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Do you feel that you are stuck in your career,
life overwhelmed with busyness, 
and you are disconnected from yourself... 
then we need to talk.

Most high achievers I coach aren’t broken — they’re just disconnected.

🚨 Disconnected from their purpose.
🚨 Disconnected from the work they once loved.
🚨 Disconnected from the life they truly want to live.

It shows up as: STUCK, FRUSTRATION, LOST.

❌ Career stagnation
❌ Constant firefighting
❌ Burnout masked as busyness
❌ Imposter syndrome despite success

I help ambitious professionals — founders, product leaders, and emerging executives — reignite clarity, rebuild courage, and create conscious impact using The Ignite Method™.

You don’t have to choose between growth and fulfilment. You can have both.

🔥 The Ignite Method™

1. Clarity Journey — Rediscover who you are and what truly matters.
2. Courage Building — Move through fear and start acting boldly.
3. Conscious Impact — Create a career and life that actually feels like success.
4. Cohesive Action — Align what you think, feel, and do every single day.

🎯 What My Clients Gain

✅ Unshakable clarity on what’s next
✅ Courage to make big, aligned decisions
✅ Confidence to lead teams or businesses with purpose
✅ Energy and ownership to thrive at work and at home

📍 A Bit About Me

- PCC Certified Coach (ICF)
- 1,200+ leaders coached in 18+ countries
- Clients from Google, Coinbase, Dropbox, Salesforce, Intel, EA Sports, Rubrik, Visa, Zynga and more
- TEDx Speaker: Can Fear Push Us to be Courageous? Google it!
- Founder, IgnitedNeurons — a platform helping build a culture of high performance, growth mindset and based in values!
- Building the IgnitedNeurons Podcast to extract lessons you and I can apply in everyday life

💼 If You’re Leading a Team or Organisation:
I also partner with founders, HR heads, and L&D leaders to design bold cultures, build values-driven teams, and humanise leadership.

📩 Ready to Take the First Step?
Take the free 5-minute Ignite Life Quiz to discover what’s holding you back.

Let’s ignite your next chapter.

Utkarsh Narang

Most career advice tells you to bounce back fast.

This story says something far more important.

At the 2026 Golden Globes, EJAE (Kim Eun Jae) accepted the award for Best Original Song for “Golden” from Netflix  Kpop Demon Hunters.
She became the first Korean-American to win at the Golden Globes.

But that’s not the part that matters most.

What matters is what came before the win.

She spent 10 years chasing one dream.
To become a K-pop idol.

She was rejected.
Told her voice wasn’t good enough.
Watched the original plan fall apart.

So she did what many of us are doing right now.

She adapted.

She leaned into what still worked.
She stayed close to her craft.
She rebuilt her identity instead of abandoning it.

And years later, she stood on that stage not as what she once wanted to be
but as something truer to who she was becoming.

Here’s why this matters if you’re:
• scared of being laid off
• already laid off
• quietly questioning your career path
• thinking about a pivot but afraid to start over

A detour is not a downgrade.
A rejection is not a verdict.
And changing direction is not failure.

Careers are not ladders anymore.
They are stories.

And the people who win long-term are not the ones who never get disrupted.
They are the ones who don’t let disruption silence their voice.

If you’re in a season of uncertainty, remember this:
Your next chapter does not need to look like your last one to be meaningful.

♻️ Repost this for someone navigating a career reset right now.
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Executive Coach Helping Ambitious Professionals Breakthrough Stuck Careers & Inner Frustration | Ignite Life Method™ | Coached 1,200+ Leaders at Dropbox, Salesforce, Coinbase | Take the Quiz to Reignite Yourself

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My dad hired a tennis coach at 70.

Let that sink in for a moment.

Seventy years old.
Retired.
Comfortable.

And yet, he decided to hire a tennis coach.

Not because he wants to compete.
Not because he wants to prove anything.
Just because he wants to get better.

That one decision stayed with me.

Most people slow down with age. They protect comfort.
They say things like, “What’s the point now?”

My dad doesn’t.

He shows up to the court.
Listens. Practises. Learns.

Like a beginner.

Watching him, I realised something important about growth.

Growth is not driven by fear of falling behind.
It is driven by love for learning.

No pressure. No urgency. Just curiosity.

As a son, it inspires me.

That is what I have always prioritised. Learning. Growing. 
Always asking what more and what’s next?

I thank my dad for it. 70 years. Racket in hand. On the court.

