Stories, Life & Money

Stories, Life & Money

My Personal experiences and practical Life lessons and lessons on Finance.

Episodes

  1. 22h ago ·  Video

    Play Chess!

    Over 100,000 books have been written on chess, more than any other sport. That number alone says something about the depth of the game before you've touched a piece. I dig into why chess qualifies as a sport, what makes it genuinely demanding at elite level, and why the 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky became one of the most gripping Cold War showdowns ever staged on 64 squares. The debate over what chess actually teaches you is worth taking seriously. Concentration, patience, planning, staying calm under pressure: these are real demands the game makes, within the game. Whether those skills transfer to everyday life is a separate question, and I'm skeptical of some of the bigger claims made on chess's behalf. What's harder to argue with is the approach countries like Armenia have taken, making chess compulsory for every child between ages 7 and 9, alongside maths and science, because they believe it builds character, discipline, and the ability to take responsibility for your own decisions. If you want to introduce chess to your children, I'd recommend it, not because it will turn them into geniuses, but because it gives them a natural space for thinking, patience, and imagination. For the Fischer vs. Spassky drama, watch "Pawn Sacrifice" starring Tobey Maguire. For a more recent entry point, "The Queen's Gambit" on Netflix sparked a genuine chess revival and made the game look cool to a whole new generation. Published on Subwave https://subwave.app/@sto5527/post/play-chess

    6 min
  2. 6d ago ·  Video

    The World Has No Leader

    Every company has a CEO. Every country has a head of state. But the planet, home to 8 billion people, has no one. Over 2 billion people still lack basic sanitation, clean water, and food security, and a health crisis in one country becomes a catastrophe everywhere else. The one institution that could coordinate a global response, the United Nations, is structurally prevented from doing so by the very powerful nations that fund it. Antonio Guterres holds the title of Secretary-General, but real authority is another matter entirely. Any resolution that would give him meaningful power gets politely shelved. The reason is simple and stubborn: genuine global leadership requires powerful nations to surrender a small slice of their control, and they won't. Not because the problems aren't urgent enough, but because that calculation never changes regardless of urgency. What genuine cooperation could produce is not speculative. Health, education, poverty, and space exploration tackled collectively rather than duplicated across 195 competing national agendas. A mission to Mars run as a mission for humanity rather than a race for bragging rights. The obstacle is not technical or logistical. It is a choice, and the gap between what we have and what we could have is on display every time a global crisis outpaces the fragmented institutions trying to respond to it. Published on Subwave https://subwave.app/@sto5527/post/the-world-has-no-leader

    3 min
  3. May 30 ·  Video

    Sadhguru’s Teaman

    We are remarkably good at running other people's lives. We know exactly what the Prime Minister should do, how the Finance Minister is mismanaging the economy, and which adjustments Virat Kohli needs to make to his batting stance. Sadhguru captures this habit through a sharp, everyday image: the Indian tea stall, where the man behind the counter will confidently diagnose everything wrong with the government and the national cricket squad, while failing to make a decent cup of tea. The underlying problem is structural. When we spend our attention on commentary and criticism, we neglect the one domain where our effort actually produces results: our own work. A healthy society, a strong economy, and even a successful family business all begin with personal excellence. If each person did their job with sincerity and genuine care, the collective outcome shifts as a natural consequence, no grand intervention required. Neglecting that and redirecting energy toward judging others is what Sadhguru calls a feudal mindset: expecting someone else to fix the problems while you stand on the sidelines and point fingers. Three questions cut through this pattern before any criticism gets directed outward: Am I doing my job well? Am I improving myself? Am I contributing something through my own actions? Evaluating a Prime Minister's decisions costs nothing and risks nothing. Evaluating your own performance is harder, and the answers carry consequences. Mastery of your own craft is the only leverage point you actually control. Published on Subwave https://subwave.app/@sto5527/post/sadhgurus-teaman

    3 min

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My Personal experiences and practical Life lessons and lessons on Finance.