The Quest of Life

I’m currently reading the biography of Elon Musk and that has brought me back to this question- how genius works!

The true nature of genius minds is that they create so much impact over the times they live is beyond belief. The problem with judging them by the yardstick most suited for average humans is that they are the outliers- the far right tail of the Bell curve nobody thought exists.

This is the truth of genius- they are one of a kind. So trying to Judge them on things average people do or are is stupid to be honest. They’re not found playing in the park with their dogs because they’re busy chasing goals which affect humanity. So if you get offended by them for not being as polite as you would like them to be, it’s your problem to be honest.

The mind of a genius is full of wisdom. The mind of an average human is slavish. Most of the people around us will work 9-5, sleep on weekends, watch a movie, raise a family and die. The entire fulcrum of our society is based on the idea of keeping our minds slavish. This is how we never complain, we never question and we never stop being nice. The people who are most liked are the ones with the least impact on humanity. No nice man ever was a billionaire. All nice men work in bureaucracies, in offices and are polite and of course, don’t question authority. They are the status quoists and it suits everyone.

Why I am writing this today is because the way Musk has made his half a trillion dollars is by questioning the unquestionable. He single handedly changed the way we drive cars, launch rockets and make payments. PayPal is the original UPI.

This is how investing works. If you’re trying to make as much money as nobody in your life imagine anybody can make, you have to challenge everything being taught to you. You can’t invest in index funds and become a multi-millionaire. You can’t make portfolio allocations in equity, debt and gold and make 100% over two years. You can’t pay someone 2% fees and expect him to make you 200%. The whole edifice of financial services industry is to keep you poor while they make money off the commissions you’re paying to them. They’re not giving you free gyan on TV out of love for humanity but because you’ll end up buying their Mutual Funds or PMS schemes which will generate for them fat commissions.

So when you read this blog, ask yourself if you’re trying to somehow retire at 60 and die at 75, trying to do asset allocation or trying to make a million dollars and stop going to jobs you never liked for a second. There is nothing worse than spending your life at a place where you dislike mostly everybody, people dumber and who can suck up to the seniors get ahead of you and you’re asked to be nice in order to be liked.

It will only take one BSE to change your life. You first need to dream bigger.