Opinion - Abhishek Chakraborty (Page 2)

Giving Advice is Not Giving Solutions

On an average, I get asked at least 10 times a day for some kind of advice related to business, management, relationship, productivity, negotiation, mental health, life, etc. To make sure I don’t do a sloppy job, I’ve devised a framework to give advice that I’ve polished over the years.

Don’t be Number One. Be The Only One.

People don’t back you because you are right. They back you because you’ve got a backbone. It doesn’t matter if you are right or wrong. What matter is that you have skin in the game. You stand up for what you believe in. You are not number one. What matters is you are a “Category of One”.

The Perks of Being A Renaissance Man

People who try out different things and dabble with new domains are labelled as "jack of all trades, master of none." It cannot be further from the truth.

How to Build a Virtuous Feedback Loop

Bad feedback or no feedback at all prevents the exchange of dialogue between members. Most of the things are left unsaid, and this leads to build up of resentment. Despite that, it’s actually hard to build an efficient feedback culture, unless we start understanding the root cause of the problem.

How to Invent The Future

Contrary to popular belief, most successful founders don’t begin with brilliant ideas—they discover them. Facebook started as a social network for college students. Pixar started by selling high-end computers for animation. And Twitter was a podcasting company.

The Role of Luck, Skill, and Serendipity in Your Success

Zero to One was published in 2014. But Nassim Nicholas Taleb had already turned the logic of “definite future” upon its head in his classic book The Black Swan way back in 2007.