Binod shankar

Executive coach. Former CEO. I write about leadership, incentives, culture, power and the stories people hide behind.

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

Heard an interview with @elonmusk just now. The interviewer asked him how he survives failures that would drive most people nuts.

His answer:

“Failure is irrelevant unless it’s catastrophic”

Fucking epic!

🔥🔥🔥

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

What I do these days:

• Seek reliable evidence.
• Beware of incentives and conflicts of interest.
• Watch actions, not words.
• Small sample sizes invalidate generalizations.
• Correlation is not causation.
• Be willing to revise beliefs.

You’ll uncover so much lying and bullshit.

Break free.

🔥🔥🔥

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

Looking forward to the usual summer sunday hiking routine:

Wake up at 245 am
Carpool rendezvous at 320am
Leave at 330 am
Hike start at 430 am
Hike finish at 7am
Puttu + Kadala breakfast at 8am
Back home by 930am (the time most people wake up!)
Shower at 10am
Catch up on sleep from 1030am

Can’t believe we did this for 3 months straight in peak summer in 2024!

Good times.

😍🥳🤣

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@iScienceLuvr Putting “Ph.D.” in your social media name is a sure sign of a pompous retard

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

Why the f***k can’t people see what’s in front of their face?? Why the wilful blindness??

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

Most people think big problems happen suddenly.

Usually they build slowly.

❌Ignored health.
❌Bad spending habits.
❌Staying too long in the wrong job.
❌Avoiding difficult conversations.

Then one day the damage is too big to ignore.

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

The strongest paradoxes survive because they serve emotional security or societal status.

Which one hits closest to your reality?? Let’s discuss.

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

The deepest paradoxes of modern India aren't funny surface contradictions. They are rooted in incentives, status, fear, and social conditioning.

10 structural paradoxes of the modern Indian woman that hit the unvarnished truth: 👇

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

9. Society shames a single woman over thirty as a failure, but treats a toxic marriage as a crowning achievement.
10. We criminalize public affection to protect "morality," but look the other way when domestic abuse happens in public view.

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

Your endless empathy is making you a weak leader and a prime target for burnout. It’s time to trade the emotional coddling for actual execution. 👇

https://t.co/SLHHYhsKzw

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

The corporate world loves “passion” when they want free labour.

Funny how “we value talent” disappears the moment it’s time to discuss compensation.

If you’re exceptional and still underpaid, you’re not in a meritocracy. You’re in a well-dressed extraction system. 🔥

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

Ancient India sought liberation from the world.

The West learnt how to master it:
Science.
Engineering.
Navigation.
Industry.
Warfare.

One civilisation tried to escape reality.
The other shaped it.

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

@JonErlichman Yeah? I keep seeing such bullshit posts. It’s so easy to be wise in hindsight. Especially after the roller coaster ride it had over the last 29 yrs.

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

@PeterMallouk @charliebilello 😳😵‍💫🔥

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

@elonmusk @benshapiro @SwipeWright @elonmusk stop listening & just skim the transcript. Much faster & skip the BS. That’s what I do. 🥳💃🏻

[Binod shankar @binodshankar]

❌Zero warmth
❌Zero inspiration
❌Zero vision
❌Zero decisiveness
❌Zero identity
❌Vague messaging
❌Shit storyteller
❌Controlling
❌Reactive
❌Throws people under the bus

This is a Desi manager 🤣! He is highly qualified to join a bank or big 4 in India or the GCC!