Looking Past the numbers

It is like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all that heavenly glory. Most of the time, we look very closely and deeply into the financial numbers of companies to understand them. Their growth, their margins, the segments breakdowns, their foundations and their capital allocations. […]

S(t)ocks

Have you ever wondered, when you are amidst a festive crowd like this, “what socks are these people wearing?” i know. i know. We are quite “different”. No, we are not looking at “Socks” companies, nor were we looking at “Travel Adapters” companies when we posted about Old Gold here. i was making a point. […]

Extension

To master a blade is for the blade to become part of oneself. Not a mere physical extension of one’s arm, increasing its range and therefore deadliness but an extension of the mind where the blade moves before you think and you ponder if you are controlling the blade or is the blade guiding you. […]

Overdo First

Mastering a skill takes a significant amount of time. Your force, structure, angle, sensitivity all takes countless practice before you are able to fully control and understand your opponent. And one of the ways to start practicing and get your level of understanding up is to overdo your techniques first. This way, you can quickly […]

Giving Up

Giving up something that had brought you thus far is often painful and an unthinkable thing to do. But sometimes, it might be the right thing to do to move forward… And those who cannot take on this pain will be left behind, threading water With the recent tremendous growth in fan base, the spectacular […]