Month: March 2025

  • 5 types of wealth

    Whenever I work too hard, I always remind myself to have balance. I really like this idea of 5 types of wealth. Financial wealth is the most common and easily measured type of wealth. But the other 4 are equally important.

  • Confidence comes from preparation and mastery

    You can’t convince yourself to be confident. You can’t look at yourself in the mirror and positively tell yourself that you are a confident person.  You can’t fake confidence. The real you comes out when the pressure is on.  I always remember Kobe Bryant saying confidence comes from preparation. But I have to add that…

  • Code to Add Gutenberg Editor to WooCommerce

    I have been using this code for the past few years. It still works.

  • My forehand is broken

    I just got home after playing tennis, and I am absolutely feeling dejected. My backhand is a weapon. My serve and volleys are getting better. But my forehand is broken! I’ve completely lost confidence in it—I even run around the ball to hit a backhand instead. And if I have no choice but to hit…

  • On being intentional

    Being intentional is having a clear vision of what you want and relentlessly executing that vision.  Being intentional is writing down your goals, having an action plan, executing it, getting feedback on the execution, and adjusting in case of failure. Being intentional is cutting off the outside noise and the distractions. Being intentional is being…

  • ChatGPT and writing

    I have been using ChatGPT to help me understand code and WordPress deeply. There is no other tool quite like AI. It has helped me tremendously. There’s some downsides, of course.  In my previous post, I asked ChatGPT to help me improve my writing. ChatGPT’s suggestions made me feel like somebody else wrote the article.…

  • A relationship is more important than business

    A few years ago, my parents and a family friend started a new business venture. As with most partnerships, the mismatch of goals and efforts eventually led to the splitting of the business. The split was filled with tension, and I had to step in and agreed to a split which was unfavorable to us.…