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…
Peter Bevelin is one of my favorite authors. If measured in the scale of page-for-page wisdom, then his books will feature among the best of the best. I like his writings because he organizes the contents around key themes. The technique of organizing based on themes is called as common placing. This is a powerful way to understand…
Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, once commented – “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time – none, zero.” I came across this comment in mid 30’s and it made me to read a book every week. If I…
Blog is an acronym for Weblog. Blogging is the act of writing a blog. On March 17th 2013 I wrote my first blog on compound interest. This one is my 100th. I learnt a lot in the 9+ months since I started blogging. There are several benefits that I got out of blogging and in…
On Life – Steve Jobs On Science – Richard Feynman On Doubt and Uncertainty – Richard Feynman On Learning – Charlie Munger The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win. On Reading – Warren Buffett Warren Buffett says I just sit in my office and…
Seeking Wisdom 