Karthi Subbaraman

Writing

Writing is making invisible thoughts visible. It is a mirror of your thought process. The murkier the thought is, murkier the writing is too. On the contrary clearer the thought gets, the clearer the writing gets. Writing is a gauge of clarity and not the language.

CDPS

Naming things is liberating. It provides a shared language to articulate the nuances and specificities of an abstract concept. For instance, "freaking firsts," "delta 4," "radical candor.” etc. Recently, I experienced a mini liberation after naming something I've been going through for decades.

Passion Fatigue

Following your passion is just one part. Guarding your passion is another. It's easy to put too much pressure on your passion if you're not careful. I call this "passion fatigue." The IKIGAI framework can contribute to this fatigue in some ways. The "

KYCI

Nuances of understanding customers to build great products.

Shitty First Drafts

Starring at a blank screen is hard. If you give Writer's block as an excuse, I have an antidote for you. Ai has eased the hardness these days for me. You should definitely give it a try. I like Notion Ai personally but you can start with Chat

Mending

Mending is a constant life process. To mend, first we must know what needs to be mended. My "to-be-mended" list usually appears in my everyday journals (morning pages and evening pages). I have been getting one item as to-be-mended for the past four weeks consistently. It is about

Learnings from Berkshire

The AI has changed the way I read and write these days. In early adoption days, scepticism>>trust. It is important to note that, being sceptical without becoming cynical takes a lot of energy. I am in that phase with Ai now. I have been playing around with

Recalibration

Life recalibration is a process I do once in every 500 days. I use it as a ritual to take a step back and re-evaluate life in order to make life more worthy living. It is a reflective exercise. Sometimes it can be hard hitting. The intent is to make

My Little Wins

Our Maker Club runs on Sprints and our first sprint for the year started 14 days ago and here are some of the little things I could do in the last 14 days. WriteIn Club I gave myself a pat for writing every single day in the last 14 days.

Scrum

This week in the product book club, we are reading The Art of Doing Twice in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland. I first found this book in 2015 and I must say, it changed my life for better. I am not surprised if you are wondering, why is a