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Passion in business won’t take you to the next level
Back in the day when Shopify and Woocommerce were not as easy as it is today, I use to work with mom-and-pops with their e-commerce. I would upgrade their brand image, advice on product description and images, work on their copywriting, design and build their website. Working with small business owners at the start of…
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Value is determined by the buyer
As of today, the floor price for a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT on OpenSea is 87.5 ETH (Ethereum) – approximately $108,000. Last year’s bull run, when ETH was hovering between $2,500 to $4,000, many apes were sold north of a hundred. A JPEG photo of a primate on the blockchain is selling for hundreds.…
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A Simpler Life
Over the years, I have sought simplicity because I am overwhelmed by the productivity mindset that our culture has imposed upon us. People who are not productive are seen as losers while people who work 12-hour days are seen as heroes. Furthermore, it seems to me that people who read diverse books, talk to a…
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Build wealth through leverage
I had an interesting conversation with my tennis partner this morning. He is in his early 20’s and still trying to figure out his career path. As his ultimate goal is financial freedom, I told him the concept of leverage. Two things I have learned from our conversation. First, I have a difficult time expressing…
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Ultralearning
Ultralearning by Scott Young should be a required reading for educators and people who want to learn effectively. I thoroughly enjoyed the principles of ultralearning which Young describes as “a strategy for acquiring skills and knowledge that is both self-directed and intense.” The word “ultralearning” seems to be the extreme version of learning. But after…
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The Wisdom of Slowing Down
Take Your Time: The Wisdom of Slowing Down by Eknath Easwaran This book is repetitive and is longer than it needs to be. Nevertheless, it has plenty of gems especially for people with Type A personalities. I remember reading this in 2018 when I felt paralyzed and overwhelmed by all the goals that I have…
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Don’t be married to your ideas
For a long time, humans believed that the earth was the center of the universe while the sun, stars, and other planets revolve around it. Copernicus challenged the idea in the 16th century by stating the sun was the center. Surgeons have been killing patients with their own germs until Ignaz Semmelweis introduced hand washing with chlorinated…
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Fooled by Randomness
It is difficult to describe the level of depth and wisdom that Fooled By Randomness brings. On one hand, Nassim Taleb takes me into the world of trading, finance, and economics, and shows me the weaknesses (and irrelevance) of their math, models and theories. One cannot scientifically measure risk. Tomorrow is unknown and trying to…
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Learning is non-linear
When I turned 30 in 2019, I took up tennis. I had too many injuries playing basketball over the years (e.g. partial MCL tear, grade 1 and grade 2 ankle sprains, rotator cuff tendinitis) that I decided to switch to a less physical sport. I could have opted for swimming but my 45-minute laps were…
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On Chris Dixon’s climbing the wrong hill
Okay folks, I have been in the crypto and blockchain rabbit hole lately. So far, the best podcast that I have listened to about this space is Tim Ferriss episode 542 with Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant. It has added to my confidence on the future of blockchain, decentralization, and peer-to-peer money. A portion of…
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The Inner Game of Tennis
The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey could be described in multiple ways. It is a philosophical book using tennis as a tool to explain his thoughts. Or it is a tennis book with philosophical underpinnings. Either way, this book has high reviews on Amazon and Goodreads because it goes beyond tennis. I play…
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1,000 true fans
I read 1,000 true fans by Kevin Kelly in 2017 and ever since I could not stop telling fellow entrepreneurs about this concept. Although the article was originally written in 2008, the theory is more feasible now than it was then. An artist/creator who sells $100 worth of merchandise in a year to 1,000 true…
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Washing machine and social media
The washing machine, what an invention. I was hand washing my favorite shirt earlier because the machine could not remove some dirt on it. This got me thinking. What if I washed all of my clothes manually like the good ol’ days? I probably would spend 2 to 3 hours washing and hanging them. By…
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WordPress, I’m back…
I have been developing websites in WordPress since 2015. I wanted to learn something new so I tried building this blog using static site generators Jekyll and Hugo. While I find Jekyll to be okay, I encountered numerous errors installing some of their gems. After successfully building a Jekyll blog on my local server, I…
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Slow down, no need to rush
I decided to learn the guitar last August 2020. I needed another outlet from the monotony of home life during a pandemic. I gave myself 6 months to “learn” the guitar. Obviously, I was in for a rude awakening as the first 2-3 months alone was literally painful. Fretting the strings to play basic chords…
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How to Get Rich
Naval Ravikant made a series of tweets on how to get rich. Naval explains more about these tweets in various podcasts. I prefer to read text and I am glad I found this website. I have followed Naval since I came to know of him through Joe Rogan’s podcast. He is a clear and articulate thinker with…
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Zero to One
I have read Zero to One by Peter Thiel three times. And with every re-read, I have more appreciation for the wisdom that Thiel shares. According to Thiel, a business that can create new technology (going from zero to one) is far more superior than a business that mimics or incrementally improves existing technology (one…
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Tao of Charlie Munger
Tao of Charlie Munger a compilation of Charlie Munger quotes with commentary by David Clark. I was interested in getting to know the mind of Charlie Munger after watching several interviews of him and Warren Buffet. This book gave me enough material to understand Munger’s investing and business strategy. David Clark has done a decent…
