Life's P&L
This morning, a strange thought occurred to me. Is there a P&L of my life also? If so, what insights could come out of a quick analysis of it? What would a "profitable" life look like? One could argue that a life led for benefit of others would be surely considered profitable. But like most companies, I would like to put my "business interest" first. So,it is only fair that a life which made ME happy should be classified as "well led" life. Sources of topline would probably be financial success, health, family welfare. Like any prudent organization with multiple product lines (to diversify the portfolio and make a resilient), we must try to identify multiple sources of happiness in our lives. If our identity and sense of accomplishment is too dependent on one thing (say work), the performance can be full of jerks. Fixed cost is the investment on our education (our parents are like early stage VCs in our lives, please make sure they are given a hefty r...