The Karma
Playbook
Run your life like the only company you can never leave.
Nine directors from Indian tradition. One empty chair. A board meeting for your life, starting tonight.
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Digital first · Print to followYou own your life.
But who is running it?
Every day you allocate time, energy, knowledge, money and trust. You take risks on incomplete information. And unlike any company, you can never resign from this one.
Most of us run it on autopilot and call it fate. This book hands you a board.
Nobody else can be.
Purpose, courage, knowledge, honesty, routine, voice, wealth, craft, enablement.
For everyone your decisions touch.
Rituals do not activate gods. Actions do.
Nine seats.
One empty chair.
Each director is an archetype, a lens, not a belief you must hold. Every chapter gives you a story, a tool and one question to answer.
Chair of the Board
Governs: Purpose, vision
Chief Courage Officer
Governs: Energy, courage
Chief Knowledge Officer
Governs: Learning, wisdom
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
Governs: Discipline, honesty
Chief Operating Officer
Governs: Daily execution
Chief Marketing Officer
Governs: Communication
Chief Wealth Officer (CWO)
Governs: Wealth, value
Chief Product Officer
Governs: Craft, building
Chief of Staff
Governs: Priorities, obstacles
The Stakeholders
Governs: Others, the planet
A story, a tool and a scorecard for every seat.
The Boardroom
God in All Things, and The Enterprise Called Life. Why your life is a company, and why the gods belong in the boardroom.
The Board
Shiva to Ganesha, one director per chapter. Each brings a story from tradition, a tool and one question.
The CEO and the World
The CEO Seat, The Divine in Others, The Playbook, and Adjournment. From your own chair to the people around it.
See your life as a board, not a blur.
The book is built around simple visuals you fill in with a pen. Not diagrams to admire, tools to use.
- Shiva (Purpose): 8 out of 10
- Kali (Courage): 4 out of 10
- Saraswati (Knowledge): 7 out of 10
- Shani (Honesty): 6 out of 10
- Vishnu (Routine): 5 out of 10
- Narad (Voice): 6 out of 10
- Lakshmi (Wealth): 3 out of 10
- Vishwakarma (Craft): 7 out of 10
- Ganesha (Enablement): 4 out of 10
The Boardroom Ring
Your org chart as a circle, not a pyramid. You at the centre, nine directors around you, one empty chair.
The Decision Wheel
Nine questions plus the empty chair, one per director. For any choice that matters, in about twenty minutes.
The Board Scorecard
Rate each director 1–10 and see the shape of your life. A balanced wheel, or a lopsided one?
The Shani Matrix & Wealth Loop
Where risk sits, and how money moves through your life, with the Eight-Line Balance Sheet.
Ten questions. Honest answers only.
Each chapter hands you one question. Sit with it for a week and see what moves.
Why are we doing this?
What are you afraid of?
What do you need to understand?
Are you being honest?
Can I sustain this, day to day?
Who needs to know, and how will I tell them?
Can I afford it, and is it fair?
What am I building, and who will use it?
What stands in the way, and who can help?
Who is affected who is not in the room?
Answer these ten and you will know where to start.
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The Enterprise Called Life
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Inside each of us there is a boardroom. The only question is who is sitting in it?”
“Humans are not the owners of creation. We are its conscious custodians.”
One small action a day. Thirty days. One better-run life.
Write down one fear you have been avoiding.
Look at last month's spending without judgement.
Name someone affected by your choices who you rarely consider. Do one thing for them.
Write your Charter, and sign it.
The full thirty days are inside the book.
Not for you if…
- You want a quick-fix hack list.
- You want a book that promises a perfect life.
- You want religious instruction.
For you if…
- You feel capable but scattered.
- You want structure without rigid productivity rules.
- You like ideas rooted in Indian tradition and applied to real decisions.
- You are building a career, a business or a family and want them all to hold.
- You are open to every faith and none.
Aanirban Ghosh
A marketer, entrepreneur and automobile engineer from a Bengali home in Kolkata, and founder of getSHIFT Marketing Studio. With nearly two decades of corporate and entrepreneurial experience, he has built and advised businesses at the intersection of marketing, content and technology.
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When does it launch?
Diwali, 8 November 2026, digital first.
Where can I buy it?
Amazon first, then other marketplaces. Waitlist members get the link first.
Will there be a paperback?
Yes, after the digital launch. Join the waitlist to hear first.
Do I need to know Hindu mythology?
No. Every story is told from scratch.
Is it a religious book?
No. It is practical, and open to every faith and none. Each chapter compares ideas with other traditions.
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