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Baby steps
Baby steps It’s all about baby steps I still remember these words from my grade 8-9 basketball coach 1% better every day Whether that be personal life, academics, career, health, or basketball 1% better every day Don’t worry about being a millionaire overnight Celebrities aren’t made by one movie (they usually did several crappy movies Continue reading
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why studying abroad is so great
I have studied abroad in Singapore (4 months), Shanghai (6 weeks), Hong Kong now (7 weeks), and will be in England next year for 6 months. I am technically studying abroad by attending university in Philadelphia as well, but let’s count that out due to a technicality There are numerous reasons why studying abroad has Continue reading
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Money
Modern money has no intrinsic value and I think that makes it the most fascinating case study ever The USD is the global reserve currency and 60% of world transactions are dealt in USD That’s crazy The USD is backed by US. But if the country’s economy fails, like Venezuela, Ecuador, or Zimbabwe, then the Continue reading
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Self-judgment
I truly believe that judgment of others is oftentimes just a self-projected judgment. That is, when you judge others, you actually learn more about your internal self rather than the person you are attempting to judge. She’s ugly He’s so fat The way he walks is weird When you project these feelings onto other people, Continue reading
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finite desires
The first thing we learn in any introductory economics class is the definition of economics, which is widely accepted to be how we, as rational humans, with infinite desires, should act in a world with finitely scarce resources. There are two important notes here: Humans are rational We have infinite desires Both of these concepts, when looked at Continue reading
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Philosophy makes you more sad
One of the most popular maxims in the world of philosophy, granted to us by good old Socrates, is that “the unexamined life is not worth living” Surely, the unexamined life is less interesting. But does it make a person sadder? To be a true philosopher, you must contemplate life and approach your transcendence. Simone de Continue reading
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Gratitude Day
I like to make my Sundays a gratitude day. Have no daunting commitments, and just spend the day with a sense of appreciation for what I have. Today I wanted to say a thank you to my readers of this blog, particularly to my readers from India. I’ve had a huge surge of readers from Continue reading
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am I the idiot?
I’ve recently been wondering how I can battle the question of telling someone they are wrong. This is very pretentious, but here I go: As an economist, I’ve learned a lot about how the world works, both in the social human behavioral aspect (behavioral economics) and also in the way the world works in terms Continue reading
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