Uncle Scrooge's Economics

"If you are born poor, it's not your mistake. But if you die poor, it is certainly your mistake". Bill Gates, world's 9th richest person and the brain behind a behemoth called Microsoft is undouble one of the most influential businessmen out there. Born in the year 1955, this 68-year-old billionaire is certainly one of the most controversial personalities. A man who made our lives easy with the introduction of products like excel. A man who runs world's biggest philanthropy. A man who was crowned as the youngest billionaire and a man who talks about a bright future had a past that was as equally dark. Billionaires like Bill Gates have completely understood that "jo dikhta hai, wo bikta hai". Meaning, what you see is sold. Today's blog isn't going to be about how Bill Gates built Microsoft or what was his secret behind his billions. Rather, it is going to be about how he used his billions to deceive the world in believing in what he always wanted ...

For better or for worse, two things that I do regret starting late in life are investing and working out. I was 16 and 17 when I started investing and working out, respectively. Before that, I was wasting my life. Five years into the journey, and I am enjoying every single aspect of what goes into investing and working out. May it be reading financial statements or my health report, meeting some amazing people from the industry or working out with old buddies, running a business or lifting weights, understanding a new business or planning my diet, earning money or losing fat, everything makes me fall in love with investing and working out, 1% more, every single day. It took me quite some time to find out that the only difference between investing and working out is that there is no difference. Warren Buffett once said that I am a better investor because I am a better businessman and a better businessman because I am a better investor. Health and wealth share a positive correlation....