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The Ultimate Return on Investment

  The Ultimate Return on Investment The positive thing about growing older is that we also grow in experiences – experience about life, wealth and building our own version of freedom in our minds. A late realisation Life has a way of teaching us that money is far more emotional than mathematical. As we grow older, we realise that financial success isn’t only about earning more—it’s about understanding ourselves better. Our habits, our impulses, our ability to delay gratification… these shape our financial outcomes much more than our income ever will. Money quietly mirrors the way we think and live. Time – The most powerful currency One of the biggest lessons is recognising the power of time. Whether it’s relationships, health, or investments, the earlier we start nurturing something, the better the results. Compounding doesn’t just work on money; it works on discipline, mindset, skills, and trust. Small steps taken consistently often beat big but irregular efforts. In m...

Matha Pitha Guru Failures

Matha Pitha Guru Failures Friends, lets began with a question: How many sides does a coin have? We will find the answer in the course of this discussion. We all wish for a perfect life from childhood till our end life. And… that never happens. When we try to figure out reasons, we observe that our life had its fair share of many small mistakes and few big failures. This blog discusses the pain and gain from failures.  My experiment with bleaching powder When I was in my 10th grade, we had practical exams for science papers and that required preparing a record note which captured exercises from the practicals. This incident happened before the submission for Zoology exam. When I was doing my last practical, I made multiple mistakes while writing in the record note. My friend came up with a brilliant idea of rubbing bleaching powder on the part to be revised, and next morning I can write on top of it as by then it would have whitened. I took the advice. The morning was a shocker – th...