Following is a reply from my brother Aman Gupta (a student in New Delhi), to an email one of their professors sent out referencing a comment from the “The Economist”. Makes for pretty interesting reading…I agree with my brother’s opinion to most extent. There are certain nuances which I will cover in another post.
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Should academicians and scientists do finance ? A reply
Posted in Society, education, finance, tagged finance on October 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Antoine de Saint Exupery’s depth of human understanding
Posted in Psychology, Society on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Antoine de Saint Exupery was some guy. I still haven’t read his very famous book “The Little Prince” (its claimed to be the 3rd most selling book in the world, after The Bible and Gone With the Wind) , but it’s on my list now after being highly recommended by my cousin Akash.
He was an [...]
Being a people pleaser vs based on values
Posted in Psychology, Society on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My curiosity and great interest in applied behavioral psychology often leads me to think about our social ways, our efforts to be happy at work, socially and in life in general.
We want to find acceptance amongst our friends and peers. And I’ve seen this can lead to a “people pleasing” component in one’s behavior where [...]
Nice guys don’t finish second
Posted in Society on July 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting story about penalized but eventually promoted for being honest here. Link
It’s pretty slick I would say – I would love to make him a great symbol and find more ways to give him visibility, just to serve as an example for the society.
Some nice excerpts:
* Mukesh asserts that there was nothing extradordinary in being [...]
