Leadership & Management

1. High Output Management — Andrew Grove
   A Silicon Valley classic by Intel’s legendary CEO. A practical guide on managing teams, measuring output, and building scalable processes in fast-moving environments.

2. Only the Paranoid Survive — Andrew Grove
Grove outlines how leaders must embrace strategic inflection points — crisis moments where everything changes — to survive and thrive in competitive industries.

3. Trillion Dollar Coach — Eric Schmidt et al.
The story and principles of Bill Campbell, the behind-the-scenes coach to Apple, Google, and more. A masterclass in leadership through empathy and trust.

4. The Hard Thing About Hard Things — Ben Horowitz
Blunt and brilliant lessons from the startup trenches. Horowitz shares what it’s really like to lead in chaos, make hard calls, and build when nothing goes right.

5. Your Next Five Moves — Patrick Bet-David
Strategic thinking for entrepreneurs, blending chess-like planning with business insight. Think ahead, act boldly, and grow smartly.

Mindset, Philosophy & Self-Mastery

6. Meditations — Marcus Aurelius
A timeless Stoic journal from the Roman emperor, filled with personal reflections on discipline, mortality, and inner peace in leadership.

7. Greenlights — Matthew McConaughey
Not your typical memoir — McConaughey’s life lessons are wild, soulful, and weirdly profound. It’s a playbook for catching life’s “greenlights.”

8. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant — Eric Jorgenson
A modern guide to wealth and happiness, distilled from Naval’s podcasts and tweets. Covers mental models, decision-making, and personal leverage.

9. The Forty Rules of Love — Elif Shafak
A powerful dual narrative blending Sufi mysticism and modern love, centered around the teachings of Rumi and Shams of Tabriz.

10. The Science of Meditation — Daniel Goleman & Richard Davidson
A research-backed dive into how meditation physically changes the brain, improves focus, and enhances long-term well-being.

🗣️ Communication & Conflict

11. Crucial Conversations — Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler
Learn how to stay calm, speak honestly, and resolve high-stakes conversations — whether at work or home — with confidence and care.

12. Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict — William Ury (2024)
From the co-founder of Harvard’s negotiation program, a timely roadmap for bridging divides, building peace, and creating what’s possible amid global conflicts.

13. On Writing Well — William Zinsser
A classic guide for nonfiction writing that teaches clarity, simplicity, and voice. Perfect for writers, bloggers, and communicators alike.

🧭 Innovation & Strategy

14. No Rules Rules — Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer
Netflix’s radical culture of freedom and responsibility. Learn how removing rules and trusting talent can drive innovation at scale.

15. Blue Ocean Strategy — W. Chan Kim & Renée Mauborgne
Escape the red oceans of cutthroat competition by creating uncontested market space — this strategy framework is a must for business leaders.

16. The Age of AI — Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher
A forward-looking reflection on how AI will transform politics, warfare, ethics, and human identity itself — by three leading thinkers.

17. Strategic Management — Garth Saloner, Andrea Shepard, Joel Podolny
A foundational business school text that blends economic theory with real-world strategic decision-making. This book emphasizes analytical frameworks to evaluate competitive advantage, industry dynamics, and organizational structure. (Recommended in IE Business School MBA)

18. Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors — Michael E. Porter
A landmark work that introduced the Five Forces framework, redefining how companies understand industry structure and competitive positioning. Porter lays out rigorous tools for analyzing markets, identifying strategic advantage, and building long-term competitive strength.

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1. “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” — In other words, don’t settle for anything less than amazing work for yourself and for others. When people see that you expect greatness, they will give you what you expect. The same goes for investing, you will never go wrong with buying excellent companies.

2. “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” — When you are wrong, stop what you are doing, admit your mistakes, cut your losses short, and move on. This will prove to be valuable in investing as well as in life and in business.

3. “Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.” — Simply put, no one can say no to great. If you want to live a life that matters, do great work. If you want a portfolio that kicks ass, put in your research, and buy great companies. Yes, it’s that simple.

4. “Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.” — Never underestimate the value of people, especially the power of teams. If you want to come up with excellent work, choose excellent peers.