That’s discipline.
That’s presence.
That’s a quiet kind of courage.

And most of all, that’s love, for life, for movement, for becoming a little better than yesterday.

If I ever wonder what kind of man I want to be as I grow older, I don’t have to look far.

I just look at my dad.

If this lands, don’t rush past it. Sit with it.

Growth has no expiry date.

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During one of the worst layoff periods at a global cryptocurrency company, I was coaching their senior leaders.

The market had turned. 
Pressure was relentless. 
Decisions were being made fast, often without the space to process the human cost.

The instinct was predictable.
“We need to rebuild fast.”
“Let’s hire stronger people.”
“Let’s bring in fresh energy.”

But that wasn’t the real problem.

The people being let go weren’t weak.
They weren’t uncommitted.
They weren’t unrealistic.

They were exhausted from uncertainty, confused by shifting priorities,
and slowly losing trust in how decisions were being made behind closed doors.

What finally changed things wasn’t a new hiring plan.

It was a harder, quieter set of conversations.

Leaders started asking different questions.
Not “How do we replace them?”
But “What made staying feel impossible?”

Layoffs don’t just reduce headcount.
They expose culture.

They amplify how safe it feels to speak up,
how clearly people understand the future,
and whether leaders default to control or clarity when things get uncomfortable.

If people keep leaving, hiring faster only treats the symptom.

The real work is understanding what your culture is teaching people about loyalty, growth, and honesty when the pressure is on.

Because the truth is simple and inconvenient: people don’t quit companies at scale, they quit environments where staying starts to feel like self-betrayal.

Before you open the next role, make sure the work environment you’re hiring into is one people would actually choose to stay in.

♻️If this resonated, repost it so someone else sees it today.
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Did you know most people quit their goals by the second week of January?

Not because they’re incapable.
But because they’re relying on motivation instead of structure.

Motivation is unpredictable.
Systems are not.

The people who actually stick with their goals don’t “try harder.”
They design their environment to make follow-through easier.

That means:
• clear reminders
• real accountability
• visible tracking
• time protected on the calendar

If you’re feeling stuck, scattered, or unsure what to focus on next, clarity is the real starting point.

Take the Ignite Life Quiz to understand where you are right now and what deserves your energy next. 
(📌DM “Quiz” for the link)

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1 simple way to stay more consistent with your 2026 goals

Most people see pressure as a sign they are doing something wrong.

But the people who grow see it differently.

Pressure often shows up right before something meaningful changes.
Not as a threat. As a signal.

The same goes for mistakes.

Not proof of failure.
Proof of engagement.

You only get feedback when you are actually in the arena.

The real shift is this:
stop taking friction personally.

Treat it as information.
Something to study, not escape.

Curiosity does what confidence cannot.
It keeps you moving when certainty disappears.

Growth does not come from ease.
It comes from staying present through discomfort and choosing to refine instead of retreat.

If things feel heavy right now, that does not mean you are off track.

It might mean you are finally working on something that matters.

♻️If this resonated, repost it so someone else sees it today.
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You can’t change what you can’t measure.

Every January, we promise ourselves:
 “More clarity.”
 “More courage.”
 “More impact.”
 “Better habits.”

But most resolutions fade because there’s no baseline.

You don’t know:
 – where you’re clear
 – where you’re stuck
 – where you’re avoiding
 – where you’re actually making impact

And without that… change becomes guesswork.

Over years of coaching, I’ve seen this pattern repeat:
People don’t lack motivation. They lack visibility.

That’s why we built the Ignite Life Scorecard — a free tool to help you measure where you stand across:
 👉 Clarity
 👉 Courage
 👉 Action
 👉 Impact

No labels. No judgment.

Just an honest snapshot of where you are right now.

If you want 2026 to be intentional — not accidental — start by measuring.
👉 Take the free scorecard here: https://lnkd.in/gEYUvyea

Because awareness isn’t the end of growth. It’s the beginning.

Welcome to another beautiful week. When an idea sparks that I think is worth sharing, it becomes this weekly newsletter. If something hits home, write

Open article: You Can’t Change What You Can’t Measure by Utkarsh Narang • 3 min read

You Can’t Change What You Can’t Measure

A year ago, on January 1, 2025, the IgnitedNeurons podcast had 24 subscribers. 

Not 24 thousand.
Twenty-four.

There was no launch strategy.
No momentum.
No guarantee anyone would care.

