F*** Work-Life Balance
How Do You Carve Out One Brand From Five? Meditation Is Not About Sitting Still
Every Sunday I share 3 Useful Ideas in the pursuit of a rich life.
This week:
F*** Work-Life Balance
How Do You Carve Out One Brand From Five?
Meditation Is Not About Sitting Still
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(1) F*** Work-Life Balance
That’s one of the biggest insights I took from Alex Hormozi.
This truth resonated with me:
If you’re building something meaningful, most of your time will go to work.
The rest will go to family and yourself.
And that’s it.
You’ll lose touch with friends.
You won’t have time for new ones.
You won’t stay connected to extended family like you used to.
If you try to do it all, you’ll spread yourself too thin.
The result? Average in every sphere of life.
At some point, you have to be okay with letting go.
You’re not a teenager anymore.
Priorities change. Relationships change.
You change.
And that’s fine.
I started writing every Sunday because I wanted at least some way to stay in touch with my friends and family.
Some form of intellectual sharing.
But can I talk to all of them every week or every month?
No.
I’d love to—but life doesn’t work that way.
If you want to be exceptional, stop chasing balance.
Pick your priorities.
Say “no”.
And be okay with telling people:
“I see life differently.”
(2) How Do You Carve Out One Brand From Five?
How do you carve out one brand from five when they all share the same factory, supply chain, and sales team?
That was the exact challenge Samir Sheth, Partner and Head of Deal Advisory Services for BDO India faced — and it took six months just to build a clean financial model.
In this clip, Samir unpacks the complexity of that carve-out. You can listen to this insight and many more including:
Spotting the real “why” behind successful deals.
Why the best advisors act like stand-in COOs.
Preparing for negotiations with clear red lines.
Knowing when to walk away from the wrong deal.
Using AI for insight, while recognizing its limits.
It is a career spanning 700+ M&A deals. And I was lucky enough to tease out how Samir got to where he is and the lessons he learnt along the way. You can dive into the full episode → here.
(3) Meditation Is Not About Sitting Still
Most people think meditation is about sitting still.
It’s not.
It’s about learning to control your focus.
And you don’t have to sit cross-legged with your eyes closed to practice that.
Play a sport.
When you’re playing tennis, running, swimming, or hitting a squash ball, you’re doing what meditation teaches:
🧠 Redirecting your mind back to the present moment.
If your mind drifts, you miss the shot.
If you get distracted, you lose the point.
If you think about work, you’ll trip over your own feet.
That’s moving meditation.
This is why so many founders, CXOs, and operators swear by their morning workout or weekend game.
It’s not just for fitness.
It’s for mental clarity.
Daniel Kahneman said our minds are like noisy conference rooms—thoughts constantly interrupting each other.
Movement quiets the room.
If you’re struggling to meditate, start by sweating first.
The mind will follow.
That's me batting in the video. Waking up at 6am to get an opportunity to bat. All I could focus on was on the ball. And man did hitting those 4s and 6s feel good. It was meditative!
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