Many people have asked for a follow up on the 15L CTC story…. 1. A planner should plan, not pass value judgement on how the client should behave. 2. To me a guy attending to all temple functions and blowing money traveling to all the temples in India is just as stupid as the guy […]
was just wondering whether to write about other things in life like running, cooking, eating, reducing weight, increasing weight… when suddenly on FB I got a notification from a friend Venkat…saying ‘hey I have posted about my Leh crewing trip… remember he took leave, did not get paid for doing it….just got excited and did […]
I wrote a post on volatile markets a couple of days back and said: Is the market at a low? can it go to 15,000 – frankly I do not have an answer. today I received a note from Prashant Jain and he has used exactly the same nos. and the same words.. It is […]
There are many stories that I have posted over the past 3 years. Alexander the Great…lessons The Yale Goal setting experiment The California story of the death of a scuba driver in a forest fire Arthur Ashe’s attitude Frankly I have not done enough research to see whether these stories are true or false. Neither […]
I have been told to add a rider to my blog as follows: Please do not take this blog seriously. One guy who can be traced to the 13th Century of Japanese warriors who were proud of Hara kiri is actively associated in creating the content. It may contain some explicit words (unsuitable for children […]
if you are an investment adviser…or a coach..there are 2-3 topics which get close to one’s heart 1. the most efficient use of one’s money and 2. start early and the power of compounding today’s Indian Express carries an article on Rent vs. Buy – funnily no Indian website carries a rent vs. buy calculator […]
Yesterday I had posted a link to Deepak’s blog showing how sensex EPS projection is at best a futile exercise…. well today I am posting a link to how ‘big bang’ retail can create problems, stories, etc. to make a case for itself. Take the case of Gillette – once upon a time (say 125+ […]