5. “The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are starting companies; it’s that too many people aren’t sticking with it.” — Success comes from hardwork, commitment, true grit, and passion. Steve was so passionate with his work that he used to cry when things don’t turn out the way he intended.

6. “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” — This was Steve’s closing note on his commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005. In this speech, he advised the graduating students not to live according to other people’s thinking, and to have the courage to follow their hearts and intuition. Staying hungry and foolish means never becoming complacent, to strive and work for what you truly believe in, and to be “foolish” enough not to listen to so-called experts and authorities when it comes to what can and can’t be done.

7. “That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” — Simple is better. The less clutter in your life (and in investing) the more focus you have on what’s truly important. And naturally, the more focus you have, the more impact you make in your life and in others’.

8. “That’s how I see business: great things in business are never done by one person, they’re done by a team of people.” — Always remember that the RIGHT PEOPLE are a company’s greatest asset. Whether you’re starting a venture or investing in a company, make sure that the right people are involved. A lone person can only do so much, but a great team can literally move mountains in terms of results.

I pulled my lips

away from you,

breathing heavy,

started kissing again

behind your ear.

As I moved achingly slow,

letting the pleasure of it

build as my teeth brush

the soft skin below your jaw,

the goosebumps

at the base of your neck.

You couldn’t keep yourself

from tossing your head back

and exhaling, loud and open.

POETRY: Her Vulnerability

There’s something alluring

About her vulnerability.

I see it in her eyes

As she gazes at me.

Tastes it as I consume her.

Feels it in My hands,

As I grab her throat.

Hears it in her whimper.

Smells it in her wetness.

her vulnerability becomes

Intoxicating.

POETRY: Her Perfume

It was her perfume

made me weak in the knees

As I kissed her long bare neck.

My nose orgasmed at the scent,

inducing a kind of heavenly nirvana.

This, a moment that

seared into m my brain for all time.

POETRY: Come to me

Come to me

my darling

feel the heat

as our bodies meet.

My passion is hot

As the fire builds below

I will hold you forever

And never let you fall away

The evening before tonight

You’ll know when I’ll kiss you

And your heart scream out my name

Filled with love that I carry for you

I’ll make love to you every fraction of time.

Poem: she is the poetry

He lend his pen,
to the thoughts of her.

He scribbled,
took notes,
created stanzas
and perfected poems,
about her.

He continued to write,
during the days and
middle of the nights.
He let her slip,
through his fingers,
rampageously yet flawlessly
and continued to write.

For he is her poet,
And she is his poetry.

In between the class,

I discovered,

all my questions

about change and changeless

aren’t questions anymore,

I wonder…

I wonder about the beauty of life

I wonder about the bodies sparkling light.

as i close my eyes,

as i inhale,

i reach my destination.

I am one with this state

here, I long for nothing but me.

as I open my eyes,

I find myself floating in waves of that one self

I smile,

knowing the one i love is everywhere.

As I observe my existence

in my body

in my mind

I am nothing.

I am empty.

this hollow field is self

this non-existence is what

I feel existing in everything.

What this life would be

without a realization

of divine intervention

in everything

that I’ve lived

and about to live.

The more

I pay attention

to the presence

that’s alive in me

I feel like I’m part

of something, someone,

who has made

everything and everyone.

I often think,

without divine grace,

where would I be?

However, the truth is..

without him, there’s no me.

I pray for

strength & wisdom

to be able

to improve, evolve,

and involve myself

to the plan he wrote

When he created me.

Having a total reverence

for dreams & people

is the only way I know

to love him back

who’s loved me

even before I was made.

I seek silence and solitude,

to experience

the presence of self-love

and to witness

the absence of another self.

who is my raison d’etre.

Without desperation and judgment,

I wait, I wait for the moment

to reencounter the one

who’s not miles but moments away.

when poetry arrived

searching for me

who was falling in love.

It came from everywhere

I was moving to,

I don’t know when I

lost the silence and

embraced by words.

It started moving

in my veins like

a rivers moves in night,

I had nothing to say

but what I uttered,

were love verses and poesies.

I never knew who Rumi was

and what Paulo wrote?

But in presence of amour,

I found myself talking

in their language.

I believe, everyone has

his own perception

about poets, so I had too.

