Life Experiences
Writing Your 2020 Goals With Air, Earth, Fire, and Water
Are you writing your 2020 goals now? Are you yet to begin? Great! Use this proven way to write them to achieve balance in your life.
Travel Safely and Economically: Lessons from Roaming Southeast Asia
Are you packing your bags for a solo trip? Don’t leave just yet. Make sure read this once before you leave to ensure you travel safely and economically.
Living on Loans to Living on Paychecks — A Product Manager’s Diary #9
There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who divide everybody into two kinds of people, and those who don’t. I alluded to taking a training on 7 Habits of Highly Effective People in my previous month’s article. One component involved playing...
Technology & Society
How a Virtual Card Is Solving Real ‘Privacy’ Concerns
[This article was originally published in The Startup, one of the largest active publications on Medium] The entire world was in shambles in 2008, after a few financial institutions became rapacious. While millions of Americans lost their jobs, and homes, a person or...
U.S. Mexico Border Crisis — What Is (and Is Not) A Solution
Everybody is aware of what’s happening at the border. But, do we really know how to solve this issue? What works? What does not? Do we have the right information on immigration? Dive in to learn more.
Notion — A Product That Users Love, and VCs Can’t Invest Into
In 2015, Notion was on the brink of failure. They had burned through the cash they had, the tech stack they built was sub-optimal and users weren’t raving about the product. It took two and half years and an insane amount of design iteration and UX permutation until they reached a point to launch it again — Notion 1.0. And now? A million users and counting.
Education & Career
How To Get An Internship In The U.S. – 10 Step Process
This ten step guide, filled with strategies and resourcs, will tell you all the components needed to secure your internship in the U.S.
The Seattle Writer’s Workshop — How I Got A ‘Free’ Ticket
Do you love writing? Here is a glimpse into the Seattle Writer’s Workshop and how I got a free ticket by volunteering for the organization.
How To Be Productive – But Not Busy
Have you felt the intense pressure to be productive? To always look for the next thing to check off your to-do list? This might just be counter-productive. In this day and age where productivity is overrated, what will really help you is rather Deep Work. Here’s a glimpse into that.