Karthi Subbaraman

[Career] Three decades of stagnated careers?

All profound things in life compound including careers. It is a well known phenomenon that time is the biggest lever for compounding. If that is the case then why all careers are not compounded by the time of retirement? It is strange that necessary time is put in and yet

[Career] Do you have a career or a job?

This statistics is alarming. Only 2% of the population have careers and the rest have jobs. The number was an eye opener to me. It made me dig further. It made me ask difficult questions like what is a career vs what is a job? I found my answers after

[Career] Step by Step

We are on day 3 of our first weekly series [https://karthis.blog/design-careers-weekly-series/] (#1) discussing careers. On day 1 [https://karthis.blog/creative-careers/] we established the significance of careers in our life. On day 2 [https://karthis.blog/how-to-spend-7000-days-of-your-life/] we discussed how to make careers truly meaningful. Today let

[Career] Meaningful 7000 days

We are on day 2 of our first weekly series [https://karthis.blog/design-careers-weekly-series/] (#1) discussing careers. On day 1 [https://karthis.blog/creative-careers/] we established the significance of careers in our life. Today let us dig deeper around making those 7000 days really count. Now that we know we

Career: a significant element of life

In our first ever weekly series [https://karthis.blog/design-careers-weekly-series/] (#1), let's dig deep into Pareto of our lives. i:e Career I really mean it when I say career is a Pareto of our life. Mathematically it can be proven too. Let's assume we are

Weekly Series Format

I have been dabbling with daily writing for the past 30 months in variety of channels and formats. So far I must have written atleast 250K+ words in the internet. Starting from a month long series to daily nuggets on, I have tried many experiments. It has been a fun

Choice

> When you pick a stick you pick both ends. In other words, when we make a choice, we get to pick only the choice and not the consequences. 🥂to choice making!

How many habits at a time?

It is almost 40 days since the new year. By now it will be evident whether we are crushing it or getting crushed 😜 Overdoing resolutions Statistics show that 80-90% of new year resolutions fail. It means 8/10 people fall back in to their old life aka old habits. As

Waking up the right way

My crazy 100 hour work week(s) this year made me realise few things about waking up the right way. I didn't have any other choice other than to wake up and be my best possible self irrespective of when I slept or how much I slept. I

What is the first thing to consume in a morning?

In our "waking up the right way" mini series, today let us answer the million dollar question around what to consume first thing first in the morning? Should it be beverage or water or healthy smoothies or fruits or gobble anything around etc? Have you noticed, when you