What is the most difficult part of the Consultancy business? Implementation. I am convinced that ‘strategic’ consulting is easy, the tactical consultancy – the nuts and bolts is difficult. Let me tell you what a dentist told me. “I can see a patients teeth and see neglect – improper brushing, no flossing (oops what’s that?), […]
Every normal Economic Man should aim at the following: Maximize earning Minimize expenses Minimize legal taxes Improve health Maximize wealth post tax Are these assumptions correct? or am I being foolish? Well these assumptions are correct, but I do meet people who do not think so. Some of their arguments are different. Let me tell […]
The ability to do anything is like building muscle in a gym. Or like building stamina. It happens little by little. Even the ability to stop spending money on things that you do not really need is like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it becomes. After a while, you realize that […]
Do you have that ‘W’ factor in you to create wealth for yourself and your family? I am asking this because I meet many people who DO NOT WANT to create wealth. Difficult to believe? Well when you deal with the huge number of people that I deal with you too will be surprised. Initially […]
Continued from yesterday posts…the remaining 4 reasons… #5 ULIPs are Very Poor Investment Vehicles: Well for people who can reverse engineer a ULIP, there are ways to make ulip efficient. However, as a general rule, ULIP is a bad/ terrible investment. Normally it is ULIP which is sold as a child plan (assuming that the […]
I did a post on improving as an investor..and this is the follow up post. Read this before you go further Improving Investing skills part 1 of 2 As Mr. Buffett says ‘have an internal scorecard’ – be happy internally with what you are doing. Including investing. If your conviction is right, you can be […]
Investing too suffers from the same problems as everything else in this gen – too much. We have too many blogs, bloggers selling stuff, bloggers peddling influence, bloggers acting like soothsayers, magazines, channels, …etc. In this cacophony, I can assure you there is NOTHING helping you to improve as an investor. To be a better […]