Your brain follows the same plan. The Problem...
Here is a fact most people never hear: worry can make your body look ten years older inside. Scientists once studied mothers who cared for very sick children. They looked at tiny caps at the ends of our body’s cells. These caps get shorter as we grow older. The mothers...
Picture a young man in Bangalore. For thirty days, he sits on a chair, closes his eyes, and imagines lifting weights. He does not touch a single dumbbell. At the end of the month, his muscles are measurably stronger. This is not a trick. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic tested...
Ask successful people how they reached the top, and many will not describe a plan. They never set a clear goal or wrote down a dream. They say one short word: luck. But look inside that word, and you will find something surprising. What Luck Really Contains Ask them what...
Think of a village path through a field. The first person who walks it leaves almost no mark. After a thousand walks, there is a clear road. Nobody planned it. It was made by repetition. Your mind works the same way. When you repeat a thought, your brain strengthens the...
Every year, many youngsters ask me the same question: “I want to start a business, but I don’t know where to begin.” My answer is simple. Begin with what a human being cannot live without: food, clothing and a home. In India we say it as roti, kapda aur makaan....
