10 August 2026.
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I started writing this at Seema’s but I couldnt finish it. Lately I dont feel it at Seemas. I think I am done with it. I need to find a new place to hangout and work from. I can do Blue Tokai or the other Starbucks outlets that are close by. Lemme go to some new place today. Or may be not.
Also I wrote home while I adding the location. And made me think, what’s home? Where you grew up? Where your family is? In my case I dont even know what family is. Or is it the place where you rest for the night and get ready the next morning. I think the definition would differ for different people and it would be useful to know what it is. If you are reading this, tell me what’s home for you?
Wrote the following part yesterday…
I dont know what to write here. Days have been blur with work, dreams, routine. And while I like this normality, I am also craving for action. In fact, just a few day ago, I was pining for “getting life back on track” and settling into a routine and now I am talking about action. Well well well.
Anyhow, I am sure I will find things to talk about during the day.
Track of the week has to be this. Apart from the one below, you may want to check this one as well. Love these mashups. I think I got hooked on these after I spotted work from DJ NYK!
Anyhow, lessgo.
Highlights, reflections, updates, notes and thoughts from the week gone by.
1/ Update on the August Plan
Last week I wrote that, in August I will do the following…
- Work more on WeAreC4E.com. Make it into a lead magnet for event piece for C4E.
- I am thinking of shipping the CRM tool to the world. I find value in it. Let’s see if others will find value as well. So, I will make a landing page and will try to give demo to people and sell them a subscription. In case you want to buy, am selling it for $99 a year.
- Make Book 2 shippable. It’s almost ready. Just that I need to make a pass thru it.
- Operate in Eco Mode. And as a part of that, use cash as much as I can (against digital payments). Unless absolutely necessary. I want to add friction to the money spending thing.
From these, I made visible movement and progress 1, 2 and 4.
There’s an established cadence for content on wearec4e.com. Site has stared to rank. I need to now automate it.
On CRM, I am making more improvements and I think I would be able to publish it before August ends. This week I will find a name and host it.
Eco Mode has been ok as well.
So we are ok. The book remains the open point.
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2/ BrandSG
Few threads here.
A/ Been thinking about my brand for well over a week now and I dont have answers. Fro starters, I want to do a better linkedin profile for myself. And I’ve not been able to find an answer.
With most things, I’ve started to talk to people about it and I still dont have a solution.
B/ As part of brand, I want to rationalise and optimise all the raita that I have on the internet. Side note, I discovered that I was a fairly active user on Quora!
No, I am not saying I will stop posting. In fact I want to go wider. Just that I want to use the raita to help me get more opportunities. And when I say opportunities, I mean, I want to use the raita to help me do more on what I want to do. The raita has to expose me to more things. It has to throw ideas, opportunities etc at me. It must expand my luck surface area.
C/ Here’s a video that Suresh helped me make. Lemme know what you think. If this goes well, I will do more. If not, I will find something else.
D/ I will also trim whatsapp groups that I actively manage. The keyword is active. TBH I am ok to let the groups rot. But then I’ve found interesting connections and work and opportunities from these groups and I must thus do more of these.
Phew!
PS: For the brand piece, I’ve been talking to Keyur, Aruna, Suresh and the regular suspects about it.
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3/ Noise Cancellation Headphones
If you can invest in noise cancellation headphones, please do so. Its a 100X quality of life improvement thing. I use AirPods and I think I will use Claude to hack into the hardware. Taking a note. Wait. Why should I take a note? My taskmanager must!
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4/ Clean Slate
Over the last few days I’ve been “cleaning” my house.
This means I am throwing away nick nacks that I had saved over the years. This includes (and not limited to) postcards, tickets, boarding passes, books, electronic equipment, clothes, handyman tools and dunno what all. The intention is to reduce what I have to bare minimum. I didnt realise that I had accumulated so much. The minimalist in me turned over.
I do like unorganised mess (the table I am writing this on is a messy one but there’s some method. I can mostly tell you where is what on this table).
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5/ Links
I used Claude to dump all links that I’ve saved on my notes to a Google Docs. Here’s a list of 120 odd links. You may have to ask for access. And no, this is not an endorsement. Neither is this a list of things that I’ve read or worked on. But this is an overwhelming list of things that I wanted to read and then file them in various places.
The links for this week would include…
- Vishal Khandelwal talking to Ankush Datar and Mihir Patki. Here.
- Honorable mention to Bhai Ke Dohe. Here.
- Mark Manson talking about luck. This is a 3.5 hour long video. I saw a tiny part of a 35 min cut. Pradeep had to correct me. I dont think Ill see it. Someone in the comment summarized this. I am copy-pasting it here. Highlights mine.
Key Points to Remember After You Watch The Video. (Thank Me Later):
- Luck is not just random chance, but comes in three different types: Heaven Luck, Earth Luck, and Human Luck (0:02:27).
