Insights From the Inside

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Your past is a chapter, not the whole story. Who you choose to become today is what truly defines you.

Abel Prasad is a business leader and entrepreneur sharing insights on leadership, private capital, resilience, and business growth in Australia.

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Lessons From the Fall Podcast

Pressure Builds Quietly

Pressure doesn’t break founders overnight — it builds slowly, silently and internally. In this episode of Lessons from the Fall, Kalpi Prasad unpacks the hidden weight of running a business, how...

Ego is Expensive

Ego does not always look obvious. Sometimes it looks like confidence, ambition, or leadership. But unchecked ego can cost more than we realise.   In this episode, I talk about the real cost of ego...

Who I Was Before the Fall – Episode 1

In the opening episode of Lessons From The Fall, I reflect on the mindset that led to my collapse — ambition that outpaced judgement, ego that went unchecked, and pressure I convinced myself I could...

Blog

In-depth commentary on property markets, policy shifts and private capital across Australia.

Your Attention Is the Most Valuable Thing You Own

Every morning you wake up with a fixed supply of something billions of dollars have been spent learning to take from you. It's not your money. It's your attention —...

What Actually Happens to Your Data When a Company Goes Bust

You've signed up to dozens of apps. One quietly folds. Where does all that data go? The answer is more concerning than most people realise — and almost never what...

The Quiet Ways Technology Is Changing How We Think

Technology's most significant changes to how we think aren't the dramatic ones. They're the gradual shifts in memory, reading, navigation, and attention — happening so slowly we don't notice until...

Cooking

Seasonal recipes inspired by comfort and curiosity.

Grilled Snapper, Asparagus and Orange Salad Recipe

This grilled snapper, asparagus and orange salad features crispy-skinned snapper over asparagus, peas, watercress and fresh orange rounds with a white balsamic and mint dressing...

Tuna Pasta with Capers, Lemon and Cream Recipe

This tuna pasta with capers, lemon and cream combines pappardelle with canned tuna, baby capers and a light lemon cream sauce, topped with toasted mixed seeds and fresh thyme...

Dukkah-Crusted Salmon with Broad Bean Salad Recipe

This easy dukkah-crusted salmon is pan-seared until golden and served over a vibrant broad bean, fetta, rocket and mint salad with crispy pita croutons and lemon dressing...

Short Stories

Short fiction, personal narratives, and stories from the edges of business and life.

The Exercise Advice That’s Quietly Wrong About Everything

The fitness industry profits from making you feel like you're not doing enough. Here are eight widely repeated exercise myths — and what the science actually shows...

The Best Leaders Make Themselves Unnecessary

Lasting organisations are built by people more interested in the mission than their own centrality to it. Abel Prasad on leadership, decision-making, and the one piece of advice that matters...

Every Door You Didn’t Open

In her father's archive papers: a letter written six months before he left, describing the decision to go — and then not going. Nadia spent a November evening trying to...