The craft of Investing and Living Life in a Multidisciplinary way.
Welcome to Neel’s Newsletter by me, Neel Chhabra. I am on a quest to understand reality, the knowledge of causes.
I’ve been acquiring partial ownership stakes in wonderful businesses run by brilliant management since I was 16.
Being insatiably curious, formal education never intellectually stimulate me. Inspired by the apocryphal Twain: “I have never let schooling interfere with my education.” I curated my own curriculum. I devoured Warren Buffet shareholder letters and coming across the wise and witty grandfather I never had — Charlie Munger, I began my pursuit of worldly wisdom. I traversed across disciplines to find those big ideas I could implement to design my life. Thus, I set myself up on a path of lifelong learning; developing multi-disciplinary thinking.
“If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the Shoulders of Giants,” wrote Isaac Newton. Taking inspiration from this quote, I read about every great investor and business builder I could lay my hands on. Having played cricket and pursue it professionally since I was 7 until the age of 16, I realized the importance of watching game tapes and reading biographies is no different. I made friends with both alive and eminent dead.
I learned investing by having skin in the game; exposing myself to both the downside and upside. It is by having skin in the game I learned about not just risk mitigating but risk-taking. Looking for asymmetrical bets; exploiting the gap between perception and reality.
I want to make randomness and optionality defining forces of my life and capitalize on them to generate superior outcomes. It was following up on this idea that I started writing — “Neel’s Newsletter”. I see each post as a free call option to attract and develop meaningful (win-win) and lifelong relationships. It did work exactly like that, and I am lucky to have come across brilliant people by putting myself out there.
Apart from working out my mind, I am a fitness enthusiast and indulge myself in combat sports.
I write mainly at the intersection of investing, philosophy, and psychology.
This newsletter is also a way for me to share what I’ve been learning over the last week. It’s a collection of my writing and curated links to interesting content around the web. If you’re into investing and want to live life in a multidisciplinary way, you will like my newsletter.
I’d love to hear from you! Please send me a DM on Twitter at @NeelChhabra or email me at neel.chhabr@gmail.com. If you’re in Delhi, I would love to chat in person – coffee is on me :)
Join me on this quest. Let’s learn together!
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