Sanjay Bakshi on Teaching, Spirituality, and Dealing with Uncertainties in Life and Investing

In this episode, I talk to Prof. Sanjay Bakshi, Managing Partner at ValueQuest Capital and one of India’s best-recognized finance professors. Among other things, we talk about the idea of being a teacher, spirituality, and dealing with uncertainties in life and investing.

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0:00 Introduction
3:41 Best book read recently
6:57 Traps if growing up
8:37 Pitfalls of chasing money
9:48 Looking at time from the Opportunity Cost mental model
12:11 Spirituality and investing
18:17 Morning routine
20:40 Creating and dealing with uncertainties in life
22:30 Big decisions may involve burning bridges
24:14 Idea of being a teacher
28:39 Evolution as an investor between 2014 and 2021
39:23 Lessons from Covid in investing and decision making
46:03 Developing antifragility in life
52:00 Developing an exponential growth mindset
1:00:46 Other side of exponential growth
1:01:45 Rules and systems for minimizing behavioral mistakes
1:11:27 View on cryptocurrencies
1:16:00 Disagreeing with some common investing ideas
1:23:08 Idea of financial independence
1:31:45 Thoughts on Herb Simon’s idea of ‘satisficing’
1:35:30 Advice to students on self-education
1:39:44 Most powerful habit that has changed life
1:43:33 Best books and resources on living a good life
1:45:55 Evolution on the personal health front

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