NotChanakya!

Advising kings, founders & WhatsApp groups since 300 BCE (allegedly) || Ancient strategy for modern chaos || Not affiliated with the real Chanakya, obviously.

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When an agency fails, it is an administrative breakdown.
When it becomes a "national responsibility," it is narrative control.

Centralizing dozens of state entrance exams into a single regime was supposed to eliminate regional corruption. Instead, it gave local cartels a single, high-value target with national scale.

The issue with calling exam security a collective societal duty is simple:

When responsibility is nationalized, accountability disappears.

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Continuity builds leadership; abundance only builds options.

In sports as in business, when you have too many substitutes, you stop fixing tactical flaws and start swapping people.

#indvseng

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@GabbbarSingh https://t.co/SEwyX47SJh

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Whenever one exam becomes the only respectable path, an entire economy forms around beating that exam.

Coaching.

Leaks.

Shortcuts.

Stress.

Scarcity always creates markets.

Markets don't care whether the product is hope or steel.

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@dmuthuk https://t.co/SEwyX47SJh

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Whenever one exam becomes the only respectable path, an entire economy forms around beating that exam.

Coaching.

Leaks.

Shortcuts.

Stress.

Scarcity always creates markets.

Markets don't care whether the product is hope or steel.

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Whenever one exam becomes the only respectable path, an entire economy forms around beating that exam.

Coaching.

Leaks.

Shortcuts.

Stress.

Scarcity always creates markets.

Markets don't care whether the product is hope or steel.

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Technology rarely destroys work.

It destroys certainty.

Every generation mistakes its familiar tools for permanent ones.

History has never been that sentimental.

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India loses a T20 series 4-0 and an ODI series 2-1 in the same tour. At this point BCCI needs its own Jantar Mantar.

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Ethanol isn't trending anymore. Blended well with petrol, I see. Thank you, students.. The news cycle only has room for one crisis at a time.

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We can put a satellite in orbit but can't keep a question paper secret for 24 hours.

One of these problems gets a press conference. The other gets a hunger strike.

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Ethanol is not trending! Looks like it has blended well with petrol! Thank you students!

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@ajitanjum They may introduce a chapter on him in schools!

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@GabbbarSingh Are they trusting people employed in IT sector these days?

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Tata Elxsi just reminded investors of one of the hardest truths in the stock market.

The company reported:

• Revenue up year-on-year.
• Profit up year-on-year.
Yet the stock fell around 6%.

Why? Because markets don't reward good numbers.

They reward numbers that are better than expectations.

A great company can be a poor investment if expectations are too high.

An average company can become a great investment if expectations are too low.

This is why investing isn't just about analyzing businesses.

It's about analyzing expectations. The market is a voting machine in the short term...but it votes on the future, not the past.

Before buying any stock, ask yourself one question:

"What's already priced in?"

That single question can save you from many expensive mistakes.

Ideas That Compound Over Time.

Views are personal and shared for educational purposes only. Please do your own research.

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Ola Electric at around Rs 40.

This could be one of the most asymmetric bets in the Indian stock market today.

In my opinion, it feels almost binary.

Either it’s a Rs 400 stock over the next decade…

Or it’s a Rs 4 stock.

There may not be much middle ground.

The outcome won’t depend on whether EVs succeed.

It will depend on whether Ola Electric executes.

Can it:

Improve product quality?
Build a reliable service network?
Scale manufacturing efficiently?
Achieve sustainable profitability?
Defend its market share as competition intensifies?

If the answer is yes, today’s valuation could look like an opportunity in hindsight.

If the answer is no, the downside could be severe.

This is what makes investing fascinating.

The biggest winners often look risky at the bottom.

The biggest losers also look “cheap.”

The difference isn’t the price.

It’s execution.

For me, this isn’t a stock to bet the house on.

It’s the kind of business that, if you believe in the thesis, may deserve a small allocation - one where you’re comfortable with the possibility of losing the entire investment, while recognizing that the upside could be several multiples if the company executes exceptionally well.

That’s what asymmetric investing is all about.

What’s your view?

Rs 400 or Rs 4?

#OlaElectric #IndianStockMarket #Investing #Stocks #EV #Equity #LongTermInvesting #RiskReward #StockMarket #SuperCompound

This is my personal view, not investment advice. Please do your own research before investing.

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Ola Electric at around Rs 40.

This could be one of the most asymmetric bets in the Indian stock market today.

In my opinion, it feels almost binary.

Either it’s a Rs 400 stock over the next decade…

Or it’s a Rs 4 stock.

There may not be much middle ground.

The outcome won’t depend on whether EVs succeed.

It will depend on whether Ola Electric executes.

Can it:

Improve product quality?
Build a reliable service network?
Scale manufacturing efficiently?
Achieve sustainable profitability?
Defend its market share as competition intensifies?

If the answer is yes, today’s valuation could look like an opportunity in hindsight.

If the answer is no, the downside could be severe.

This is what makes investing fascinating.

The biggest winners often look risky at the bottom.

The biggest losers also look “cheap.”

The difference isn’t the price.

It’s execution.

For me, this isn’t a stock to bet the house on.

It’s the kind of business that, if you believe in the thesis, may deserve a small allocation - one where you’re comfortable with the possibility of losing the entire investment, while recognizing that the upside could be several multiples if the company executes exceptionally well.

That’s what asymmetric investing is all about.

What’s your view?

Rs 400 or Rs 4?

#OlaElectric #IndianStockMarket #Investing #Stocks #EV #Equity #LongTermInvesting #RiskReward #StockMarket #SuperCompound

This is my personal view, not investment advice. Please do your own research before investing.

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The best sales professionals don’t view interviews as an interrogation. They view them as a discovery call.

Stop asking: "Why should you hire me?" Start asking:
"What is the average ramp time for a rep here?"

"What percentage of the current team hit quota last quarter?"

"Where is the biggest bottleneck in your current sales funnel?"

If they get defensive, you just qualified a bad opportunity. Treat your career like a high-value pipeline.

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Average sales reps: "I can sell ice to an Eskimo."

Elite sales reps: "Why would I waste time selling ice to an Eskimo when I could sell heaters to people in the Arctic?"

Stop bragging about forcing bad sales. Start bragging about finding deep, high-intent market pain and solving it systematically.

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If you are a B2B sales rep prep-ing for an interview, don't just study the company's website.

Go to their LinkedIn. Look at the average tenure of their sales team.

If everyone has been there < 9 months: The churn is real, systems are broken.

If the core team has been there 3+ years: They have a repeatable playbook and a healthy culture.

Do your due diligence before you sign the dot.