Looking Back, Looking Forward (Part 2)

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Travel: Like 2022, this was a year of a lot of travel. I have spent 1 in 4 nights outside home. Multiple US trips, other international business trips to Bangkok, Singapore, Colombo, and Ho Chin Minh city, along with many domestic trips. I especially like international travel – they give me contiguous time to think and assimilate all my ideas. [I wrote about my long Feb-Mar US trip.]

Teaching: I taught an internal course to upcoming managers in Netcore called L.I.F.E skills, focused on Leadership, Innovation, Foresight, Entrepreneurship. I have a second round starting in Jan. I quite liked the experience – I too learnt a lot in the process. The series covered additional topics like decision-making, managing others, managing oneself, and execution.

Events: I attended multiple events this year – eTail West, SaaS Open, Shoptalk, eTail Boston, Google Next, SaaStr, MMA Vietnam, and Bangalore Literature Festival. The eCommerce events helped me understand the language that marketers speak, and helped me in framing the narrative for the new ideas.

Life System: I completed 100 parts of my Life System series, having started the year with 30 from last year. I loved writing this – sharing some of my habits and hacks. I hope they turn out to be useful for others.

Reading, Movies, and OTT: My reading continues – books are too numerous to list, and there is a wide cross-section across fiction and non-fiction. I watched many movies, including some offbeat ones like “Golda” and “The Holdovers.” I did do much more OTT viewing this year, especially after Abhishek’s departure for the US. I especially liked Lincoln Lawyer and Bosch – having been a great fan of Michael Connelly’s books for a very long time.

Health: Two changes I made to my health habits this year: starting gym and eating curry leaves (kadipatta). As I discovered, kadipatta has amazing medicinal properties, especially in controlling blood sugar. I still have my daily alarm set at 4:24 pm, and do my morning walk as often as I can. I have also maintained my breakfast + 1 meal routine.

Less India thinking: I have not done much writing on India this year, perhaps because I did have much new to say. I still think the Nayi Disha and Dhan Vapasi ideas are the right ones for mass flourishing, freedom, and prosperity in India.

Blogging: The one thing that continues is this blog with its two daily posts. Like I have said before, I write for myself – the writings help me think through issues and ideas. I am quite certain that much of the writing I have done about the new marketing ideas is quite path-breaking. I have also completed three years of “Thinks” which ensures the discipline of continuous reading.