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Don’t put all your…

In finance, diversification means reducing the risk of a portfolio and maximizing its performance by investing in a variety of assets. Just as in finance, diversification is important in all other aspect of business like the types of products a company offers, its employees and geographic presence. What’s more interesting to me is that diversification …

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1984

I recently read the book 1984 by George Orwell about a hypothetical society where the government constantly monitors and controls people’s thoughts and actions. The term “big brother” was coined in this book. One prominent theme in the book is the concept of doublethink that refers to a person’s ability to hold two contradictory beliefs …

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Born to win

Everywhere I look, people are busy trying to prove themselves better than someone else. We are taught from a very early age to be competitive and measure our success by how well we compare to others. Part of it is human nature but part of it is all the institutions in our society that teach …

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Shhhhh….

“I believe that it’s important to try everything in life.” Every time I say this, people are quick to respond with “well not everything” to which I say “almost everything”. Of course, we should not be doing things that might put us in extreme danger like attempting suicide. At the same time, most things we …

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