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Sep 3, 2021 26 tweets 17 min read Read on X
1/25

Some books within minutes , force you to ditch the e-version of kindle & buy the hard copy instead !🙂

The Joys of Compounding is one such 💎
Content ( Curation + Creation ) at its finest !

Compressed JUST A FEW takeaways in this 🧵

#BookTwitter
#BookRecommendation
2/25
Invest in yourself. Read.
Self educate. Think in isolation !

Everything in life can teach you when you possess the right mindset.
Read across a wide spectrum,for the scenes change but the behaviours & outcomes don't.

How to go about #READING & #THINKING effectively.
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3/25

First Principles Thinking requires us to delve deeper & question everything until one is left with the fundamental truth in essence.

Deconstruct to effectively
Reconstruct ! ( Both in times of Greed & Gloom )

How to apply it to the field of #ValueInvesting
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4/25
Know the difference between Being Rich & Staying Rich.

Quite a few become rich , FEW maintain it - For it requires humility , gratitude & a constant learning mindset.

Think probabilistically.
Consume content wisely.
Apply #LindyEffect to learning.

Some pointers
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5/25
Some #TimelessWisdom

Don't sulk on missing out on trophies or fame.
Enjoy life's tiny delights .There are plenty for all of us !

For one day when we look back we shall realise that it was the little things that mattered the most ! 🙂
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6/25
My fav !!

This one is on #Simplicity & Occam's Razor concept.

▫️Remember Warren Buffett's Golden Rule for successful Investing.

Rule 1- Never lose Money.
Rule 2- Never forget Rule 1.

▫️As Munger says ,
"Take a simple idea & take it seriously."

Some v.imp pointers
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7/25
Achieving Financial Independence opens up a plethora of choices.

The ABILITY to choose the way to spend one's TIME being THE most important one.

How to go about achieving #FI ?
It's simple ( but not easy ) & straight forward since time immemorial 🤷🏻‍♀️

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8/25
Moving onto Living Life😇

Inner scorecard > Outer

Something endorsed by Warren Buffett also.

Let your life be guided by internal principles, not external validation.
Strive to be the best version of YOURSELF ! In living a fulfilling life.

Applies to Fund Managers also!
9/25
Short Term Pain for Long Term Gain.

Organic revenue growth is the most important driver of shareholder returns for companies with high returns on capital.
But most managers aren't willing to suffer for S.T, consequentially hurting their chances of L.T success.

Details👇
10/25
Look for CEO's who :

▫️Are good Capital Allocators + Discuss it rationally + Walk the talk + Are consistent .

▫️Focus on recurring Cash Flows

▫️Publish meaningful Financial + Operating goals + Clean B/S

▫️Are candid in communication with shareholders + Simplistic
11/25
#Checklists remind us that we aren't infallible & must exercise caution.
Follow process of elimination & stick to checklist.
Helps immensely in Due Diligence.

The book shares some excellent checklists including Munger's psychological one. ( Read the book to know more ! 😀)
12/25
( Something I can vouch for !!)

#Journal to remain true to yourself & avoid hindsight bias.

*Track all important decisions
*Write down your thesis & anti thesis
*When in doubt , read it to avoid being wavered
*Write,make better decisions,be happier ! True for Life also!
13/25
Charlie Munger on Skin in the Game.

An example of a really responsible system is the system Romans used when they built an arch.
The guy who created the arch stood under it as the scaffolding was removed.
It's like packing your own parachute.

Some pointers & examples
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14/25

As investors we don't need perfection.Being fairly right with a good MOS suffices.
Focus on finding MOS & not why estimates were missed in a quarter.

Refrain from overuse of Excel spreadsheets. Not everything can be quantified correctly !
Nuanced judgement is needed.
15/25
Determining the Intrinsic Value is an art.

It is the sum of cash flows expected to be received from that asset, over the remaining useful life, discounted for the Time Value of money & uncertainty involved.

THIS ENTIRE CHAPTER IS A GOLDMINE.
Read it to appreciate it !
16/25
MOS matters.
When you pay a lot entry price, you don't need too many good things to happen to get good returns.Even bad news impact is restricted.

As Buffett states,
Rule no 1 : NEVER LOSE MONEY
Rule no 2 : NEVER FORGET RULE 1

Each line in this chapter is 👌
17/25
If a particular stock displays a price volume B/O to 52 week/multiyear/ATH with LARGE volumes, start reading about it.

Time frame is important.

Find out why someone is willing to pay a high price for it now ?
What has changed in its fundamentals ?

Much more in the 📗
18/25
What is competitive advantage?

It's a company's ability to generate excess returns ( ROIC - Cost of Cap) - this done continually enables Competitive Advantage Period.

Great businesses produce high returns on incremental invested capital + have pricing power.
Find them!
19/25
Temperament matters !

Your lifetime track record as an investor will be determined primarily by HOW you conduct yourself during occasional periods of extreme market behaviour .

Be fearful when others are greedy.
Be greedy when others are fearful.
( Rings any bells ? 😬 )
20/25
Don't aim for exceptional returns. They won't last long!

Rather settle for Consistent Returns over a long time.

