Guru’s Blogs
Price Vs Value. Too many people know the price of everything but the value of nothing. What is the difference? Why does it matter to you?
Value is private, it is in our heads and thoughts. It is emotional and sentimental. It is not the same for everyone.
Wise words from wise people. A few wise things I have read recently. Read on, you do not want to learn the hard way.
“To achieve greatness, start where you are, use what you have, and do what you can” – Arthur Ashe
Creation Vs. Consumption Paradox – We create to consume but ironically consumption leads to more consumption, eventually depletion and despair.
Human civilizations across time and around the world have followed a familiar pattern. The patterns and themes have repeated themselves for the past 5000+ years.
Why did people across the world hoard toilet paper during the pandemic? Why hoard toilet paper rather than food or medicine? What are the lessons?
Humans are creatures of comfort; we design processes and systems that minimize efforts and enhance certainty.
Why over the past 11,000 years has the human development of different nations and societies proceeded at such different rates? What about the future? Complex topic simplified, let’s explore.
Jared Diamond chronicled 11,000 years of human history in his Pulitzer-winning book “Guns, Germs and Steel”.
What is the foundation of the modern financial market? What will cause a doomsday scenario? Why? Complex topic simplified. Let's explore.
The assumption: The United States will never default on debt payment obligations and the world will continue to lend to the US forever.
How to understand stock prices. Read on for a layman’s guide.
You have to get both right. But tomorrow’s story is more important, it has disproportionate weightage in the valuation.
Why do Kindergartners consistently outperform CEOs, Lawyers, and MBAs in the famous design experiment? Does standardized education help or hurt? Will AI enhance or diminish creativity?
Teams of four have to build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and a marshmallow. The marshmallow has to be on top.
I am sharing 10 writing insights from the masters that have inspired me. I started writing recently, it is more of “notes to myself” on random topics.
I am an amateur blogger at best. I have a harsh critic at home, my teenage son tells me that I might struggle to pass 11+ creative writing exams for 10-year-olds in the UK.
It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. – Danish Proverb. How Google lost first mover advantage in AI race. What are the Lessons?
Sundar Pichai CEO of Google conceded this week that the popular interest in AI – triggered by global sensation caused by the 2022 launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT – had caught him by surprise.
What I learned about future innovation from a 3-year-old girl. The little one probably equated me to a two-legged human-like dinosaur.
The toddler was standing in front of the TV visibly annoyed. It took me a few moments to assess and understand the reason.
Exponential growth and decay are not intuitive, those who grasp the concept can spot opportunities and dangers ahead of time. An old Indian fable for today.
Once, there was a wise man who spotted a change in harvest and warned the king about the exponential decline in food production threatening his power and throne.
The story of Picasso and the napkin. Life Lessons from Picasso
Legend has it that Picasso was dining at a Paris when an admirer approached and asked if he could do a quick sketch on a paper napkin for her.
They say “Find your passion, make it your job and you will never work another day”, but it is not true. Life lessons from Ed Sheeran you don’t want to learn the hard way.
Ed Sheeran found his passion at the age of 11, he started writing songs, playing guitar, and performing at smaller venues.
Five simple laws about money. You don't want to learn the hard way.
It is as simple as that. If you buy things you don't need, you will soon sell things you need.
Spend on experience and stuff you genuinely enjoy, never spend to signal to society.
Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts. The role of True Vs. Truth and probabilities in the decision-making. You don’t want to learn the hard way.
The decision quality increases exponentially if everything that counts can be counted.
Five simple habits that are certain to produce outsized results in your life. Have you ever seen any other animal intentionally exercising for physical fitness or meditating for mental health?
Walking upright on two legs made us humans. Walking increased our brain size and made us more intelligent.
Leaders are paid to make difficult decisions, so why is decision-making so hard? "We're not thinking machines; rather, we're feeling machines that happen to think". Let’s explore.
Machines will make the same decision whether it is during peacetime or wartime. Machines do not have an emotional state, your car will not refuse to start on a Sunday morning because it's feeling weekend vibes.
Who are you? You are not what you do for a living. Who you are should determine what you do. But you are changing all the time so what should you do? The case for keeping your identity small.
A lion is born a lion, lives as a lion, and dies as a lion. Similarly, early humans were just another species, no different from the majestic lion that roamed the jungle.
'Every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it’ – GE’s Jeff Immelt. Why did he say that? What are the lessons?
“I gave him maybe the most important advice for incoming CEOs,” Mr Immelt said. “And that is: every job looks easy when you’re not the one doing it.”