"Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical & expecting more than others think is possible."
Karthik Gurumurthy
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Stop Fighting to Be Right
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≻: Stop Fighting to Be Right-Karthik Gurumurthy When you fight to be right, you lose your chance to be understood. Most of us confuse understanding…
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The Ashwin Paradox: Brilliance Met with Undeserved Criticism
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≻: The Ashwin Paradox: Brilliance Met with Undeserved Criticism-Karthik Gurumurthy I’m deeply disappointed to learn about Ashwin’s retirement from the IPL and I am honestly really bummed about…
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Importance of reading
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≻: Importance of reading-Karthik Gurumurthy A student once asked his teacher: “I’ve read so many books, but I’ve forgotten most of them. What’s…
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The Unplanned Life: When Disruption Becomes Discovery
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≻: The Unplanned Life: When Disruption Becomes Discovery-Karthik Gurumurthy For decades, I approached life as an architect approaches blueprints—every milestone carefully plotted, every deadline precisely calculated. Graduate…
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Jerry Seinfeld and Agile Development
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≻: Jerry Seinfeld and Agile Development-Karthik Gurumurthy Earlier today, I came across this brilliant insight from Mike Cohn about agile development, and it totally clicked…
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The Urgency of Now
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≻: The Urgency of Now-Karthik Gurumurthy Time is the scarcest currency we possess—Each day a coin we cannot earn back.Why spend it building walls…
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The Weight of Silence
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≻: The Weight of Silence-Karthik Gurumurthy It was a long day, and I was exhausted. I should have gone to bed. But I couldn’t.…
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It could have been us
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≻: It could have been us-Karthik Gurumurthy Yesterday, I was sitting in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, just like the people on that Air India flight.…
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The Gift of Mortality: How Embracing Death Transforms Life
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≻: The Gift of Mortality: How Embracing Death Transforms Life-Karthik Gurumurthy In 1569, Michel de Montaigne experienced something that changed everything. Thrown from his horse and given up for…
Striving Towards Excellence 