Just a decision to show up… even when it felt pointless…
to have real conversations, hit publish, and do it again the next week.

Fast forward to January 1, 2026: 873 subscribers.

Still not viral.
Still not flashy.
But undeniably built.

Here’s what changed in that year:
not my talent,
not my confidence,
not my circumstances.

What changed was that I stopped waiting to feel ready
and started acting like the life I wanted was already under construction.

Most people don’t fail because they aim too low.
They fail because they keep rehearsing a better future
instead of tolerating the boredom and doubt of building one.

One year will pass anyway.
The question is whether you’ll be able to point to something real or just another version of the same wish.

What are you quietly committing to build this year, even if no one’s watching yet?

♻️ Repost if this feels like the right reminder for this stage of the year.
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I took a two-week break from work recently.

It was calm.
It was slow.
It was peaceful.

And yet, something felt uncomfortable.

Not because of money.
Not because of pressure.

I was okay on that front.

The discomfort came from somewhere else.

Freedom isn’t time off. It’s knowing what you return to.

Work gives me energy.
It gives me joy. It gives me a sense of who I am.

During the break, I realised how much I value that.

We are often told that if you truly love life, you should want to escape work.
That wanting to return means you are trapped or over-attached.

That isn’t true for me.

When I came back to work on January 5, it felt… right. Almost joyful. Not because I had to work. But because I wanted to.

That moment taught me something important.

Freedom is not about getting away from work. Freedom is about choosing work that gives you energy instead of taking it away.

If something lights you up, don’t push it aside. Don’t feel guilty about it. Don’t let someone else’s definition of balance make you doubt yourself.

Hold on to it.

And if you haven’t found that yet, keep going.

Try new things.
Change direction.
Learn about yourself.

There is a place where effort feels meaningful.
Where work feels like contribution, not compromise.

When you find it, you won’t need convincing.

You’ll feel it.

♻️ Repost if this feels like the right reminder for this stage of the year.
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I have learned to enjoy my own company.

This didn’t come naturally to me.

There was a time when silence felt heavy.
When being alone felt like something was missing.

So I filled the gaps. Anything to avoid sitting with myself.

Over time, I realised something uncomfortable.

If I couldn’t be alone with my own thoughts, no amount of company would fix that.

So I started small.

Early mornings.
Quiet walks.
Journaling with no agenda.

At first, it was awkward.
My mind kept wandering.
I wanted to reach for my phone.

But slowly, solitude stopped feeling empty.

It started feeling honest.

In solitude, there is no performance. No role to play. No one to impress.

Just you, as you are.

That’s where I hear myself most clearly.
That’s where I notice what excites me and what drains me.
That’s where my values show up without being forced.

Solitude is not loneliness.

It is presence.

It is choosing to sit with your life instead of escaping it.

And the more comfortable I became with my own company, the richer my relationships became. With my work, family, and with myself.

Now, I protect my solitude.

Not because I want to disconnect from the world. 

But because it helps me show up fully when I do.

The most important relationship you’ll ever build
is the one you have with yourself.

A reminder for the first week of the new year.

Stress is rarely about pressure.
It is about postponement.

❗️The email you are avoiding.
❗️The decision you keep circling.
❗️The conversation you know you need to have.

Unfinished things quietly drain more energy than hard work ever will.

This year does not need a perfect plan.
It needs movement.

✅ One small action today can release weeks of mental weight.

If 2026 is about anything, let it be this:
Do the thing you keep delaying.

Momentum follows action.

♻️Repost if this feels like the right way to start the year.
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Getting Joshua Freedman on the IgnitedNeurons  Podcast didn’t happen because of reach, status, or a perfectly crafted pitch.

It happened because of patience.

I reached out.
Then I waited.
Then I followed up, respectfully.
Across platforms - LinkedIn. Email.
Not chasing. Not spamming. Just staying present.

And I did it with love, one of my core values.

There were long gaps with no response.
Moments where it would have been easy to assume disinterest and move on quietly.
But something told me to stay consistent.

Eventually, he said yes.

What followed wasn’t just an episode.
It became one of the most powerful conversations I’ve had on emotional intelligence - 
deep, grounded, honest, and deeply human.

That moment reminded me of something I keep relearning:

The best things in life often come not from intensity,
but from sincerity sustained over time.

Perseverance doesn’t always look loud.
Sometimes it looks like showing up again, calmly, without entitlement.

