Chinese Bamboo
For the first three years, Chinese Bamboo doesn’t grow much. And then suddenly it grows nearly two feet a day. Chinese Bamboo is also a metaphor for no growth for long periods of time followed by a burst of extreme growth.
Category: Mental Models
Toll Bridges
This blog is about how Toll Bridges print money for their owners.
Force Multipliers
Levers are an example of a force multipliers.
Game theory
Game theory allows us to understand how people act in situations where they are interconnected.
Russian Roulette
Russian Roulette is a metaphor for gambling foolishly. The Credit Rating Agencies were playing Russian Roulette by not awarding to IL&FS.
Privatized benefits, socialized costs.
A made in India credit crisis is taking place.
Short feedback loops
Short feedback loops are powerful. They tell us what we did right and reward us for it and vice-versa, they tell us what we did wrong and punish us for it. Therefore by rewarding or punishing our behavior, short feedback loops alter our behavior.
Warren Buffett and the Rich Guy
An imaginary conversation between a Rich Guy and Warren Buffett.
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Backing Dravid
Looking for companies that can bounce back like Rahul Dravid did many times.
Monkey business
Assets produce cash. Liabilities consume cash. This simple way can be used to avoid bad investment decisions.
Interest upon Interest 