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Kartik Raj Rewar

Entrepreneur creating multiple products in the future of work and living space.

The Purple Squirrel Problem

A hiring myth about control, and the quiet costs you do not track

Feb 5, 2026

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8 min read

Layoffs and Second Order Effects

What changes after the headcount number changes

Jan 29, 2026

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8 min read

The Business Card Treadmill

Networking events and the addiction to looking busy

Jan 22, 2026

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8 min read

Introducing Fursa, a calmer way to keep track of the job market

The job search has an incentive problem, and this is my attempt to fix it.

Jan 15, 2026

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7 min read

Knowledge Has a Shelf Life

Some ideas are meant to guide you for years. Others are meant to help you for a day.

Jan 8, 2026

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4 min read

A Note to Start the Year

On work, life, and staying oriented when the future won’t sit still

Jan 1, 2026

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5 min read

Before We Turn the Page

Some thoughts at the end of a strange, stretching chapter

Dec 25, 2025

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7 min read

The Office Was Never About Work

Why the real reason offices mattered had nothing to do with productivity.

Dec 18, 2025

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8 min read

How to Rewire Your Brain to Love Hard Things

The mind that loves hard things can build anything

Dec 11, 2025

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7 min read

The Quietest Revolution in the Room

Why people now whisper to their laptops, and what it reveals about the future of thinking

Dec 4, 2025

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9 min read

Everything is Sales

The hidden engine behind every decision, every outcome, every move you make

Nov 27, 2025

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8 min read

The Generation That Refuses to Play Along

Why Gen Z’s refusal to tolerate nonsense is exactly what work needed

Nov 20, 2025

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7 min read

Simplicity Over Complexity

Why the things that look small often hold the real power

Nov 13, 2025

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8 min read

The Invisible Hand That Shapes Everything

Why incentives are the most powerful force in human behavior, and why we keep pretending they are not

Nov 6, 2025

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9 min read

The Cult of Appearances

How our fear of being ordinary is breaking our connection with what’s real

Oct 30, 2025

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6 min read

The Silent Failure of Success

Why doing well often leads us to do worse

Oct 23, 2025

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8 min read

The Age of Good Enough

Why good enough builds what perfection never will

Oct 16, 2025

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7 min read

The Weight of Small Promises

How tiny “I’ll send it by EOD” commitments steal our evenings

Oct 9, 2025

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7 min read

The Spiral Trap is Real

Why your thoughts loop against you and how to step outside the spin

Oct 2, 2025

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7 min read

The Decision Half-Life

100 Days Left in 2025 to Refresh Your Choices and Finish Strong

Sep 25, 2025

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6 min read

The Invisible Map of Work Culture across the Planet

A global cheat sheet for decoding work cultures

Sep 18, 2025

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9 min read

The Break That Builds Better Work

Sabbaticals should be standard. Plan the off ramps. Return sharper, kinder, and worth more.

Sep 11, 2025

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9 min read

The Second Guess

Stop outsourcing your nerve to the model

Sep 4, 2025

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9 min read

Stop paying the Prompt Tax

Talking to machines is work. Cut the hidden cost and get depth back

Aug 28, 2025

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8 min read

The Ping Reflex and Attention Span

You hear a buzz that isn’t there. Why constant alerts wire stress and how to retrain it.

Aug 21, 2025

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8 min read

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