Grateful for the conversation.
Grateful for the patience it took to get there.
And grateful for what happens when values lead the way.

Leadership isn’t about your resume.
It’s about your ripple effect.

Want to be remembered?
Leave people better than you found them.

✅Speak truth.
✅Stand for something.
✅Choose compassion over ego.
✅Listen more than you talk.

That’s the real scoreboard:

→ Not your position, but your presence
→ Not your awards, but your actions
→ Not your accolades, but your attitude

Robin Sharma said it best:

“Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration.”

How you lead matters.
But how you make others feel, that’s what endures.

Be someone who lifts others.
It’s the kind of wealth that multiplies.

♻️ Repost if this hit home
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Six months from now, you’ll either have....

six months of real progress behind you
or six months of very reasonable excuses.

I’ve learned this over the years:

You don’t grow because you’re the smartest person in the room. 

You grow because you are deliberate, intentional, and willing to sit with discomfort longer than you’d like.

Most of the time, the thing holding you back isn’t lack of ability.

It’s avoidance —
> of the hard conversation,
> the awkward decision,
> the honest admission that something in life or work is no longer working.

It’s easier to stay busy than to be brave.

Easier to explain why now isn’t the right time than to admit you are scared of what happens if you actually try.

Six months will pass whether you confront this 
or keep negotiating with yourself.
 
The question isn’t whether time will move.
It’s whether you will.

When you look back, you don’t regret moving too slowly.

You regret the periods where you knew better and chose comfort anyway.
Six months from now, you want evidence... not intention.

If this hit, you already know what you’ve been avoiding.

Save this to re-ignite that spark and follow Utkarsh Narang for more!

I need to admit something. I am being vulnerable here.

Selling does not come naturally to me.

I love deep conversations. Meaning. Reflection. Human connection.

Sales calls used to feel like a performance. I’d walk in hoping they’d like me. Hoping they’d say yes. Hoping I wouldn’t mess it up.

And every time I needed the outcome… I stopped being myself.

Then I learned a concept from Daniel Priestley that changed everything:

“With or without you” energy.

It doesn’t mean I don’t care. It doesn’t mean I’ll succeed at your expense.

It means this: I want you with me. But my success is not dependent on your approval.

The moment I started walking into conversations with that energy:
– the pressure disappeared
– the conversation deepened
– I stopped performing and started practising my craft

I was no longer trying to convince. I was trying to understand.

People don’t respond to desperation.
They respond to calm conviction.

So here’s a question for you:

👉 Where in your life or work are you needing the outcome a little too much?

Try walking in with “with or without you” energy this week. Care deeply. Release the outcome.

That’s not arrogance. That’s leadership.

Open article: With or Without You Energy by Utkarsh Narang • 3 min read

One of the most important mindset shifts I have learned over the years is this:

The question you ask determines the direction you grow.

“Why is this happening to me?”
keeps you focused on the problem.

“What is this trying to teach me?”
moves you into agency.

The moment you switch questions, you switch power.

Nothing magically becomes easier.
But you stop feeling helpless inside the situation.

In leadership, in careers, in personal growth
this shift separates people who stay stuck
from people who evolve through difficulty.

❌Growth is not about avoiding hard seasons.
✅It is about extracting wisdom from them.

That is how experience turns into maturity.

♻️If this resonates, repost it for someone navigating a hard moment.
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We romanticize success.
But survival comes first.

Tesla didn’t grow in a straight line.
It stayed alive long enough to figure things out.

That’s the part most people skip.

Before scale comes stability.
Before dominance comes endurance.
Before momentum comes survival.

If you’re in a phase where the goal is simply to last,
you’re not failing.

You’re building the foundation that growth requires.

Survive first.
Refine next.
Scale later.

♻️ Repost if this reframes how you see slow or difficult seasons.
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Comfort rarely looks dangerous.

It looks like stability.
Familiar routines.
Staying “reasonable.”

But comfort has a quiet cost.

❌It delays hard conversations.
❌It postpones decisions you already know you need to make.
❌It keeps you busy, but not moving.

Failure, at least, gives feedback.
Comfort gives none.

Most careers don’t stall because people fail too much.
They stall because people wait too long.

If something has been on your mind for months, maybe years, it’s probably not going away on its own.

Discomfort is often the price of growth.
Avoiding it is often the reason dreams fade.

♻️ If this made you pause, repost it.
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Most people want business ideas.
They just don’t look in the right place.

