Aswath Krishnan

  1. Change your brain chemistry to increase serotonin, endorphins, and oxytocin High-intensity exercise Deep sleep Supplements and nootropi...

I still remember the phone call 14 years later, so it clearly meant a lot to me. In my final year of college in Singapore, I was selected to...

It's been a few weeks since I published my first book - The 5-Step Job Search . I feel happy about the milestone and how the book has be...

"Be healthy" is a misleading and unhelpful slogan and goal.  Most young or middle-aged people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s enjoy &qu...

In poker, there’s a concept called selective aggression to maximize your winnings - be conservative when you have an okay hand but get aggre...

I published my first book last week, and I’m very happy about the milestone and how it’s been received so far.  The process has made me more...

I have been splitting my time between a part-time PM role and starting my own company. In both, I realized breakthroughs and progress happen...

We can all agree that it would kinda suck to exist alone in the universe. Adversity with friends is better than success or comfort alone.  H...

This Zinda Banda track from the new Bollywood blockbuster, "Jawan," has taken over my playlist recently. It's not just Anirudh...

This talk by Bill Gurley, a popular venture capitalist, is a master class in both the subject of regulatory capture and presentation. It'...

I woke up excited today because I had shared my new app on Reddit, and I was eager to check if it had taken off.  I have been waking up exci...

In a recent team meeting, someone announced we wouldn't be able to meet a project deadline and we'll have to move it to later. Not w...

There is now plenty of great advice, thought leadership, frameworks, newsletters, podcasts, and courses for being a good product manager (th...

  I was watching this interview with Rich Barton, one of the few people in the world who has created multiple successful businesses across i...

Growing up in the middle class in India, the first 20 years of my life were somewhat consumed in the pursuit of academic, career, and financ...

The world always has a lot more skeptics than innovators. *** Skeptics question any change. While blindly accepting the status quo and all i...

A friend of mine was baffled that he wasn't getting promoted. He was getting his work done and coming up with good ideas. But people who...

 The secret to innovation... ...is to tackle a very specific problem. Obsessively, deeply, and excellently.  Given the vastness of human kno...

I just finished the 23-mile, 5000-foot Enchantments hike in a single day.  Not going to lie - it kicked my ass, especially the relentless c...

I have fancied starting a business for a very long time.   Finally after getting my green card, building a financial safety net, learning by...

Find some quiet and relaxed setting to think through these questions.  1. What would you advise a friend? We are more clear-headed when we s...

I distinctly remember this anecdote from Stephen Covey that I read many years ago.  At a workshop, a troubled participant approached him and...

Have you ever wondered what shapes your mind and behaviors? The influences that nudge us towards success or failure, happiness or despair? L...

As Product Managers or entrepreneurs, we often have multiple good ideas and an exciting vision. That's necessary but not sufficient.  It...

Traditional software simply executes explicit instructions provided by Human Intelligence. This blog is powered by software. And like most s...

🤯 1)  I had my first "Aha! moment" with #ChatGPT / #LLMs in November 2022, just around when ChatGPT was released.I had asked Ch...

We have been talking about the progress of GPT (or ChatGPT) across versions 1 through 4. We measure them by the number of parameters, test s...

I just watched Air, a fun and inspiring movie about how Nike, then an underdog in the shoe industry, managed to sign Michael Jordan, a rooki...

Those who control the pipes of information, control the world.  It's a notion I have heard and generally agreed with. Humans are powerfu...

I don't plan to fill my blog with AI-generated content but felt this was pretty interesting to share.  AI progress can accelerate expone...

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