Tag: lifeadvice

• August 14, 2019

  The enemy is within

  Many years ago I read this essay titled Why over­achiev­ers go down the path of self-destruc­tion writ­ten by Sub­ro­to Bagchi. Although I am far from being an over­achiev­er, that post has helped me become aware of some of the mis­takes dri­ven peo­ple make. It is prob­a­bly one of the ear­li­est mate­ri­als from where I learned the impor­tance of humil­i­ty,… Read more

• February 14, 2019

  Reblog: Short Money Rules

  I feel like I am becom­ing tad wis­er these days by read­ing Mor­gan House­l’s Col­lab­o­ra­tive Fund blog. This list of 29 Short Mon­ey Rules is one such gem I read on this blog today. A few rules that stood out to me: 21. Being nice to peo­ple is the eas­i­est career com­pet­i­tive advan­tage. 22. Being smarter than… Read more

• November 10, 2015

  Ben Horowitz’s Commencement Speech at Columbia University

  Ben Horow­itz’s speech at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty is a great com­mence­ment speech I enjoyed in a long time. It is wit­ty, insight­ful, opti­mistic and uncon­ven­tion­al. I loved his main idea: fol­low your con­tri­bu­tion instead of your pas­sion. The next thing I loved is this quote: As human beings we want to be liked. It’s anthro­po­log­i­cal. If peo­ple did­n’t like you… Read more

• March 6, 2015

  Not giving a fuck

  Tim Fer­riss tweet­ed and I retweet­ed this great post titled, The Sub­tle Art of Not Giv­ing a Fuck. Stop what you are doing right now and read this. “@tferriss: The Sub­tle Art of Not Giv­ing a Fuck http://t.co/lp6xUDTpt4” — Chai­tanya M S V (@chaitanyamsv) March 5, 2015 It has so many f‑words in it but it is a great post… Read more