Thoughts on work, ambition, relationships and the quieter parts of life — written every Sunday by Abhishek.
Ek regular Lucknawi banda — jo thoda zyada sochta hai.
27 years. Nokia. Ericsson. Cisco. Samsung Networks. HFCL. I've sat in boardrooms in Doha, managed 400 engineers in UP East, and deployed thousands of towers across India. But honestly? The most interesting conversations I've had were over chai at a dhaba — not in a glass-walled conference room.
I write about the dark corners of professional life — the promotions you didn't get, the manager who took credit, the day you questioned everything. The shades LinkedIn motivational posts conveniently skip.
A travel photographer at heart. A reader of dark philosophy. A Lucknawite who believes tehzeeb and directness can coexist. Pull up a chair.
Zindagi mein sabse badi mushkil yeh nahi ki log aapko samajhte nahi — mushkil yeh hai ki kabhi kabhi hum khud ko nahi samajhte.
Fursatnama
Two managers submitted updates for the same project. One report: 8 pages. The other: 1 page, 3 bullet points. Guess which got approved in 2 minutes? Senior leaders don't need context — they need the decision, the options, and your recommendation.
Read the articleMy father had never worked in a corporate office. Nobody warned me about the invisible game.
Everyone said work faster. My manager asked: what's the one thing blocking everything else?
Two senior engineers blamed each other publicly. When the leader shows a crack first, the team stops hiding theirs.
Short thoughts. Quick observations. The kind of things that don't fit a full Sunday letter but deserve to be said.
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Competence gets you in the room. Visibility keeps you there. Most hardworking people never learn this until it's too late.Instagram
Speed is a distraction when the sequence is wrong. Fix the bottleneck first. Everything else follows.Instagram
When the leader shows a crack first, the team stops hiding theirs. Vulnerability only repeats when it's rewarded.LinkedIn
Senior leaders don't need context. They need the decision, the options, your recommendation. Everything else is noise.Instagram
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“Fursatnama — fursat ka matlab hai mauqa.”
The name comes from a belief I carry from Lucknow — that a moment of pause, of genuine reflection, is itself the biggest opportunity. Aiye, baithe. Thoda sochte hain saath mein.
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