A couple of announcements before I begin today’s post –
1. Online Value Investing Workshop: Admission is now open for the June 2024 cohort of my online Value Investing workshop, which has already been taken by 1500+ students since I launched it two years ago. Here is what you get when you sign up for this workshop –
- 30+ hours of pre-recorded lectures and Q&A videos
- 60+ questions answered in the Q&A
- Live Q&A session of 3 hours on Saturday, 15th June 2024 (7 PM IST Onwards)
- One-year unrestricted access to the entire content
- 7 readymade screens to filter high quality stocks
- Stock analysis spreadsheet (otherwise priced at ₹1999)
I am accepting 100 students for this cohort, and now have just 40 seats remaining. Click here to read the details of the workshop and sign up.
2. The Sketchbook of Wisdom: Special Discount until 15th June 2024: Buy your copy of the book Morgan Housel calls “a masterpiece.” It contains 50 timeless ideas – from Lord Krishna to Charlie Munger, Socrates to Warren Buffett, and Steve Jobs to Naval Ravikant – as they apply to our lives today. Click here to buy now at a special discount (available only till 15th June 2024).
Nobody Knows
I was an average student till the ninth grade. Just slightly above average to be precise. That is what my marks consistently showed. My parents did not expect much from me.
Tenth was when things changed. Through little bit of hard work, and great luck, I ranked among the top five in my class. My teachers were surprised. My parents did not believe my report card at first. But when the emotions settled, they said they were proud of my achievement. At least, that is what I heard.
After all, on a normal distribution curve, I had moved from ranking within one standard deviation of normal (lowly among top 50% of students) to within two standard deviations (among the top 16%).
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