A friend introduced me to the owner of a nice gym in the suburbs of Mumbai. He has a nice ‘civil service’ background but quit all that to start his own gym. While talking to him I came to some fantastic observations which people in financial services could use: 1. Even though he pays a […]
Two interesting conversations with two different Independent Financial Advisors was very interesting. It is worth mentioning here! Normally the word cheated or cheating is assumed to be associated with the client being cheated, but in these cases it was the adviser who was cheated. When I started my articles for doing my Chartered Accountancy in […]
I read the Kiyosaki book about 10 years ago if not earlier..and could identify with him…except for the ‘Amway’ type of selling. Not that I have anything against Amway, but it was not my style. Many people pushed me Amway as a training opportunity, etc…but it did not cut. However, now identifying with RK is […]
Many clients, students and friends call back saying “This xyz person offerred me 36% returns on life insurance policies” is it possible? My answer has been “The fact that you are asking me shows you do not believe it”. After all you do not call me every day for every thing, do you? – is […]
There is good ego and bad ego. The good ego is what tells the kid that the body is different from the table. It tells you where your body starts and where it ends. If you see a 2-year old kid going under a table or a chair – he is checking out his ‘ego’. […]
On one side Mr. Swarup says financial products should become cheaper. He also says that the customer should pay for the advisor’s services. This is a great move the person who is getting the services can choose how much to pay. However the IRDA has one funny (weird) condition in its armory. There is something […]
I was just hearing a dialogue between 2 kids earning about 20k a month. Needless to say they have a hand to mouth existence. However one is the son of a successful (cash rich) father (employee in a psu bank) and the other is completely on his own (father does not support him). The topic […]