The author’s key argument is that money earned in exchange for time is not wealth (as in a job). The only way to earn wealth and get rich is to remove time from the equation (as in business or investment)
Category: Life & Thoughts
Small chapters from my life, lessons learned and random thoughts.
Goldilocks working hours
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For distraction-free (deep) work, there exists an optimum number of working hours that is not too large or too small.
Cycling after a long time
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My biggest qualm due to which I left cycling was bad roads. Bad in a really bad way! Things have changed recently. The road immediately outside our society has always been pretty nice. Now the one beyond it has been newly constructed. I took my cycle to the road today morning to take advantage of […]
Running minus phone
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Ever since I bought my Apple Watch more than a year ago, I had wished for a solution to go out without my phone.
1000 kilometers
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Today, I hit the magic 1000 number in my Nike+ Run Club (NRC) app. One thousand kilometers run in the last four years. It’s not spectacular, but it’s surely something 🙂
The need to rethink coding interviews
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I honestly do not see how excelling at writing the most optimal algorithm for a working elevator in under 30 mins is going to help me write bug-free web interfaces, mobile apps, or whatnot.
Standing in the balcony
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I cannot stop but wonder that last year around the same time I stood here not in serenity but fraught with anxiety.
I was here…
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This song by Beyoncé perfectly sums up my own philosophy of life: I want to leave my footprints on the sands of time.
Sugar-coated false promises
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Is it so hard for people to see what lies behind the trojan horse of a personal loan? I wonder…
Structured Entertainment — An experiment in fulfillment and productivity
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The practice of performing potentially wasteful activities in a deliberate, structured way during off-work hours or weekends for fulfillment and productivity.