It has two main themes. The first theme is that lucky people follow a zig zag path in life. The second theme is that heavy ideologies must be avoided because they box you in and don’t allow you to zig zag. And therefore, in a world of ideas, we must be nomads, not settlers.
In this blog, I connect the Parable of the Lost Sheep from the Bible to investing in turnarounds. Just as there is extra happiness in finding the lost sheep, there is extra rewards for a turnaround that is successful.
Charlie Munger’s favorite idea was inversion. In fact, he even gave a speech titled: Prescriptions for a miserable life. In the same vein of inversion, I have tried to prescribe how one can remain unlucky.
I came across on the importance of experimenting in Bezos’ letters to shareholders. I presented a simple idea on how to use this idea in your own portfolio and with luck to get outsized returns.
This blog is about serendipity and why it is important to our endeavors.
Interest upon Interest 