They look outward.
Markets. Trends. Tools. Tactics.

But some of the most powerful ideas come from lived experience.

On the latest episode of the IgnitedNeurons Podcast, I sat down with Bart Merrell, an entrepreneur who believes that life’s challenges often carry the seeds of opportunity.

We spoke about:
• Why setbacks are not wasted
• How adversity can become an asset
• The “lemonade stand” mindset for entrepreneurship
• When monetization makes sense and when it doesn’t
• Why perspective matters more than strategy

This conversation is not about hustling harder.
It’s about seeing differently.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your experiences matter, this episode might shift how you think about work, business, and opportunity.

🎧 Listen on Spotify and Youtube!

♻️If this resonates, support IgnitedNeurons Podcast by sharing it with someone who’s navigating a challenge and wondering what to do next.

Your brain is not stuck.
It is trained.

And anything trained
can be retrained.

Every reaction you repeat
teaches your nervous system what to expect.

Tension becomes familiar.
Chaos feels normal.
Rest can feel unsafe.

Healing is not a personality change.
It is a pattern change.

Pausing instead of reacting.
Choosing calm on purpose.
Staying present when avoidance feels easier.

By now, the new year energy has settled.
This is when real change begins.

Not loud.
Not rushed.
But consistent.

You are not broken.
You are rewiring.

♻️ Repost if this feels like the right reminder for this stage of the year.
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Most people wait for permission
before they begin.

The right title.
The right funding.
The right room.

But progress rarely starts in boardrooms.
It starts in garages.
Side projects.
Rough drafts no one applauds.

Apple did not begin fully formed.
Neither do ideas worth building.

Small starts are not a disadvantage.
They are an advantage.

They force clarity.
They reward focus.
They build resilience early.

Start smaller than you want.
Think bigger than feels reasonable.
And keep going longer than feels comfortable.

That is how most meaningful things are built.

♻️Repost if this is the reminder you needed.
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Most people think success is about going faster.

But I’ve learned the hard way that real success comes when your business stops depending on you to survive.

I am Ssanjay A Pawah, the founder of Indian Business Game Changers (IBGC), India’s First Talentpreneur Mentor.

I work with SME /MSME founders who are tired of the hustle-loop and ready to build structured, scalable, and time-rich companies that grow with or without them.

But I didn’t get here by reading books or quoting frameworks.

In my 20s, I had early wins… followed by some brutal lessons.

Multiple business failures. Financial damage. 
A personal breakdown that left me with anxiety, sleepless nights, and even a Stage 1 depression diagnosis.

It wasn’t because I lacked ambition.
It was because I lacked systems.

That was the turning point. I went all in, learning from global mentors, studying behavioural psychology, leadership design, and how real businesses scale without chaos.

What came out of that journey wasn’t just recovery; it was a framework.

One that’s now helping Indian founders, business owners build wealth creating, founder-independent businesses, with structure, not just sweat.

Today, I serve as a business mentor, author, international speaker, and serial entrepreneur.

I have partnered with Ron Malhotra, Director Black Footed Business Advisors, from Australia to bring global business wisdom to Indian SMEs/MSMEs.

At IBGC, our work is simple, but powerful:

Build businesses that are :

▶️ Time-Rich
▶️ Wealth-Creating
▶️ Stress-Less

If you’re running a business that’s profitable but still feels heavy, maybe it’s time to build one that gives back your life.

DM me ‘FREEDOM’ if that’s where you’re headed.

Ssanjay Pawah

I’ve seen this a lot: a clean SOP, a messy reality!!!

Nobody breaks the system on purpose. They just bend it a little. Then a little more.

And one day you realize:

The process “exists,” but the team isn’t living in it.

Here’s the reset that works without drama:

Once a month, pick one workflow and ask:

“What do we do now that’s different from the doc?”

No blame. Just truth.

Then track exceptions for 30 days. Count them. Write the reason.

Patterns show up fast.

Usually, we praise speed and ignore consistency.

That’s the real leak.

What’s the #1 SOP your team keeps “making exceptions” to right now?

Ssanjay A Pawah

Bringing World-Class Business Systems to India’s Growth-Focused SMEs & MSMEs | Founder, IBGC | Business Coach | Best Selling Author

Hey, if you’re a business owner and it feels like you can’t make it!!!

I don’t have a motivational speech for you… But I will say…

Keep going.

Not everything shows results fast.

