Building a flywheel of success for life and career
We have seen multiple technology waves over the last 30 years: the Internet, mobile, cloud, social media, e-commerce, and data platforms. Most of those technologies required specialists before ordinary users could meaningfully benefit from them. Generative AI is different. For perhaps the first time in technology history, the technology itself can teach you how to use it. You can literally ask:…
You know what people used to complain about my mentor? I’ve worked with him across large companies, startups, and even a public sector setup. He shaped nearly two decades of my career. And everywhere we went, people had something to say about him. Not about his integrity. Not about his habits. Not about how he treated people. The only complaint? “His standards are too high.” He expected excellence…
# Summary This investment thesis outlines an equity-rich compounding system built around disciplined, SIP-based investing over a 10–12 year horizon. The objective is not to chase a specific return multiple, but to build meaningful wealth through a repeatable, low-effort, and behaviorally robust system . Returns in this system are best understood through XIRR, not CAGR on a lump sum. Since…
I’m a voracious reader. If you follow me on LinkedIn or Twitter, you’ve likely seen me share insights from the books I’m currently devouring. Usually, I’d drop a link to the book on amazon.in . But there’s a problem: my readers are global. When someone in London or New York clicks that link, they often land on a page that says "Product not available" or forces them to manually search their local…
No AI slop from me. Promise. Lately, I’ve been hearing the phrase “AI-generated slop” more often. It’s usually said with a shrug, as if that settles the matter. It doesn’t. When people say “AI-generated,” they often mean one of three things: A tool was used The style feels borrowed The content is low quality The first two don’t bother me. I use AI to transcribe and edit. Not using better tools…
I titled this talk Our Homeschooling Experiment very deliberately. First, because it’s ours . This is something that worked for our context, our family, our constraints, our temperament. It may or may not work for you. It may not even appeal to you. My hope is not that you copy what we did, but that our reasoning and our tactics help you look at learning, schooling, and childhood a little more…
For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. - Matthew 25:29 At first glance, the Matthew effect may seem unfair, but it consistently proves true. The principle is evident everywhere, from politics to investments to startups. Investors prefer proven entrepreneurs over newbies. Likewise, people vote for a…
I’ve been using ChatGPT ever since it was released. When ChatGPT Go was announced, I switched almost immediately. I use ChatGPT to: transcribe and rewrite long blog drafts sharpen half-formed ideas run self-reviews and retrospectives pressure-test arguments clean up writing without losing my voice It’s less “give me answers” and more “help me think clearly.” Alongside ChatGPT, I also use Claude…
After reading decision traces and context graphs by Jaya Gupta, I started watching how decisions are actually made and wonder if we can really capture decision traces in organizations. As a technologist, their argument makes sense. We have systems of record. Amazons and AirBnB already algorithimized trust. The next logical step is to capture how decisions are made so agents can reason over past…
I have been following a framework called WINS — Wealth, Insights, Network, and Self — to build gravitas. For the last 11 years , I’ve written an annual review . This year is no different. But this year had a clear arc. “we were like those who dream.” — Psalm 126 That sentence stayed with me all year. I felt like I was living a dream not just because I was doing things beyond my own capability…