Sunil Bhaskaran 
Have you ever watched a child encounter a ladybug? Not glance at it. Encounter it. The world stops. Time bends. The child’s entire universe narrows to a tiny red shell with black spots, moving across a leaf. There is no commentary. No …
I was on a call recently with a colleague who said something that stopped me mid-sentence. “You have heart, Sunil.” I thanked her. I smiled. But something kept working on me after we hung up. Not the compliment — the …
For a while now there has been a grey over my thinking. Not a problem I could point to – more a dimming. A flatness where possibility used to be. I am a man who works with distinctions for a …
I have been working like a dog. Speaking. Talking. Walking. Thinking. Brainstorming. Worrying. Stressing. Awaking (as opposed to awakening). Staring. Self Motivating. Stifling. Sitting. Fretting. Drifting. Surviving. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. …
There’s a moment that changed everything for Bruce Springsteen. He was fourteen years old, sitting in his living room in Freehold, New Jersey, watching four mop-topped British guys on The Ed Sullivan Show. Years later, he would describe it this …
There’s something that happens to people who feel deeply. Not fragile people—strong ones. People who’ve learned to carry what they perceive without crumbling under it. They feel too much. They always have. Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive …
I watched a client sit on a decision for three months. Not because he didn’t know what to do. He knew exactly what to do. He had the plan. He had the relationships. He had the positioning. What he didn’t …
A gentle force pushes the charismatic and they let it. You know cool when you see it. Freddie Mercury walking onto the stage at Live Aid, doing his vocal warm-ups with 72,000 people — and somehow becoming more magnetic by revealing he …
I want to tell you about something that happened to me recently. Not a dramatic event. More like a quiet earthquake. I saw a beautiful woman, and the old familiar impulse arose — the urge to make a sexual comment, …
You know the story. A young nobody hears a call. He meets a wise mentor. He faces impossible odds. He slays the dragon, claims the prize, returns home transformed. It’s a beautiful story. Joseph Campbell made it immortal. Hollywood made …
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