Karthi Subbaraman

Life goes on as usual but parts of it go down the history. Last week was one such part of my life. I am still recovering from it in many ways. My unusually non-boring life became all the more interesting with a string of events between 8 Apr and 15

I know this is going to be hard but try it! Make a deliberate effort to be joyful when you are depressed. You need joy more than anxiety to handle the situation. This counter-intuituve advice is consiously spelled out because pleasantness in unpleasant context is against default human nature and

A typical roller coaster ride is less than 90 seconds in theme parks. They are so much fun that, we don't mind waiting for even 90 minutes to get on a 90 seconds ride. The thrill we get from the ride is truly dope. All said and done, a 90

It is fools day today! Four years ago on this day, I started a foolish journey to create a Maker's Ecosystem. I must say that the past 1460 days are the most beautiful days of my career as a practitioner, teacher, mentor, advisor, leader, coach, visionary and a community builder.

I still remember that evening in December 2017. We tossed our glasses to "raising the bar of creative problem solving" in Ku De Ta, Seminyak 🥂 As a team we had a ritual to travel for two weeks in the year end to reflect, rejuvenate, and have fun together. That year

These days startups are classified as Unicorns (one billion in valuation), Donkeys (one million a year in ARR by solopreneurs) and Cockroaches (sustainable whatsoever). There is one more category in my experience. People who prioritise freedom over everything else. Here are some characteristics of freedom freaks 👇 - They love what

After three weeks of emotional upheaval of loss, grief and life, I am slowly getting back to normalcy. My strategy of mind numbing busyness worked this time. It helped me in ways I can't imagine. Slowly, I am getting back to my daily journals. I started writing my morning and

Are you wondering where did I disappear all these days ? The honest answer is, I disappeared into numbness of life. 53 rd death news (within my friends and family circle) hit me couple of weeks ago. This time it was my cousin brother who was turning 53 in a month.

I couldn't sleep much last night so I ended up scrolling my social feeds. I don't know about you but my feeds are very different in the day and in the night. Typically, when the other part of the world wakes up and fires away Tweets, it is  interesting to

Tonight I have a masterclass to be delivered to a bunch of lovely women at Leap.Club and I haven't even started thinking about the topic 🙈 As I am sipping my black coffee, a number of thoughts are flashing and I have so much to say. My mind is circling