A Bull Market hides many mistakes which become visible in a Bear Market.
Develop a sound philosophy & stick to it.
21/25

To Finish First , You Must First Finish !

* Keep separate Emergency Funds
* Say NO to Leverage
* Have TIME as your friend.
* Accept being wrong
* Discipline > Smartness ( in LT)
* Diversify wisely in unrelated sectors
* Embrace Volatility
* Quality only
22/25
We have two classes of forecasters .
Those who don't know & those who don't know that they don't know .

They shall fill your EARS , NEVER your POCKETS.

Stop wanting to make sense of everything & TIMING markets.
Focus on what can be controlled.
23/25
Embrace change ! Don't be rigid.

Flexible thinking is of paramount importance in today's disruptive times.
It helps in accepting a thesis hasn't played out .
As investors we shall be wrong many a number of times .
Listen to opposing viewpoints to Learn something new !
24/25
We remember the explicit cost. But it's the Opportunity Cost that matters!
Don't be penny wise,pound foolish.
Mistakes of Commission are capped to 100% but Mistakes of Omission have no ceiling !

Opp cost + Circle of Competence would in conjunction.
25/25
Lastly, LUCK plays a major role.

It's often hidden because outstanding success is spotlighted, whilst failures are all around but unseen.

Stay humble always , for there is no self made man !
Keep learning & truly enjoy the Joys of Compounding in all aspects of life!
I would like to thank you @Gautam__Baid from the bottom of my heart for this beauty.

It's treasure worthy & I truly enjoyed even the APPENDIX !!

Rarely have I come across such great Content Curation & Creation in such a simplistic manner.

विद्याधनं सर्व धनं प्रधानम् । 😇🙏

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🔸Making Gratitude an Attitude

Comparison is the theft of joy.
Each day begins & ends with gratitude.

Now I no longer envy others.

I am content. I feel blessed for whatever I have & work hard & live life each day to the best of my ability.

That's all !
3/10
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#BookRecommendation
#BookSummary
#Investing

A book that must be read by all direct equity investors but will be appreciated & understood by a few, that too only after witnessing an entire cycle play out in markets.

Few of my takeaways from this 💎 by Howard Marks.

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2/30

To consistently beat the market,
You either need a ton of luck or superior insight & awareness of psychology.

Because investing is at least as much of an art as it is a science, it is essential that one's investment approach be intuitive & adaptive always.
3/30

All investors can't beat the market, since collectively, they are the market.

Stellar returns majorly come from correct non consensus forecasts.

Here Second Level Thinking matters immensely.
And the number of people capable of it is tiny.

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1/10

We 80's kids are truly blessed.
Life was simple then !

We used to play until we were screamed at to return home.

We enjoyed our childhood without mobile phones & WIFI by playing a wide variety of games which improved our hand eye coordination,stamina & focus.

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2/10

Weekends used to consist of watching episodes of Mahabharata , Ramayana,Mogli ,He Man and the likes.

We danced clumsily to the 90's Indi Pop songs & thought WWF was real.

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3/10

Small things like a top , marbles , a rubber ball , or even a piece of cake with some frosting ( there was no concept of black forest cake ) used to make us insanely happy.

We valued each & every possession of ours.
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1/18
#BookRecommendation #BookTwitter
#DecisionMaking

How To Decide by Annie Duke.

A brilliant no frills book that offers a framework for thinking about how to improve your decision making , along with a set of tools that help execute it.

A few of my takeaways from this gem !
2/18
There are only 2 things that determine HOW your life turns out : LUCK & QUALITY OF DECISION MAKING.

We have some control over only one of those two things.

When you make better quality decisions, you increase the chances of good things happening to you.
3/18
Our objective is to choose an option that gains most ground in achieving our goals.
Sometimes which entails the least risk.

Thereby we examine the quality of the beliefs informing the decision,the available options & try to envisage the future based on our choices.
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1/5

Do you know why most of us are majorly unhappy with our lives ?

Why do we constantly feel anxious or secretly envy others' life ?

Why do we feel unhappy despite having quite a few things going for us?

The answer is actually simple.... 🙂

#LifeLessons
#WritingCommnunity
2/5

It's because we humans constantly COMPARE ourselves to others.

Comparison gives birth majorly to all our emotions, especially the negative ones.

So why do we compare our lives with those of others' we (think) we know of?

Why do we benchmark our happiness to theirs' ?
3/5
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What purpose does it truly serve ?
Isn't everything in life fleeting ?
Be it fame , beauty , money , laurels ....

So does it really matter ?
And if so, then how much ?

And at the cost of what ?
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1/8

#BookRecommendations

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Do share if helpful !🙂

🔸 The only self help book I recommend.
Made these notes post my 3rd reading & implementation of the book.

Atomic Habits : bit.ly/36uCKpD
2/8
🔸The secret to a productive, happy & healthy life.
Wisdom in simple words !

Ikigai : bit.ly/3qgM5c2

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A Book Of Simple Living :
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3/8
🔸Social Media makes us crave for validation. How one can stay true to themselves despite it.

The Courage to be Disliked :
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