There are no hard and fast rules in the world. None. Sachin Tendulkar did not copy Vivian Richards. Nor did he copy Don Bradman. So there are no ‘success rules’ that work for everybody. Start early – is a good rule, but Kentucky Fried Chicken was started by a man in his 60s, right? what […]
One day when you are 40, your wife will scream at you saying ‘You have done NOTHING’ for our old age….. So you will feel guilty and continue to watch TV….but there will be no action…. Then one day at lunch your colleague will tell you …’hey you know what I just bought a pension […]
When a fresh graduate in any discipline is looking to a career option, the accounting institutes do not pitch for your attention. The CA institute and the Costing institute do not go to colleges or make any decent attempt to grab your attention. I know of one girl who was told ‘all the work done […]
Most deserving to get a Bharat Ratna…sadly the political numbers do not add up. Neither as a Syrian Christian or as a son of Gujarat. If there are 10 people in the country who have done so much for the upbringing of the country, one at the very top would be Dr. Kurien. From being […]
Yesterday I was hearing the story of a man who supported his 5 sisters (one of them widowed) almost all his life. Typical government employee he had an irresponsible father who had 8 children. The son qualified as an engineer and joined government service. Then it was up to him to support his father through […]
I did a lot of trainings for a big PSU bank. Entering a training room was no great pleasure, but it was work! In a class of 50 people, about 42 would be present. On the second day about 37 would be present. However this 37 would include 8 who were not there on […]
Hi Students of the Graduating class of 2010, Here are some lessons which I wish somebody gives to all graduates. It does not matter whether you are a CA, MBA, a doctor, Engineer or a plain graduate. These lessons are the basics of finance which is nice to know and MUST to implement. Let us […]