The short answer is “doing the things you like really well, and then being smart in presenting your case”. Actually, you do not prepare to get into a top school, you prepare to b...
Most of my ‘successful’ mentees have worked extremely hard to get into colleges or career paths that they are currently at. While I have constantly talked about the value of persistence an...
I have always looked to simplify life around me, and most of the times it has been easy, because I have been ruthless about throwing out things that were not in use at the time of the clean-up. Simila...
Abundance vs Scarcity Mindset in the Context of Education and Career Pathways
Economists have known for hundreds of years one fact:
“In a competitive marketplace, price always falls to the mar...
“The future happens very slowly and then all at once,” says technology writer Kevin Kelly.
Humans have evolved from hunter-gatherer origins and are hard-wired to respond to instantaneous c...
This girl was not a genius – she had to work extremely hard to make her creations come alive. She was not a creative genius who would lift a brush and paintings would come out. In fact, for the ...
In our work, we have seen that the typical student is focused on a few domains that are taught at school, and the parents are focused on assessments and test scores.
It is a common expectation that we...
Recently, a lot of ink has been spent writing on the bankruptcy proceedings for “Toys R Us”, a US based toys’ retailer, that fueled the fancy of many childrens dreams with its premis...
Students often ask me whether they would be able to get into a top-notch college. My answer to this is a short ‘Yes.’
If a student believes in herself and work hard towards her admission, ...
