4 questions you should answer to start with your emergency fund — Over 40 years ago, Warren Buffet found a letter addressed to his aunt when he opened her safe deposit box. The letter was from Warren’s grandfather, Ernest Buffet. Along with the letter, there was $1,000 in the safe. Ernest wrote in that letter to her daughter- “You might feel that…

Let the Godfather, Gandalf, Wolf of Wall Street, Chris Gardner (Pursuit of Happyness), and Rocky motivate you. — Great quotes have many purposes — two of them are to motivate us when we are down and give us direction when we are confused. Movies are often a source of memorable quotes as those are written by highly qualified authors. Let’s have a look at five quotes by famous…

Mark Zuckerberg’s morning ritual is harmful to your brain. Find out what you should do instead. — A COO of a shirt manufacturing firm was in London with his family. He was on a well-deserved vacation after months of hard work. And his purpose was to disconnect fully from work during that trip. Except for one instance. His firm used to manufacture shirts for one reputed brand…

What is a sinking fund — And how does it remove uncertainty from your monthly budget? — A colleague I had, early in my career, had a curious practice. Whenever he’d buy something expensive, he’d say to himself that he was taking a loan from his future self to cover the purchase. And then he’d write that down in his notepad. While some of his co-workers used…

And three books from the maestro every marketer must read. — Seth Godin is one of the finest minds in the world of marketing. And luckily for marketers, he has shared his thoughts through books, videos, and other content. His best-selling books stand out among his content. …

It’s not about how much you earn, but what you do with that. — At the end of 2019, like many others, Krys was carrying a debt of almost $20,000. And that number just kept on growing. But there was a difference. For Krys, the pain was becoming unbearable. And that pain forced her to create a personal budget with 8 goals in mind…

While they may seem like simple gestures, people will be more comfortable around you thanks to them. — In the TV series Friends, there was an episode where the friends were divided into two groups — the rich group and the poorer one. The richer group — consisting of Monica, Ross, and Chandler — would love to go to expensive places. …

Stress creates at least 19 complications — just in the short term. Handle stress before it starts leaving long-term marks. — Back in ~1000 A.D., famous scholar Ibn Sina once conducted a psychological experiment. In two separate cages, he put two identical lambs. And then he placed a wolf in another cage beside one of those two cages. Only one of the lambs could see the wolf. The other had no…

Bill Gates’ quote on customer experience is the secret to sustainable success. — I took a service from an online household services aggregator a few months ago. They’d connect me with a handyman who’d take care of the repair job. The order booking was pretty convenient. However, it started getting complicated after that. The service was poor at best. When I raised a…