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I am a student of the world. I learn, build and share.
When it comes to setting goals for the year, my approach has two parts.
1. The engine that powers all. These are habits and actions that I hold consistent from year to year. They are goals that don’t change (or slowly change), irrespective of what time of the year it is.
An example habit is my waking-up time (between 5:30am and 6am). An example action is my writing (I carry it year over year no matter what). Hold this thought for now.
Metadata is the stuff of life, the art that makes life even more interesting. I think in language, you could refer to them as contextual data.
You went to a restaurant to eat. The meal was delicious and you enjoyed it. To retell the experience to yourself, you could say, “Oh, the meal was delicious and I enjoyed it.” And that would be true. But only as true as saying David bought a book from this store… and nothing more.
Continue readingAs the curtain closes on November, I have my candidate for the most important piece of economic and business news from the UK for you (if you missed previous months, see comment for links)
It’s about energy in the UK. First, let’s do some reality checks
Continue readingThe millionaire threshold of wealth is often used to measure some sort of arrival, especially when based on hard currencies like the pound or usd or euro. So, it is often actively tracked. In the UK, there are approximately 3.1 million millionaires (1).
Continue readingWhen you think about the UK and take time to analyse all the news published about its business and economy, you could easily become depressed by the state of things. Government barely scraping by, businesses struggling to survive, consumers losing wealth — it’s often hard to find news that lifts you up. Well, that was the case until what I’m about to share.
Continue readingFor me, the most important business story of September out of the UK was the news of Kraken being spun out of Octopus Energy to become an independent company — valued at $10 billion.
In an earlier post I made on Twitter, I expressed how impressed I am with the success of the company. It’s a peerless story and one that makes for a great study: how a radical focus on customer satisfaction, enabled by technological innovation, can create tremendous shareholder value — even in a sector as old as energy.
Continue readingWhen you are pursuing something, be watchful for the moment when the metric turns into the goal. It is often a very delicate line and extremely easy to cross.
Continue readingJune 2025, in Round 5 of 6 application rounds at London Business School, I was offered admission into the prestigious Masters in Finance (MiF) program.
August 2025, I started the program. It will take me two years to complete as I am studying part-time.
Continue readingAcross different job markets and sectors, employers have a scale of preference regarding what they value from employees and/or what they consider good enough to take a chance on prospective employees. This phenomenon is what I call the labour-levers of a given market.
Continue readingBe relatable, be someone you would clap for.
Who do we clap for? It’s not the person who exerted the least effort and received the highest award. Nor is it the person who tried once and succeeded on the first attempt.
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