Aishwarya Goel

3 signs that you're driven by others' opinions: https://t.co/2cZVGdMsSY

What and how do you write a personal site with the long-term in mind?... What sort of writing could you create if you worked on it (be it ever so rarely) for the next 60 years?

But what are brands, exactly? Brands are, by intention and design, manufactured meaning. They are differentiated by symbols that telegraph beliefs. We use these symbols to communicate our allegiances and then use all sorts of made-up things—religious marks, national flags, family crests, wedding rings, campaign buttons, baseball hats and running... See more

When people have a hard time figuring out what to do with their lives, it’s often because they haven’t unpacked.

I watch people scroll through lives they're not living, amassing evidence of their own incompleteness. The investment they didn’t make. The startup they didn’t join. The newsletter they didn’t start, the career pivot, the relationship that might have been different. We've turned existence into an infinite ramble of inadequacy, each swipe an... See more

I’ve learned (sometimes the hard way) that the ability to demand creativity, impact, and control isn’t just about wanting it—it’s about earning it.

We chase the philosophy of ‘love what you do’ without first becoming great at what we do. But true freedom comes from mastery.

The moment you shift from ‘what this job is giving me?’ to ‘what am I... See more