The teacher asked the class, “If nine sheep are in the pen and one jumps out, how many are left?

Customer deposit $100 at the bank at a 1% savings rate, and the bank lends $100 to US federal reserve treasury for 1 year at a 4% coupon rate (interest rate) payable at the end. At the end of 1 year, the fed will return $104. Bank earns a net interest margin of $3.

Let’s not forget, writing is a technology invented by humans to transmit knowledge longitudinally across time dimensions to future generations. No other animal species does that, it is our competitive advantage.

Charlie Munger is 99 years old and Warren Buffet is 92 years old, combined net worth is $110 Billion. Charlie is particularly savage and does not suffer fools, especially with high egos, lofty titles, and zero self-awareness who think they are the greatest gift to humanity.

What makes you tick individually as a human being? What gets out of bed in the morning? Can you get paid for it?

Humans have been searching for wealth, health, and most importantly the meaning of existence since the beginning of time.

Success: All of us chase success in education, career, and life. But what is success? Is it achieving a milestone in education, the corporate ladder, or life? Who defines the milestone? Or is it the reward that follows after the milestone?

Imagine that your task is to teach a monkey to sing while standing on to- be constructed pedestal in the village square. Two tasks are competing for your money, time, and attention: training the monkey and building the pedestal.

“Cash is King” – When the king disappears, the financial markets will cease to function causing asset prices to collapse.

A great Zen Buddhist master, who was in charge of the Mayu Kagi monastery, had a cat which was his true passion in life. So, during meditation classes, he kept the cat by his side – in order to make the most of his company.

The most valuable piece of real estate in the entire universe is in between your ears – your mind. Mastering your mind is a prerequisite for success and happiness.

Ram was hiking through a timber estate with a large herd of working elephants.  Ram was impressed with the tallest and most mighty elephant transporting a massive tree trunk.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

“There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don't know, and those who don't know they don't know.” – J.K Galbraith.

Akbar the emperor, liked to challenge his ministers with puzzles and riddles. Birbal, his most intelligent and wittiest minister almost always cracked the puzzles with clever thinking.

Iger’s first boss at ABC declared “you’re not promotable, and I’m giving you two weeks to find another job”. Iger walked down to the notice board with the job posting and found another role with ABC sports. Rest is history.

It all starts with easy credit, the market gets flooded with free money nearly 0% interest rate.  Since 2009, the Fed funds rate has been the lowest in the past 50 years.

That was in 1999 during the final semester of engineering exams, I was diving deep into concepts when my wise college mate infused reality into my thinking.

Everyone knows Bruce Lee as Mixed Martial Arts Hollywood Superstar, he was also a deep thinker and philosopher.

United States is the world’s largest economy with GDP of 23 trillion USD and USD is the global reserve currency.