Some seasons are just you vs. your own head.

I’ve lost businesses, too.
I’ve taken depression pills.
I’ve been injured so bad I couldn’t move properly.

BUT, I kept showing up.

I worked on me.
I asked for help from a mentor who actually gets it.
I got strong again.
I wrote a book that’s helping people now.

So if today feels heavy… you’re not broken.
You’re in the middle.

Show up again tomorrow.
That’s how this turns.

Coach SS

What if success wasn’t just about business numbers...

But also about how you perform personally, grow professionally, and protect your wealth?

Last year in Delhi, we lit the spark.
This year, it turned into fire.

125+ ambitious founders and entrepreneurs came together for the grand TSEM launch.

The energy was raw.
The breakthroughs were real.

The conversations stayed long after the lights went off.

TSEM isn’t another event.

It’s a closed-door space for founders who want to:

- Build clarity and confidence in how they show up
- Scale with systems, teams, and strategy
- Grow wealth without sacrificing health or family

Inside the room, something shifts.

You think sharper.
You lead differently.

You start seeing success on your own terms.

And this is only the beginning.

- More people.
- Deeper impact.
- Fewer excuses.

📽️ Watch the highlights.
Feel it for yourself.

Then DM me “TSEM” if you want an invite to the next edition.

Because the new standard isn’t just success. 

It’s success that actually matters.

Your day feels packed because nothing ever closes!!

Most founder days don’t fall apart because of too much work.

They fall apart because everything stays half-open.

A client needs a call back.
A hire needs a decision.
A price needs a yes or no.
A team is waiting.

So you keep touching ten things…
but you don’t finish any of them.

That’s why you go home tired and still uneasy. Your brain is carrying a hundred open loops.

Try this one shift:

Before the week starts, write down one thing that must be fully done.
Not reviewed.

Not in progress.
Done.

Then protect time for that one thing like its rent.

When one thing closes, the noise drops.
When nothing closes, the stress grows.

You don’t need better time management. You need fewer open ends.

🔁 Save this if your days feel busy but never settled.

Your team has managers. But no decision-owners!!!

Most MSMEs don’t suffer from lack of people.

They suffer from lack of leaders who carry weight.

Work moves. Updates come in.
But the hard calls?

They still return to the founder.

That’s not incompetence.
That’s permission missing.

Your “second line” isn’t weak.

They were trained to coordinate… not decide.

If everyone waits for you:

- They don’t feel safe to own outcomes
- They think decisions = risk
- They fear being “wrong in your eyes”

Here’s a simple fix that changes everything:

The Decision Rights Rule

For each leader, define just one thing:

👉 “This is the outcome you own, end to end.”

Not the task.
Not the report.
The result.

Then run this once a month:

Leadership Stress-Test Meeting

Ask each leader:

✔ What tough call did you make without me?
✔ What did you learn from it?
✔ What will you own next month?

The ones who think… grow.
The ones who wait… stay assistants.

Leadership exists

Only when responsibility stops climbing back to you.

📌 Repost this if decisions still land on your table.

Most businesses don’t repeat problems because they’re careless.

They repeat them because no one saves the learning.

If your week feels like this then, this carousel might explain why.

Same problem, every month, every year.

I’ve seen founders go on sale!!!

Not discounts on products.

Discounts on themselves.

Saying yes to work they hate.
Clients they don’t respect.
Deals that drain them.

Just to say they’re “successful.”

That’s not financial abundance.

That’s expensive survival.

There’s a difference between making money and building a life that feels steady, honest, and free.

Money with anxiety is not wealth.

Revenue with resentment is not success.

True abundance is when: You can say no without fear.

You choose clients with calm.

You don’t trade your values for numbers. This video is not about getting rich.

It’s about not losing yourself while building success.

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Ever noticed this?

When you’re around, everything runs smoothly.

Tasks close. Standards hold. People stay sharp.

You step away…and things start slipping.
Not badly. Just enough to notice.

That’s not a system. That’s performance.

It means people are following you, not the process.

Real systems don’t need presence. They need clarity.

Here’s a quick test:

If you skip the next review, what actually breaks?

If the answer is “most things,” You’re supervising, not systemising.

Strong systems work quietly. Even when no one is watching. Especially when you’re not.

Because freedom isn’t stepping away. It’s knowing things still work when you do.

Save this if your business behaves better when you’re in the room.

Most founders don’t lose freedom because of chaos.

