One reader has asked ‘How will I benefit by reading your book’. An honest answer is ‘I do not know’. This is because in life there are 3 important things in behavior change. First is knowing what is good for you (Learning – Saraswati), then finding a guru – means a person whom you respect, […]
Many Chartered Accountants and kids who have done MBA with specialisation in finance believe that they need only number crunching skills. Number crunching skills are necessary and impossible to live without, but they also need some other skills: 1. Improve your general knowledge: Life is far more than just finance. You need to understand some […]
Hey Doctor Get Rich…was the original title of a book that I was writing for doctors. However ‘getting rich’ is normally not a good ‘professional goal’. For most doctors, lawyers, chartered accountants, even actors, – though money making is important, it is not all encompassing. For example a doctor working in the slums of an […]
There is a trend that is visible and scary. Many people think that websites, magazines, blogs (including this) can substitute for actual work. Let me explain. Rakesh Jhunjhuwala and Vallabh Bhansali are the more famous names so I am naming them. Both are Chartered Accountants – Vallabh a rank holder at that. Both put in […]
For a new person is it worth being an IFA? – Independent Financial Advisor for those who do not know what is an IFA. My take is if you are professionally qualified and can get a decent job in the outside world, it is not worth being an Ifa. We recruit Chartered Accountants at Rs. […]
XBRL stands for eXtensible Business Reporting Language. It has become and is fast becoming THE reporting language internationally. It makes sense to all those people who use accounting information. Extensible means the application can be extended adding machine and human readable tags. Applications: a) for financial statements b) for taxes c) accounting and business reporting […]
Somewhere in the quest for scale individualism goes for a toss. All doctors are urged to think in a particular way by the pharma industry. All Chartered Accountants are part of a body which either guides or prods them to think on same lines..somewhere the independent thinking individual is being smothered if not killed. Look […]