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Rajesh Setty is an Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker & Alchemist | Bringing Ideas to Life. With Love.
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December 2025
- Don’t Waste a Master: Stop Asking Questions That Only Make You Look Smart
- Metrics that matter as you review your year for meaning.
April 2025
October 2019
November 2018
October 2018
- The myth of maintaining status quo
- Why you should care about the invisible power exchange with your past…
- Self-care is NOT a selfish act.
- Shifting your focus is not optional
- Trading growth for sympathy?
- When the passion is strong…
- Inconvenient in the short term, but…
- Just because you can get by being average…
- Are you playing or are you being played?
September 2018
November 2017
October 2017
June 2017
January 2017
- Geoffrey Moore on Zone to Win
- Jason and Jodi Womack on Get Momentum
- Kathy Klotz-Guest on Stop Boring Me
- A little more, a little less…
December 2016
October 2016
September 2016
August 2016
- A mentor is a transformation catalyst…
- Highlights from the conversation between Joe Polish and Sean Stephenson
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
- 7 Beliefs That are Shaping my Life – Opher Brayer Edition
- Notes and takeaways from a few of Jack Ma’s speeches
- Notes from the interview with Biz Stone at Commonwealth Club
- 7 Beliefs That are Shaping My Life – DP Sridhar Edition
- 7 Core Beliefs That are Shaping my Life – Ravi Gundlapalli Edition
- 7 Core Beliefs That are Shaping My Life
April 2016
- RIP Bill Campbell – a few lessons from the “coach”
- Balancing the quest for serendipity and the desire to focus
- The pure magic of combining the right image with the right words
- Capitalize or be capitalized – Facebook Live and more…
- Boost the impact with a powerful backstory
March 2016
- The blind spot on getting inspired from serial-rejections to super-stardom stories
- You already know how to adapt…
- Beware of the positive thinking blind spot
- A small shift in narrative, a big shift on the impact
January 2016
October 2015
September 2015
- Jeffrey Hayzlett on his new book – Think Big, Act Bigger
- Five simple ideas to fix “gratitude gaps”
- The Graceful Slap
- The four flavors of seeking feedback
- The time-tested way to create resonance about your product
- How to Increase the Odds of Creating a Positive Bias
- The one unquestionable filter for people in your network
- The one HIDDEN assumption that might cause a lot of pain
- Relevant Difference vs Noise
- Three Barriers to Breakthroughs
- The Invisible Fear of Depth
- Learning Matters More When You are Engaged in Something That Matters a Lot
- The Second Best Way to Getting Even
- Not Every Failure Gets You a Brownie Point…
- How to Turn a One-Time Gift Into an Ongoing Gift Subscription
- How to Manage Internal Conversations
- Are you Capitalizing on Inspiration Arbitrage?
- The Power of the Right Public Promise
- Every email is an investment pitch
- How to Pick the Right Projects to Work
- Three Reasons Letting Go is Not Easy
- A Lesson From a 24-shot Espresso
August 2015
- The ONE element to focus on to deepen your relationships
- Change the World OR Change the World Around You
- When Just in Time is Not Just the Right Time…
April 2015
February 2015
January 2015
December 2014
- Lessons from The Instigator Experience – Interview with Srinivas Rao
- One blind spot to avoid in your quest to be true to yourself
- Why is it hard to get what you are worth?
November 2014
July 2014
April 2014
March 2014
February 2014
December 2013
- On “Body of Work” by Pamela Slim
- Bringing Out the F.I.R.E. Within You
- Metrics That Matter Most for 2014 (free PDF)
- Here is the problem
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
- Scale Matters.
- Defining Moments and Talk at SF on September 24
- Five Reasons You Might be Ignoring Your Greatest Competitor
- The Path to Commanding Marketplace Premium
- The insanely Simple Key to Boost Your Leverage
- What you might really be saying when you say you are super busy…
- Seven Dilemmas for First-Time Entrepreneurs
August 2013
- Why is it hard to get support for your first startup?
- 7 Insights in 7 Minutes by Dave Logan
- The fastest way to reveal your true intentions
- Making it Real: Water Walk Experience at Inbound13
- Mini Saga #130 – Fundamentals
- The most MEANINGFUL competitive advantage
July 2013
- 7 Insights In 7 Minutes By Kare Anderson
- Mini Saga #129 – Calmness
- The Opposite of Boredom is…
- 9 Steps to Joyful Living
- 7 Insights in 7 Minutes by Guy Kawasaki
- Three Examples of Practical Innovation
- Getting to the Start Line
- The Yearly Delta
- 7 Core Elements of Your First Startup
- 7 Steps to Getting Your Startup Story Right
- All You Have to Do is to be You…or Not
- Romancing the Pitch…
- The Role Model Blind Spot
- 7 Steps to be a Game Changer in the Lives of People
- Richie Norton on The Power of Starting Something Stupid
June 2013
- The Instant Immersion Advantage
- Three clues to spot free riders
- How to get your network working
- The Impact Habit Survey
- How to prepare to be an entrepreneur
- How to decide what to learn next
- The Invisible Power of Competence Plus Calmness
May 2013
- Sergey Brin on Google Glass – Making a case (or not)
- Are you ready to do something special?
- Six Simple Growth Equations
- One More Thank You
April 2013
- Mini Saga #128 – Readiness
- Why some smart people become oblivious to their stupid actions
- 9 Points to Ponder
- Why many smart people can’t get buy-in from others
- How to CRAFT a conversation that moves the needle
- How to Capitalize on Your Most Underestimated Asset
March 2013
- A welcome hurdle
- Observe a little, learn a lot
- William Miller on Business Model Innovation
- On Return on Relationship by Ted Rubin and Kathryn Rose
- You made a mistake. Now what?
- The path of least growth
February 2013
- Interview with Sunil Kanderi on launching Mokriya’s Craigslist App
- Why MANY smart people defend themselves aggressively
- Do you think a rose is beautiful?
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