{"id":74,"date":"2026-09-27T19:58:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/?p=74"},"modified":"2026-09-27T19:58:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:28:46","slug":"confessions-of-an-information-nut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/27\/confessions-of-an-information-nut\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of an Information Nut!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi, I have a problem. I hoard information the way some people collect stamps, except stamps don&#8217;t stop you from closing deals. Sounds familiar? Read on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used to think more research made me a better banker. Turns out it just made me a slower one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the great lie of information overload: we tell ourselves we&#8217;re being thorough, when really we&#8217;re just avoiding the scary part : actually picking up the phone and asking for the business. Reading one more report feels productive. It feels safe. Nobody ever lost a deal by reading too little in the last five minutes before deciding not to call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In almost all businesses, the client&#8217;s window of interest is small. A competitor with half my knowledge and twice my speed gets there first, and lo and behold, the deal is lost. More information doesn&#8217;t win deals. Timely action does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I used to think, my knowledge is what will help me garner business at break neck speed. It&#8217;s not. I have learnt it the hard way. What&#8217;s working for me is just picking up the phone and having that conversation. Sometimes, it works and other times, it doesn&#8217;t. At least I don&#8217;t feel bad afterwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, I would say this again. You will never know everything. It&#8217;s just not possible. Go ahead, make that call. It might just work for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I have a problem. I hoard information the way some people collect stamps, except stamps don&#8217;t stop you from closing deals. Sounds familiar? Read on! I used to think more research made me a better banker. Turns out it just made me a slower one. This is the great lie of information overload: we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,4],"tags":[10,7],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gyan","category-self","tag-experiences","tag-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/76"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mayankrai.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}