Some bleed with words,

some whisper the joy,

some moan in verse and

some celebrate life and death too.

1. Start your day early and take care of yourself: Your body is the engine that powers your career and your life. It must be strong and well-maintained. This is the fastest thing you can change about yourself and makes everything else easier.
2. Raise your hand: Sit in the front. Be eager. Respond to inquiries quickly. Build a reputation for being hungry.
3. Volunteer: Ask for the job that others don’t want or fear to do. Get it, make a success of it, and ask for more. This has been my personal modus operandi for forty years.
4. Work Hard: Working harder than your peers is the starting place for everything you want to achieve. The personal time and energy you invest in your own success are like putting money in your bank, and no one can take it away from you.
5. Titles are given, but leadership is earned: Leadership is much less about authorities and brands than it is about personal values and reciprocity to the team. Good leaders have willing followers, and fellowship is just as important as leadership. Learning how to be a positive, supportive follower is the prerequisite to learning how to lead.
6. Be a”broad gauge”: Develop an understanding of things outside your regular scope, like business law, finance reporting, technology, etc. You are smart and can figure it out. You can not lead those functions well until you understand them from the inside out.
7. Communicate: Know that people listen to both what you say, and what you don’t say. The leader who communicates the most, and the best, wins. Learn how to write well, make your argument, and tell your story to others. They are going to talk about something and set the agenda for them.
8. Presence matters: When communicating to one or one to a thousand — make your body posture open, square, two eyes on two eyes. Don’t hide behind your hands, limbs, hair, papers, furniture, etc. To lead you must be vulnerable. You communicate honesty, confidence, and power when you present yourself this way.
9. Hard Talk: To move up, you must learn how to talk to others about difficult, hard things in a sensitive and honest way. The inability to talk honestly and sensitively about difficult things holds most people back. Learn how to do this, and know that 95% of the time its best to give the total, raw truth.
10. Shut up: often you must remain quiet to be effective. This is hardest for people who are passionate and have gotten ahead by being vocal and assertive. Still, learn how to shut up and listen.
11. Go Away: Leave work. Leave town. Go away to think about where you are and where you are going. You can not do this while mentally engaged in daily responsibilities. And you probably cannot do it among friends and family. Short courses and solo, personal travel are one way to do this.
12. Reputation is everything: it is slowly built through hard work and personal behavior/endeavor, but it can be quickly spent by an ethical shortcut. It is the most precious thing you have, so build and protect it at all cost.

2. I reserve the right to hold my own beliefs and practice them as I see fit, and I allow all other people the same right to believe and act as they wish.

3. I prefer loving and rewarding consensual relations with beautiful, positive and virtuous women.

4. I believe men and women are different and each have their own unique strengths and abilities.

5. I believe men have the sacred duty to protect and provide for the important people in their lives.

6. I believe men have he sacred duty to protect the innocence and sanctity of their children and reserve the right and responsibility to raise their children as they see best to ensure their longterm happiness and success

7.I believe that men have the sacred duty to raise strong, capable and honourable sons 8. I believe that men have the sacred duty to raise kind, feminine and virtuous daughters.

9. I utterly disprove of violence in romantic or familiar relationships.

10. I support good and honest governments and I will obey ONLY their laws. 11. I prefer to only conduct business dealings with trusted and vetted brothers.

12. believe that a man has the sacred duty to hold true to his word and do exactly what he says he will do.

13.I believe that a mans life is difficult and he has the sacred duty to become strong to handle such difficulty.

14. I believe men are personally responsible for their actions and for the results they achieve in their lives.

15. I believe in emotional control and the vital need to become disciplined and professional in all things.

16. I believe men have the sacred duty to approach everything in life with a position strength.

17. I believe that all men have the sacred duty to become men of upright and virtuous character and live above all reproach.

18. I believe it is incumbent upon me to ruthlessly identify my own weaknesses and limitations and eagerly work to overcome them and become capable in ALL realms.

19. I seek to improve my personal freedom to think act and live true to my masculine imperative in all ways.

20. I believe each man has a sacred duty to mold his physical body into the strongest more resilient and most capable version of itself possible.

