Growing up on Ekta Kapoor's K-serials, I always wondered why the suffering bahu never broke the chain. I see the same pattern in business: people who had terrible bosses sometimes carry the toxicity forward as managers. Intent or awareness - what's stopping us?
India requires 14.6 Mn blood units every year and consistently falls 1 Mn short - for the world's largest population, this deficit shouldn't exist. My own donations are unplanned stops at a blood bank on the way to vadapav. The fix: awareness and distribution.
Rarely does a cricketer himself decide to take a break mid-season - hope is powerful and good form is an inning away. Maxwell did. It left me with questions: what would an uncapped player do? What would you do as the CEO, the manager, or the player?
Gold-rated Swiggy delivery partners get health insurance for their families; bronze-rated ones get accident cover only. One medical emergency can wipe out a gig worker's savings. If cost is the concern, an opt-in route beats gamifying a family's safety net.
A story on perception, over-thinking and how we make (small) life decisions!