This is the second piece in a two-part blog series covering my thoughts on “money”. If you missed the first part, catch it here. On Tuesday, I took a time-centric approach to explain why we should spend more money sooner. For those who missed my last ramble and don’t want to go digging through your inbox, my thesis…
A case study that is interesting: Planet Fitness has a $10 gym membership that gives unlimited access. This is a ridiculously cheap price. Planet Fitness is a thriving business, despite its low prices. Its stock price has increased 134% in the last five year. How can a business make so much profit despite offering such low…
Ash Barty, a 23 year old Australian, took over the Tennis World in March 2019 when she beat three of the top ten players including Petra Kvitova, Karolina pliskova and Karolina Slijkova, on her way to winning Miami Open. She defeated Marketa Vondrousova, in the French Open finals two months later. In the final…
. In a previous post, I said that “the things you’ve read and your experiences” are the two most valuable inputs to any writer. “ People often ask for book suggestions, and I am always asking for them. Today I want to share some books that changed my life. I hope you enjoy it. The Search for Meaning…
Recently, I did some math and found that I have been on 44 planes since August 24, 2021. These flights included overnight flights from Atlanta to Europe or South America. Others were Ryanair flights in Europe at a discount of $15. And a few were Spirit Airlines flights from and to Vegas. I flew on average once…
Some careers are well-defined and have a clear path to success. If you want to make partner at a prestigious law firm, for example, you need to crush the LSAT, attend law school at Yale/Harvard/Georgetown/something similar, clerk with a top firm one summer, secure an offer, spend a couple of years doing grunt work, then climb…
Today, I’m writing about our student debt problem. Before diving in, a little context is needed. I am a student of business at Columbia University and have student loans. My classmates are all student loan borrowers. Many of my former classmates at Mercer University are in debt. Since many of my friends and I…
Inc Authority Let me type the most hypocritical sentence of my life. It is bad advice to tell people to turn their passion into a career, especially if they are talented enough to do so. Yes, I say this as someone who 1) loves to write and 2) makes a living by, you guessed, writing….
When I was young, I played a lot of video games. Call of Duty was one of them. I also played Skyrim, Super Smash Bros and Halo. When I was between 10 and 11 years old, one particular game stood out: Pokémon. Pokemon’s core gameplay revolves around the battles of creatures ( they are called “Pokemon”) that have different types…
While reflecting on my 8 month trip abroad over the past year, I decided a couple of weeks back to read Rolf Potts Vagabonding. The opening of Chapter Two is a very sobering passage. “There is a story from the Desert Fathers tradition, an order Christian monks that lived in the deserts of Egypt around seventeen…