They lose it because they “help” too fast, and slowly train their team to wait instead of thinking.

This post is about the subtle habit that kills ownership… and how to break it without confrontation.

📌 Read this if everything still returns to your table.

Subtle habit that kills ownership!

Teams don’t lose drive overnight.

They lose space slowly.

What starts as support can quietly turn into control.

And control always shrinks initiative.

Swipe if your team feels “fine”… but strangely silent.

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Ownership Beats Approval

I invest a lot in upskilling myself, BUT!!!

Here’s the part nobody talks about: most of what we consume is just more information.

It feels like growth. It’s usually just noise.

The real shift happens when information turns into insight, a clear path, with clear next steps, tied to your goal.

That’s what we focus on at IBGC.

No more information, but more direction.

When capable people start acting small!!

This is one of the quietest problems in growing businesses.

You hire smart people.
You train them well.
They know their work.

But over time, they stop stepping forward.

- They wait.
- They check.
- They keep things safe.

It happens because the room got too full.

Too many approvals.
Too many opinions.
Too many ways to be wrong.

So people learn a new rule:

“Don’t stretch. Just stay inside the lines.”

That’s when talent turns into compliance.

Here’s one shift that brings people back to life:

In your next meeting, ask one person:

If this was fully yours, what would you do?

Then don’t jump in.
Don’t correct.
Just listen.

Most people don’t need more training.
They need more space.

- Space to think.
- Space to decide.
- Space to own.

That’s where leaders are made.

Save this if your team feels quiet lately.

My First Business Was a Flop!!!

I’ll be honest.

My first business venture was a disaster.

We had a good product, but things just weren’t moving the way I had imagined.
We struggled to attract the right people. The team we did build couldn’t find rhythm.

And I remember feeling stuck, confused, and quietly disappointed. It was humbling.

But it became the most important learning phase of my life.

That failure taught me something no course ever could:

A business doesn’t collapse because of one big mistake. It collapses when clarity, systems, and leadership don’t grow together.

So instead of quitting, I went deep.

I started understanding how founders think under pressure.

Why teams lose momentum. Why some businesses scale calmly, while others trap the founder.

That journey eventually led to IBGC - Indian Business Game Changers, a space built for MSME founders who want growth without chaos, and businesses that support life, not consume it.

My bestselling book, “Business Tradition to Innovation,” comes from that journey. It’s not theory.

It’s three decades of wins, failures, and uncomfortable lessons I lived through.
Repost if this resonates with you.

Most founders realise too late.

The damage happened earlier.

A client leaves.
A deal dies.
Cash feels tight.
Team energy drops.

You notice only when it hurts.

By then, you are not fixing small cracks.

You are repairing big breaks.That’s why growth feels heavy. Not because business is hard.

But because you always see things late.It’s like driving by looking only in the mirror.

Try this instead.

Every Monday, check three things:

- Who complained last week?
- Which deal is stuck?
- How much real cash is in the bank today?

Founders who see early move calmly.

Founders who see late live in stress.

Every journey has a story before the success.

This is where my begins.

Your team noticed it before you did!!!

They saw the shortcut.

They saw the excuse. They saw the behavior you ignored.

You thought, “Not worth the fight. ”So you stayed silent.

But silence teaches louder than rules.It told everyone, “This is allowed here.” 

Good people felt foolish for caring.
 
Average people felt safe staying average.

One habit changes this.Address the first wrong thing you see.

Not harsh. Not dramatic. Just clear. 

Teams don’t copy your words.They copy what you tolerate.

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Some problems don’t create noise. They create drag!

If your business feels calm on the surface but heavy underneath, this carousel explains why.

And what it’s quietly costing you.

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It’s quietly costing you.

Some conversations don’t explode. They just sit.

A feedback you delay. A tension you smooth over. A “not now” that quietly becomes never.

Nothing looks wrong on the surface. But inside the room, something changes.

Energy drops. People become careful. Work feels heavier than it should.

Because what isn’t said doesn’t disappear. It gets stored.

Stored in body language. Stored in tone. Stored in silence.

That’s why some teams feel tired without doing more work.
It’s not workload. It’s an emotional backlog.

One simple habit that helps:

Say the small thing early. When it’s light. When it’s fixable.
When it doesn’t carry history yet.

Communication isn’t courage. It’s hygiene.

Clean it regularly, or the mess shows up everywhere else.

Save this if something has been sitting unsaid for too long.

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