21. I believe that men have the sacred duty to rigorously train themselves both physically and mentally everyday.

22. I believe that I have a sacred duty to only eat the highest quality foods possible to maintain my health vitality and masculine virilality.

23. I reserve the right to protect the sanctity of my bloodstream and make my own decisions about my own medical care and procedures.

24. I affirm the importance of endlessly improving my mental faculties through diligent work, study and practice.

25. I believe in acquiring wealth in abundance in order to improve my life and do good for those I care about.

26. I believe in the merits of healthy competition and constantly encouraging all men to seek out competition to improve themselves.

27. I believe that masculine brotherhood is essential to mens mental health, happiness and success and I relentlessly encourage men to meet together, train together and work together.

28. I maintain the trust of my brothers through reverent silence regarding our most sacred and shared experiences.

29. I believe in honouring my ancestors and living in a way that would make the most proud of me today.

30. I reserve the right to administer difficult rights of passage for our young men to allow them to EARN them the rank of manhood.

31. I affirm the importance and need for travel and adventure as men.

32. I seek to help men overcome poor mental health through embracing hard work physical improvements and shared masculine brotherhood.

33. I reserve the right to make the best choices I can at the time to protect my self respect and mental health.

34. I do good in the world and seek to help those less fortunate than myself.

35. I believe all men have the responsibility to lead and guide those they care for to greater health, prosperity and happiness.

36. I choose to only interact with those who are respectful and civil in return for my own respect and civility.

37. I reserve the freedom to speak and refer to others as I believe is best and MOST TRUTHFUL.

38. I reserve the right to choose my company and include only those whom I believe are best for my health, happiness and success.

39. I believe I have an imperative to only spend my time in a way I determine is beneficial, uplifting and empowering to myself and others.

40. I choose to only allow myself to be influenced by those who I believe have MY BEST INTEREST at mind.

41. Each day I dedicate myself anew to create the the greatest possible positive impact on the world and do the work to achieve greater masculine excellence across all realms of human behaviour If you live your life by these 41 tenants of Tateism as a man.

दफ्तर के काम करते करते

कुछ नामी सा एहसास हुआ

देखा झांक के खिडकी से

कुछ लोगो को बीयर पीते हुए

कुछ अपनी..उमर की तरह अपने राशन का बैग उठते हुए

सूरज ढल रहा था, हर दिन की तरह:

मुझे उस मासूम चेहरे की याद दिला रहा था हमेशा की तरह..

लैपटॉप खुला था और खुला था वो presentation

जिसे देख कर बथेरी थी वाह वही मैंने कुछ अरसा पहले..

एक ख्याल आया..क्यू ना खिंच लू इस एक पल को और सहज लू फोन में जिंदगी भर के लिए?

उठाया फोन, जैसे ही कैप्चर किया..किसी की याद आयी और एक ख्याल आया उस पिक्चर को देख के

जिसे देख कर वो बोले..’क्या सुकून सी शाम होगी न वो..जब तुम कम कर रहे हो बालकनी के पास..देखते हुए शाम का नज़ारा..सूरज के ढालने का’’

सुकून का तो पता नहीं, लेकिन एक मस्कुराहत जरूर थी मेरे चेहरे पर..

जिंदा होने का एहसास था

उसकी मोहब्बत में जीने का आगाज़ था..

और वो!

मोहब्बत कहु उसे या मेरी इबादतो का नतीजा?

बहुत शुक्रगुजार हु मैं, की वो है..

जब भी चुमती है मेरी आंखे उसके पिक्चर को.. पता चलता है..खुबसुरती कैसी दिखती है।

और अगले पल, जब आंसु चुमते है मेरे गालो को..तो एहसास होता है.. कितनी कीमाती है वो।

Heartfelt Reminder:

Always remember, someone’s effort is a reflection of their interest in you.

शायद कभी ना कह सकूँ मैं तुमको

कहे बिना समझ लो तुम शायद

शायद मेरे ख्याल में तुम एक दिन

मिलो मुझे कहीं पे गुम शायद

जो तुम ना हो रहेंगे हम नहीं

जो तुम ना हो रहेंगे हम नहीं

ना चाहिए कुछ तुमसे ज्यादा

तुमसे कम नहीं