Perzen Patel
@perzen
I want to take you beyond butter chicken. Indian food advocate, small biz owner and story-teller by passion. Communications professional and writer by trade. Mom to two boys with 1,000,000 questions daily 24/7.
Perzen Patel
perzen.substack.com
“Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.”
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Tony Robbins
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Tony Robbins
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Taste is a double-edged sword. Because it is ephemeral, you’re untouchable if you have it. Competitors won’t be able to copy it—what is there to copy?
Taste is a double-edged sword. Because it is ephemeral, you’re untouchable if you have it. Competitors won’t be able to copy it—what is there to copy?
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
“There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence – and in the end, you make it look like a quantum leap.”
James Dyson
Shipping, because it doesn’t count if you don’t share it. Creative, because you’re not a cog in the system. You’re a creator, a problem solver, a generous leader who is making things better by producing a new way forward. Work, because it’s not a hobby. You might not get paid for it, not today, but you approach it as a professional. The muse is not
... See moreSeth Godin • The Practice
By simmering the vegetables until soft, the cook breaks down their cell walls and releases the cell contents into the water. These contents include salts, sugars, acids, and savory amino acids, as well as aromatic molecules. Carrots, celery, and onions are almost always included for their aromatics, and mushrooms and tomatoes are the richest source... See more
Harold McGee • On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
When the social code is spelled out, when it is turned into a one-night-only game, you don’t have to know certain unsaid things, you don’t have to have been raised in a certain way
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering
I feel like that I start asking my husband “which” he wants to do. As in “do you want to give the kid a bath in 10 minutes or unload and re-load the dishwasher now?” I let him choose but hold him responsible for whichever. It feels so silly sometimes, but I have found that’s the only way I get the help I need.
Darcy Lockman • All the Rage
Make stuff you love and talk about stuff you love and you’ll attract people who love that kind of stuff. It’s that simple.
Austin Kleon • Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
“Our only goal when we started was to make anything we wanted and only what we wanted.”