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Started reading "Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relationship between India and Pakistan".
On 7 August 2019, High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria was expelled from Islamabad, the first time an Indian head of mission had been asked to leave by Pakistan. This book is his account of how the past 75 years have been for the two countries and what has led us to the current state that we are in.
The writing is solid, the details are fascinating and the storytelling is gripping. Highly recommend if you love history, politics, and real-life stories.
My 3rd book, Make Epic Money, has sold 1,20,000+ copies in India with a 4.4+ rating. You can buy it in Hindi, English, Marathi, Audio, and Kindle here.
The book has also been converted into a video course (in Hindi and English) - that you can read about here.
Here is an alphabetical list of all books I have shared in this newsletter so far.
If you could get only ONE thing in your job, in the next 12 months, which one would you pick?
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Results of last week's question
This is what fascinates me. 2 weeks back, I asked how many people actively follow the budget and more than half said they don't. Last week, more than half felt that the budget wasn't good. Which, in my opinion, is largely the sentiment in the country and has been fueled by media/press - especially around the middle class. Taxes remained unchanged, and capital gains tax was increased which frankly, a lot of people are not even impacted by because they haven't started investing at the scale where the increase in taxes is material. The real estate removal of indexation is, in my opinion, not so significant because real estate capital gain taxes can be used to buy another property and save 100% on tax!
Sentiment is a thing. So fascinating!
My response
I liked the budget for its intended focus on increasing investments and jobs. Hoping it brings in results.
Met Snehesh (left), Ravi (right) and their spouses (Mayuri, left and Sumona, right) last week for a lovely breakfast. Ravi and Snehesh are cofounders of nearbuy - Snehesh is with Google today and Ravi still at Paytm.
Was at JECRC Jaipur for their convocation - what a gathering. 7,000+ students under one roof. Insane energy!
In Dubai this week, and Taj hospitality never fails to impress. This is what awaited me when I entered my room :))
Own the outcome, not the output.
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Our minds are meant for thinking, not remembering!
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OpenAI, founders of ChatGPT, commissioned a 3-year study on Universal Basic Income and its effects.
Basically, what would happen if people were simply paid an amount every month, for no work at all?
I am assuming OpenAI wanted to check what would happen to the world if AI took away most jobs.
The results were quite shocking.
1,100 households were given $12,000/year (for free or no work), for 3 years. Their current annual incomes were less than $40,000 per year.
Result 1: Their incomes dropped from what it was
Result 2: Unemployment increased
Result 3: There was no increase in education or training
Result 4: Free time increased and almost all of it was diverted to leisure/entertainment
For me, this means that human life is intrinsically attached to some form of dignity that comes through work. We remove that; we remove a core foundation.
How do you read this?
Here is the link to the entire study, if you are interested.
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