A quick pre-amble: I’m not a marketer myself, but I’ve been studying marketing & business strategy for a couple of years now to help me in my day job. This stuff is hard (for me), so I sometimes write my own reflections to help me internalise what I read. This is one of those “explain […]
When I first started this blog, one of my most common questions I got from readers was “How do I get started in investing?“ Choices were limited back then. I would painstakingly explain the process of 1) Why passive investing is the best strategy for most people, 2) How to set up your own portfolio
Have you seenThe Life of Pi? The movie came out more than 10 years ago, and it’s one of those stories that leaves its interpretation open to you. It tells the story of Pi Patel, who encounters a storm while sailing on a Japanese freighter ship with several zoo animals onboard. The ship sinks, and
A quick note before we begin: Hello! I know it’s been awhile. I’ve had a lot happening in my life in the past couple of months including moving homes, travel, a death in the family, and a hectic time at work. It’s all okay now, it’s just been a challenging few months. I’m writing this
I took a day trip to Manhattan with my parents in 2008, while I was studying in the US. My mum loves Broadway, so she booked us tickets to watch a matinee. I didn’t have high expectations, since I’d never heard of the show we were watching. I grew even more skeptical when the lights
In one of my previous jobs, the thing which I dreaded more than anything in the world was a 2-hour meeting every Monday. In that meeting, the entire department would sit down and painstakingly go through the sales numbers for every single city in our network. City by city, we’d be asked to explain why
“You need to write in order to think well.” Paul Graham Writing is often the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about. Shane Parrish Whenever people find out that I run a blog, their first response is usually, “Blogs still exist?!” After all, writing seems like a
Last week, I wrote about how we’re in a crisis of male friendships. Men in our 30s and 40s find it increasingly hard to build close friendships with other men. We might be surrounded by casual friendships, but few of us have guy friends who really have our backs, or who would jump into a
It all started with a podcast. Sometime last year, I was listening to this episode on the Art of Manliness podcast on how adult men find it increasingly hard to make genuine friends. The podcast guest was Billy Baker, the author of We Need To Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends. Baker shared how
