Author Archives: Ronit Ghiya

What is the best vacation you ever had? Just reflect on it for a moment. For some, it might be a visit to a foreign country, a new city, a village, mountains, or simply a stay at the grandparent’s place. Now, you must have thought about your travel, the location, the food, the people, theContinue reading “Product is more than ‘the product’”

For the past month, I have been working in a generalist role. Working in such a role is challenging, but lots of fun too! Out of the multitude of things I have learnt until now, here’s the most important lesson: The ability to prioritise. Now, if you have ever worked in a multi-disciplinary role before,Continue reading “Working as a generalist”

Is this what you hear when you ask for feedback? 👉 “Oh, that’s good!”👉 “That could have been better”👉 “That’s useless!” Or perhaps do you end up giving feedback in a similar fashion? Well… What if I told you that what you generally think of as feedback, is actually an illusion? In my opinion, theContinue reading “Feedback vs Judgement”

The last 6 months have taught me a lot about time. Although time as a concept is vague, its management is pretty simple. Unfortunately, most of the time management techniques out there are flawed. Here’s why: Time management never is and never was about time. We cannot manage time. It is not in our control.Continue reading “You can’t manage time”

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, remember that you’re in the wrong room.” This didn’t make sense to me 2 years ago. But today… I realize the importance of this statement. Especially when you’re someone who is chasing growth. Now, I don’t mean ‘smart’ in the traditional sense. Everyone around us is betterContinue reading “Change your room”

Everyone around is promoting ‘FOLLOW YOUR PASSION.’ The problem with this advice is: Not many people truly know what their passion is. And that’s okay. But… Here’s what I think is better advice: FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY. Everyone is curious about something. It’s impossible to not be curious about anything. Humans are hungry to understand theContinue reading “Don’t Follow Your Passion”

It’s been a week working in operations. Here’s what I have realized: Success in operations is more about values than skills… Sure, you are required to get used to the various tools, manage data, create efficient systems, etc. However, these skills are just a small part of your job and can be learnt quickly. AfterContinue reading “Working in Operations”

“Whom should I listen to? My heart or my brain? “ There is always a conflict between intuition and the ‘rational’ mind. Here’s a mental model I use to get around this 👇 According to Daniel Kahneman, there are two systems that govern our thinking: SYSTEM I and SYSTEM II SYSTEM I , aka INTUITION,Continue reading “Heart or Brain?”

‘COMPETITION IS COLLABORATION IN DISGUISE…’ ” Hmmm… 🤔 What are you trying to say, Ronit?Isn’t competition the enemy of collaboration? “ Well, I don’t think so. Let’s explore this together… It’s been 6 months since I entered the so-called ‘real’ world. Here’s my biggest realization : The world out there works on collaboration, not competition.Continue reading “Competition is Collaboration in Disguise”

“You can do what you want, but you cannot want what you want.” This is such an eye-opening quote! Sure, we can go after whatever we want, but… What we want is often shaped by society, our unique experiences and pure evolution. Most of which are not in our control. Everyone will have unique experiencesContinue reading “What do you want?”