Nassim Nicholas Taleb was born in what he archaically calls Levant – a collection of cities in the eastern Mediterranean seaboard also known as Syria Libanensis. The Levant is a short distance away from principal centres of several older civilisations – Sumerian, Babylonian, Ottoman, Persian, Greek and Roman. For more than 13 centuries, Levantine cities were mercantile in nature where...

To be on the same wavelength takes hard work – in observation, learning, experimentation and implementation

Some time back, we talked about the first of the 12 golden rules in effective communication – ‘Plan and Organise.’ The second rule is ‘Be on the same wavelength.’ This is a big challenge for all communicators. It is a challenge in the family – where parents and children are often on...

Indian promoters manipulate accounts and market prices for two (opposite) reasons. The first is a traditional game, which the majority
of them play – siphoning money from the coffers of a listed company for personal gains. However, in a bull market, a reverse trend starts. Many of them are not interested in suppressing profits. They want to overstate revenues and profits because this boosts...