Teaching my son Finance and Investing – Part 2: What’s getting in your way?
Everyone knows that saving more and eating healthy is beneficial in the long term. But why do we fail to follow it? In this presentation, Vibhu and I discuss how temptations, envy, and procrastination prevent us from reaching our goals. We talk about techniques to minimize these obstacles and reach our goals. You can download…
Teaching my son Finance and Investing – Part 1: Joys of Compounding
Time and tide waits for none. Eighteen joyful and memorable years have passed since my elder son Vibhu was born. Vibhu graduated from 12th grade yesterday, and he turned 18 today. On his birthday, I started teaching Vibhu whatever little I know about finance and investing. We thought it’s a good idea to record my…
Money and Bitcoin
It’s fascinating to see an asset class going up from zero to $2T in a little over a decade. It’s even more fascinating to see $1T swing up and down by 25% in a few hours. From the title of this post, you should have guessed the asset class I am talking about is cryptocurrencies…
My presentation to FLAME University students on How To Take Smart Notes
How to take smart notes
Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world — Archimedes. What levers can we use to boost our productivity by 10x? The two high productivity levers that anyone can use are (a) understand and apply the principles of effective learning (b) capture the essence of what…
Seeking Wisdom 