M&Ms Weekly Newsletter
Every week I am helping others by sharing my learnings and being transparent about my entire journey.
Previous Editions of Memes & Motivations
M&Ms 61: Mid-Year Earnings Update
Hey Team, It's the halfway point of this year, and it's time for a small update. An update on the Small Bets strategy I have adopted as my way forward for entrepreneurship this year. I have made about ~$50k in total from all of the small bets I have placed
M&Ms 60: Real Estate
You may recall that I told you we were in for some hard times a month back. Then the hard times came. We aren't done yet. Now the hard times are coming for real estate. Earlier this week, I gave my second talk to the Small Bets community, teaching them
M&Ms 59: Uncapping Luck
Hi Team, It is impossible to be the beneficiary of outsized luck with a big corporate job. Your pay is capped. Any variable rewards based on performance are capped. Your promotions are capped. Capped at least by some time at level and often by other factors too. However, unfortunately, it
M&Ms 58: The Last Mile is the Hardest
Hey Team, An engineer reached out to me today for some career advice. We had a nice enough back and forth. But things started going south fast toward the end of the call. I gave him some advice then at the end, I encouraged him to reach out to someone
M&Ms 57: Shore Up Weakness, Discrepancy, and Bad HR Systems
Hi Team, A friend quit her job to chase her entrepreneurial dreams. She asked me if there were any weaknesses that I thought she could shore up. My gut response was, "it's too late to shore up weaknesses now." As I said that to her, in the back of my
M&Ms 56: Just Start
The people that impress me the most now are the ones that start: writing online regularlya YouTube channela newslettera podcasttweeting etc.Starting is impressive to me because I now know how hard those things are to start. I remember my own challenges when I first started putting myself out there
M&Ms 54: Long-term
Hello from St Thomas, My wife and I decided to take a vacation this week. We left the kids with our parents and in-laws—a huge advantage of living close to a big family. Our parents will take turns watching our three-year-old and six-year-old. I am immensely grateful and fortunate
M&Ms 53: Everyone is Scared
Hi Team, Everybody is scared. Coming up from poverty, you realize that everyone around you has fears. Then if you make it far enough, hopefully, to get out of poverty and meet some successful people, you realize they have their own fears too. Everyone is scared of different things. But
M&Ms 52: Taking Wins & Losses
Hey Team, I want to share some wins with you this week. But it's not all roses, and I want to share that part too. The pragmatic engineer wrote a piece on my career. I can only assume the article did well because I got some great messages from folks
