Author: paritoshgupta

I’ve been fortunate to hold leadership positions from early on in my career. I’ve also had multiple self-imposed career breaks. These transitions are very interesting to me. One day, you have stature and people wanting your attention. The next day, you’re nobody. I’ve always fought this in the past, even though I’ve been the instigator… Continue reading Somebody to Nobody

When I started meditating, the first 25 minutes of my meditation were useless. Absolute waste. I was unable to concentrate on my breath no matter how much I tried. Thoughts just did not go away. On good days, I was able to achieve periods of concentration only after those 25 mins. On bad days, the… Continue reading Get Through the Clutter

1. I took acting classes recently that made me realise something – we’re default different. Throughout the class, our instructor would give us lines and scenes to act out. I was amazed to see how people delivered lines that meant only one thing, to me, with completely different setups, meanings and emotions. None of the performances were… Continue reading Default Different

I learnt portfolio theory during my MBA. If you have a set of risky but uncorrelated assets, the random movements in them negate each other somewhat and so overall risk on the portfolio is reduced significantly and the chances of a very large down or up move in the overall portfolio is lowered. I got… Continue reading Think of the Portfolio

I’ve been very intellectually curious right from when I was a kid (or maybe all kids are?). I loved reading books like “Tell Me Why” and understanding how things work. I was the classic case of the kid who dismantled a pocket radio to see what was inside it. This tendency has continued into my… Continue reading Extending Curiosity