On Finding The Right Role The cliched advice to”follow your passion” kinda sucks. Many people finish their education with little to no idea what they want from life or more specifically, what work they would actually enjoy performing day in and day out. If anything, the idea is backwards: passion doesn’t create excellence, excellence creates … More Lessons from the corporate trenches
Foreward When I compiled my notes from Professor Bakshi’s lecture last year, it was to help me better absorb and make sense of the topic at end. I thought to myself: having done the work, if even one other person benefits , it would have been worth it. I was both humbled by how many … More Notes on “The Mathematics of Investing in Quality” by Professor Sanjay Bakshi
Anyone familiar with Christian theology has probably heard of the 7 Deadly Sins. The list has seen some revision over history, but the version we are familiar with today was the revised edition published by Pope Gregory the 1st in 590 AD Dante Alighieri, the writer of Dante’s Divine Comedy defined the sins as perverse … More 7 Deadly Sins: Finance Edition
The world today is bilingual to a large extent, with atleast 60-70% of the world’s population speaks more than one language, and this is not simply a result of globalization. “If you look at modern hunter-gatherers, they are almost all multilingual,” says Thomas Bak, a cognitive neurologist who studies the science of languages at the … More Lessons from language learning
I confess, I spent the night of New Year’s eve at home playing video games online with a motley crew of fellow gamers from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. No, I’m not antisocial. The shared love for a common hobby can be a powerful bonding mechanism, and over the years I have made many friends around … More Reflections on New Year’s Day, 2018
I’ve owned a Kindle Paperwhite for around 3 years now, and these days I carry it nearly everywhere. I’ve gotten a good deal of curious questions on trains and buses, and at this point I could be considered a product evangelist. I know that a lot of people are still skeptical about eReaders, and I … More Kindle Paperwhite: A Short Guide / Review
Foreward: As a history buff, I’ve been meaning to write a “This day in history” series for a while now, with the aim of spreading awareness and cultivating interest in history. This particular article contains many Japanese words which i have provided the Kanji (Japanese script), phonetics as well as translation when appropriate Historical Background … More This Day in History: The Battle of Sekigahara
Financial markets are like the ocean, and the investor the captain of the ship that must sail across the wide expanse. The wise captain knows that he will encounter both fair weather and storms during his voyage, but he cannot be sure when and for how long each will last. He thus must sail … More Stick to the plan
Leonardo Da Vinci. Walt Disney. Srinivasa Ramanujan. Abraham Lincoln. Michael Faraday.These names have left an impression in indelible ink on the parchment of history. They all have one thing in common: they were all self – taught, a feat only possible through curiosity and a love of learning. Curiosity is the desire to obtain new knowledge, either to … More Curiosity on Curiosity
Podcasts, a portmanteau of the word iPod and broadcast, are a modern version of the radio telecast, differing in the fact that they are usually pre-recorded and stored on the broadcaster’s server from where a client application can access them. I personally recommend Podcast Addict, which allows you to search for, subscribe to and stream … More Podcast Recommendations
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