A place where I organise the chaos of my mind
“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 13:12
Early in my career, before I knew it had been popularised as The Matthew Effect, I noticed this phenomenon. I captured it in an article as “it’s much easier to get ‘another success’ once you get the first one.”
Continue readingGetting introduced to stock market investing during my undergraduate days was synonymous with getting introduced to Warren Buffett. There was a fanfare about even knowing him in my circle of friends: “You don’t know the Oracle of Omaha?” one would query, rhetorically, in such situations.
Over the years, I’ve read a few of his annual shareholder letters, two books that touch on different topics about him, and countless articles, videos, and audios.
Continue readingWhen 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.
June 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 readingReflecting on the year 2025 has prompted me to write this post. And since it is unusual for me to write a themed message whose relevance and resonance ends with a year, I hope that the point of this post will last beyond January, certainly hope it lasts beyond 2025. Actually, my wish is that it stays relevant and resonating for longer than my blog could be available on the internet. With that said, I want to share about All-in now.
Continue readingAs I reflect on the last two years of my career, I want to write about a topic that we all care about, seek an answer to, and still search for: a sense of fulfilment in our jobs.
Continue readingAt a point in life, being able to walk is the metric that matters. Then, being able to talk. Then, it quickly moved to how many exams you passed with the purpose of getting promoted. Then it was CGPA, and then it was how long it took to get your first job. Soon, it would be how long you were in a role before you got promoted. Then, it would be what level you are on.
Continue readingI think the real title should be A Few Reasons Why I Write. But don’t worry about that—let’s just get into it.
Continue readingI took a break from writing partly because I wanted to reflect on the kind of things I usually write about. If you go through my articles, you’ll notice that most of them are about life experiences, what we can learn from them, and how we can make the best of them, even within constraints. When I thought about it, I wondered whether I should instead be writing something more technical, perhaps related to my field of work or other areas of interest. And rightly so, if I could.
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