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Circling the Drain: The Silent Spiral Toward Failure and How to Escape It
A powerful metaphor for slow-motion collapse that applies to careers, teams, and products. Learn how to spot it early and turn things around before it’s…
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Nishant Jain
Why Even the Brightest Can’t Rescue a Broken System
Warren Buffett’s insight on turnarounds isn’t just about business; it’s a roadmap for your career choices and how you can stack odds in your favor.
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Nishant Jain
What Domesticated Foxes Can Teach About Career Growth
Lessons in patience, focus, and transformation from a 65-year experiment in Siberia
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June 2025

Timeless Wisdom - Praise by Name and Criticize by Category
How Warren Buffet followed advice given by Tom Murphy 60 years ago and it still holds true...
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Nishant Jain
Learn any skill: The Power of the Feynman Technique
Learn how to simplify, deepen, and own any knowledge using Richard Feynman's timeless framework.
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Nishant Jain
The Art of Getting Stellar Feedback from Your Manager, Peers, and Leadership
Stop leaving your performance to chance. Start curating the feedback that builds your career.
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Nishant Jain
The Art of the Self-Assessment: How to Write a Stellar Self Review That Speaks for Itself
Your work deserves to shine. Here’s how to make sure your manager and their manager see your impact clearly and unambiguously during performance…
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May 2025

🎪 What the Circus Taught Me About Teamwork
A front-row seat to flying acrobats, and a backstage pass to what it really takes to make dreams work.
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Nishant Jain
Stop Digging If You're in a Hole
How learning about Sunk Cost fallacy is helping me escape from bad decisions
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What 10 Years at Apple Taught Me About Work, Life, and Beyond
From compounding to time, reflections on career and life, things I wish I knew earlier, and lessons I’m still learning every day.
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Nishant Jain
Think Backward to Move Forward - Simply Invert, Always Invert
When you are stuck. Simply invert, always invert. How thinking backward helped me move forward.
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The Circle of Competence: The Invisible Edge
How knowing what you know and what you don’t, can become your most powerful career lever.
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