White Collar Decisions: Amazon Wishlist for Books

After I was sentenced, I knew that I had 60 days to surrender and I decided I was going to send an email to all of my friends. I was really fortunate to have a lot of friends and family wrote letters …

What is AntiFragility?

We should adopt antifragility as a means of maneuvering through disorder. That because everything is susceptible to stress change and some kinds of entropy or volatility. And so what it means is like …

How Ethics is Like Fitness

How do you constantly keep ethics at the forefront of conversation within a corporation? I really believe ethics is like a fitness routine. Many of you know, that I am committed to a daily workout reg…

Having Courageous Conversations When Life Gets Hard

Hey everyone today, I wanted to talk to you about creating space to have courageous conversations. This is a really hard topic, and I would say the most difficult decision I had to make through my pro…

Finding Resiliency During Life’s Unexpected Moments of Uncertainty

I can still feel the fear.  I can vividly recall a sense of not knowing what was to come and for how long.  I had lost all certainty for my life.  But eventually, I found a feeling of peace and the…

The Difficult Decisions Confronting Doctors During The Coronavirus Crisis

My “baby” sister, Subha Airan-Javia, is a hospitalist at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania.  Her husband is an ENT surgeon at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania.  They are on the…

The Difficult Decisions College Athletes Face in Light of the Corona Virus

“I think this will create a bottleneck for graduating high school seniors as well as current freshman, sophomores and juniors.  There shouldn’t be a do-over because that is not how life works.  …

Honoring My Sister on Mental Health Awareness Month

My younger sister died a month ago.  She suffered from mental illness and a drug addiction.  It was important for me to finally write this blog post by today since May is Mental Health Awareness Mon…

10 Ways Universities Can Commit to an Ethical Organizational Culture

Growing up a first generation immigrant of Indian parents, I felt the cultural pressure to be at the top, but I also had a mountain of self-inflicted burden to conform to the traditional high-achievin…

How to Overcome Adversity: 5 Practical Steps You Can Take

“Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.”  When I was released from prison in early 2016, I came across this powerf…