Doing the things that you don't like to do
“All I ever wanted was the freedom to make my own mistakes.” - Mance Rayder Some years back when we got into the advisory business as a...
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- Jun 19
The good money comes later in life
The concept of ‘retiring early’ has always eluded me. Only recently did I decide to look at this from a quantitative and slightly whimsy...
- May 15
Never stop learning
I have been teaching financial modelling for over 5 years now. But at the first ever class held in July 2018, the delivery was so badly...
- Jan 3
The perils of a suitcase life
During the initial years of starting IJK, we contemplated the option of moving me from Singapore to...
- May 6, 2023
In search of a quaint type of peace
I have never been much of a waterfront-living type of person, but the view of the Victoria harbour can be quite addictive. Quiet mornings...
- Mar 31, 2023
The use of a world map
Ownership is usually a bust unless your company is being fast-tracked to sell for big bucks.
- Mar 3, 2023
Career longevity
"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
- Jan 26, 2023
Summertime soldier
It was 2011. The government debt crisis in the EU had reached a stage that required the bailout of several countries long thought to be...
- Dec 21, 2022
Handling year-end appraisals
For many, it is that time of the year again for festivities and holidays. However, it is also the time of the year for many companies to...
- Aug 6, 2022
Soft skills, soft skills.
[Adapted from something I saw off the Internet recently.]
- Jul 30, 2022
Brand equity
The Lamborghini brand sixty years ago was not known as the luxury car brand it is commonly associated with today. They were actually...
- Jul 24, 2022
Sitting in a glass box
Management is: Get it done, follow-up, discipline, planning, analysis, facts, facts, facts. It’s [getting] the right people in the room,...
- Feb 28, 2021
My oblivious friends...
Reaffirming point #36 in my forty takeaways last year: Most of the people around me keep trying to tell me what's good for me or how I...
- Feb 14, 2021
The ability to just do and get things done
The last few weeks had been a huge tailspin for me. I relate it to a multitude of challenges compounded upon each other - first, the...
- Dec 26, 2020
Complicated storytelling
This is true for many investment banks. And people pay for complexity. But it's an odd world: Founders chasing publicity on social media,...
- Dec 22, 2020
I am just a brick-layer.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day but they were laying bricks every hour.” "The problem is that it can be really easy to overestimate the...
- Aug 22, 2020
Creating value
in starting up any business or career, one needs to first understand your role within the firm - are you a small gear or a large gear...
- Jul 23, 2020
My cover letter from 2006
IB isn't just about getting through the gruelling late nights and delivering on the number crunching. It was also about the harsh and...
- Jul 20, 2020
Embracing imperfection
For most part of our education and up to university, we have been conditioned to conform and succeed. We have been constantly told and...
- Jul 5, 2020
Forty Takeaways
There’s nothing you should regret in life - all the good things that you have today are a result of everything that has happened....
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