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Competitive Advantages
I’ve been thinking about counterintuitive traits that are not so obvious competitive advantages and why. This is an attempt to list some of them, make sense of it, and reach out to others to find and compile a MECE list such traits. Willingness to be taken advantage of – This is spectrum ranging from working…
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On Operations – Business and Life
Operations Operations management is the set of actions that enable designing and controlling the process of production of an output – usually a good or service that has value for others. If one’s enterprise is a business, the output is the product – durable, consumable, or service the business produces. The price the customer pays is the proxy for the value she derives from the output.…
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Codex Vitae 2017
2017 has been a challenging and rewarding year. This Codex Vitae is my attempt to articulate, catalog, and educe what I’ve learnt. As part of the Codex Vitae, I will list Important things I learnt Beliefs and learning that strengthened Things that I changed my mind about Books, resources, and people who had an impact Habits I…
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The Marginal Cost Mistake
The Marginal Cost Mistake is a concept articulated in How will you measure your life by Dr. Clayton Christensen. A very simple yet powerful construct, it states that it is easier to adhere to / live up to something 100% of the time than it is to do it say 96% of the time or 90% of…
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The Power of Humdrum
I’ve been making Cottage Cheese (Paneer) at home everyday the last few days. Started doing it after I discovered on the net that it is one of the best sources of protein. The thing about making Paneer is that it can be made using various methods, by adding different things to milk, at different temperatures,…