Author: Mayank

If!

28/09/2020 By Mayank

As Philip II of Macedon was conquering Greek city-states left and right, Sparta was left alone. Philip had achieved a crushing victory, and Sparta wasRead More

Consistency

23/08/2020 By Mayank

Consistency is what I would define as showing up day in and day out and getting things done. It doesn’t matter that you are theRead More

OP(iu)M

09/08/2020 By Mayank

Other Peoples’ Money(OPM). I recently came across this term while listening to a podcast on Indian Economy. The reference is to Mutual Fund salespeople whoRead More

Overworked?

05/07/2020 By Mayank

It happened a couple of days back. My wife, seeing that I had been on back to back client calls(even while having lunch), asked ifRead More

Taking Stock

30/06/2020 By Mayank

Many of the people I know are what you would call “Act First, Think Later” kind. Though it used to work well for them, theyRead More

Second-Order Effects

26/05/2020 By Mayank

Everything in life affects us. Our response to it(visible soon after the stimuli) is the first-order effect. What isn’t visible till a little later isRead More

Character Actor

30/04/2020 By Mayank

In any movie, there is a character who is never the main lead but that actor can be said as the anchor of the entireRead More

March On

29/02/2020 By Mayank

I thought of using this title as the title of my next monthly blog post(March), but thought it would be good for my blog postRead More

Relook

31/01/2020 By Mayank

So, things have been pretty topsy-turvy these past few days. I had been having chest pains for the past couple of months and I alwaysRead More