Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. They pitched their tent under the stars and went to sleep. In the middle of the night, Holmes woke Watson up and started a conversation. Click here to read the rest. Advertisements
While randomly browsing the internet, I came across the chart below [source]. A curious mind should ask, why do smaller animals like mouse and rat live for lesser time than bigger animals like whale and elephant? Before reading further spend some time to form your hypothesis. Click here to read the rest.
The three distinct stages that every science has gone through are: classification, correlation and Effect-Cause-Effect. Let us go through some examples to understand each stage in great detail. Click here to read the rest.
In a few months my elder son will be graduating from 9th grade and entering 10th grade. He is a voracious reader. He has read 100’s of fiction books. I am amazed by his ability to focus intensely, and complete a fiction book in one day. I read a lot of nonfiction books. My son…
Sometimes being late to a party might workout very well in your favor. Indian economy grew at a high rate of 9.5 percent from 2005 to 2007. Money was cheap and inflation was low. Click here to read the rest.
The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more. This was told by Charlie Munger. My close friend Saurabh Madaan made me and countless other human beings wiser by organizing world famous Google Value Investors Talk. Saurabh has been doing this for many years, without expecting anything in…
A kid went to his father and told that he scored 10th rank in his class. His father being a rational man asked, how many students are there in your class? To which his son responded: 10. Jokes aside, there is an important lesson to learn. Click here to read the rest.
A wise man showed the image below to me and a few others. He told us the following. To be successful in any pursuit one needs to work hard and keep improving a tiny bit every day. What matters the most is not the magnitude of daily progress. But tiny progress over long periods of…
Cliff Devries has lived half his life with total paralysis on his right side. 20 years ago, doctors found a 6-inch tumor near his brain. Surgery left him paralyzed from the neck down. After months of hard work, he regained use of his left side. Click here to read the rest.
Why are some people good in problem solving? Is it nature or nurture? Are there any tricks or gimmicks that we can used to become an effective problem solver? Click here to read the rest.
What’s a better learning strategy: covering a subject in full detail from top-to-bottom or progressively sharpening a quick overview? The better way to learn is to use the idea of progressive rendering. Get a rough outline as quickly as possible. Then gradually improve your understanding of the subject over time. This document is a rough outline…
Wonderla Holidays is in the amusement park industry. An amusement park is a collection of rides and activites to entertain a large group of people. I spent sometime studying the business model of Wonderla. Click here to read the rest.