- Heaven Luck is about the things you cannot control, like where and when you were born, which can heavily influence your starting point in life (0:36:18).
- Earth Luck is about the environment you create for yourself and how you position yourself to see more chances for success (1:05:27).
- Human Luck is about the decisions you make every day and how you play the hand you are dealt to get the best results (2:10:48).
- You can become luckier by having a positive attitude, which helps your brain notice more opportunities in the world around you (0:19:43).
- Being consistent and building habits is a real way to succeed, rather than just waiting for a lucky break to happen (0:10:47).
- You should try to show up to more events, join more groups, and meet more people to increase your personal luck surface area (0:46:06).
- When you find an opportunity, you must act on it quickly and with all your effort to turn it into success (0:05:23).
- Do not worry about things you cannot change, as that only wastes the energy you need for things you actually control (0:03:24).
- Instead of blaming yourself for bad outcomes, focus on learning from your mistakes so you can do better next time (0:20:45).
- Successful people often move to where the action is, such as choosing a big city or industry that has more potential (0:42:33).
- In high stakes areas like business, small improvements can lead to huge results because of how the math of success works (0:52:07).
- You should practice making your decisions explicit by writing them down, which helps you see errors in your thinking (2:54:37).
- For big life decisions, spend a lot of time researching and planning, but for small ones, keep it simple and move fast (2:59:05).
- Increasing the volume of your attempts can help you win more often because it reduces the impact of bad luck (3:10:04).
- Treating your life like a portfolio of decisions helps you understand that one failure does not mean you are unlucky overall (3:13:38).
- Using a gratitude journal where you reflect on potential good things helps prime your mind to spot lucky connections (3:43:33).
- You can train yourself to be a lucky person by changing how you view the world and how you respond to challenges (0:08:26).
- Luck often looks like hard work to others, but it is actually about knowing where and when to put yourself for the best chance (0:28:00).
- At the end of the day, luck is simply when preparation meets an opportunity you were ready to take (3:47:48).
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📷 Photos from the week gone by
I am starting this back. I realised that I get immense joy when I am taking pics. I am not a patient person and takes me superhuman effort to get the shot right and then the edits is another battle. But when I see the outcome, I get giddy with joy.
So that.
Anyhow, here are a few shots from this week.
There are more photos. I need to find a way to showcase those. Maybe insta. Let’s see.
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📈 The trackers of life 😀
Here’s my weekly review. Here’s the notes.
- I know I have been inconsistent
- I like how my sleep is fairly ok, both in terms of hours and recovery
- The days I slept late and woke late, I swear I was working.
What do you see?
The other one is here…
Compared to the last week, all numbers are either same or gone up. Yay!
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✅ Action on LARGE objectives for the year
In 2026, I plan to do three things.
- Book2
- Human Flag Pole
- Save a million dollars
Book2 / Caravan Serai.
No movement this week again.
Human Flag Pole.
No action. Apart from pushups.
Save a million dollars.
No action to report.
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📌 So, what did I get done last few weeks? And what will I do next week?
This is a one-line report on progress I made on various things that are important to me. I will only talk about things that I got done. Shipped. Not WIP.
So, this year, I want to track the following…
- Health. Sleep, food, movement. Was better than the last week.
- C4E / Work. Pick a thing to apply myself to. Still dont know what to apply myself to. But did some work for sure.
- Brand SG / Distribution. A lot of thinking but no action TBH.
- People. No action.
- Book2. Nothing this week.
- Shauk. Again, nothing.
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🏃➡️ Health
I’ve been pretty ok with push-ups. I can now do 5 pushups anytime anywhere. I want to be able to get to 10. I will start with hangs. I aim to get to a 2-min vertical hang. I can do about 5 3 seconds as we speak.
Apart from that nothing large.
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⏲️ Reminders from last few days
I am retiring this section. This has become a recap of the todo list and I dont want to have many lists at many places.
So you will not see this next week on.
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🗓️ So, one thing that defines the past week?
Routine again.
I did routine things and routine conversations and routine everything. I dont even have any specific, deep, large, thoughts or movements that I would want to report about.
The other words for this year have been: Routine, Getting Back, Freedom, People, Motion, Show, Flow, Excitement, Embarrassment, Blur, Whiling, Movement, Activity, Regular, Easy, Journey, Downtime, Same, Drift, Routine.
Over and out.
Until next Friday.
SG
PS: This series of posts is inspired by Thej and his weekly notes. Previous editions from 2026 are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (missed these three), 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 (missed), 26, 27, 28, 29 (missed these three), 30, 31
PPS: Please do point typos.
PPPS: In case you see me being inconsistent in anything – work, writing, reviews etc, PLEASE do point out.