Madusha Ranaweera

"You're never too accomplished to have nothing left to learn." I was talking to a dear friend recently who was trying to figure out his next move in life. He loves theatre. Has been around it for years. I asked: "What if you went to school for it?" He said: "I already know everything about it. I wouldn't learn anything new. It's useless." And that got me thinking. Because I've seen this attitude before. And I've seen what it costs. The Executive Who Knew Too Much In my late 20s, we recruited...

I quit a steady, secure income to live on savings for a year and recover the health of myself and my family. But I couldn't bring myself to do it until I was physically falling apart. I was sick. Burned out. In an unhealthy place mentally and physically. And even then, even when my body was screaming at me to stop, I was terrified to leave. Because fear is louder than logic. A year and a half later, I'm the happiest I've been in a decade. But that leap was terrifying. It really did feel like...

In my late 20s, while I still had a corporate job, I took my first vacation (just a week) that year. I'd finished every project. Delegated every task. Just to have a week of peace. And before you ask, yes I made it explicitly clear: "Don't contact me unless for emergencies." Day one in Dubai, my phone rang. It was my boss at the time. I answered (because I was terrified something bad would happen if I didn't). An hour later, standing in the corner while my family (that I hadn't seen in years)...