In Investing and Life, Patience Beats Luck

My friend Vinod Thomas and I have together been investing in public equities for the last one year. So are you ready for some investing wisdom? Kidding. 😊 It is very tempting to think of yourself as a good investor in a bull market. But one of my ex-bosses, a renowned...

When Focus Feels Like a Battle, Step Back

Yesterday, when I was doing some focused work, after some time, I felt so agitated and restless that I desperately wanted an escape — check the news, open LinkedIn, do anything. When the task is hard or tedious, this ‘escape impulse’ comes to me...

How to Survive the Avalanche of Advice

I am afraid you will become a victim. Not a victim of some scam, but of all the well-intentioned advice, frameworks, and exhortations you will find on LinkedIn, blogs, podcasts, and videos (some of it coming from me 😊). The problem is not that the advice is all bad,...