“These exercises are quite tough,” Swami said. “It’s easy for Sam to tell me to do them. He has run a triathlon. But I am no good at it,” he added. When he looked at us for a response, he caught me with my coffee cup at my lips, and Jigneshbhai biting his muffin. I … Read more
Swami told me and Jigneshbhai last week over coffee that he had told his trainer Sam that he was going to run a 10k. “What did he say?” Jigneshbhai enquired. Not that he was overly enthusiastic about running a 10k, but he was keen to know what happened. So was I, but I saw that … Read more
“Why doesn’t he just shut up and let the game go on, instead of boring us?” Swami complained. He was watching the IPL final on that Sunday afternoon on his iPad while sipping his coffee. “So many players become commentators after retirement,” Jigneshbhai remarked, while sipping into his coffee. He peeped into Swami’s iPad to … Read more
Most of our business or success goals are self oriented. They are related to what we want. What if we could invert them? What if they are based on what others want? This is not as idealistic as it sounds. Neither is it altruistic. Nor is it irrational. It is more rational and practical than … Read more
No one trusts anyone easily anymore. There are real reasons for it. We don’t trust the celebrities telling us to buy things. They are being paid by the company. We don’t trust tweets and instagram posts. They are new ways of getting paid. We never trusted salesmen and marketers. Now we suspect them. By default, … Read more
“One arm after the other, one pedal after another, and one foot in front of the other. For seven hours plus”. That’s what Sam said when Jigneshbhai and I asked him how he managed to finish the Ironman triathlon. The arms for swimming 2 km, the pedals for cycling 90 km and the foot for … Read more
We demand clarity before taking any step. But before clarity, we need courage. Why courage? Because clarity just gives comfort to decisions we have already taken based on courage. If we haven’t taken the decision, we seek more clarity. It’s a mask. “But with all the confusion about GDP growth and when the recovery will … Read more
‘It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.’ So said someone accomplished. I learnt this truth in my job a few years back when I used to analyse marketing campaign effectiveness for marketing managers. How much ever I tried to tell them that a … Read more
Most investors find it difficult to truly appreciate the mind-boggling effect of the power of compounding. Financial companies keep touting how 5000 rupees invested regularly will give you 1 crore in 25 years, but most people don’t quite get it. The human brain has a problem with understanding geometric progression. The reason, perhaps, is that the … Read more