Ajinkya Wadhwa

I think this has something to do with our innate adoration for children. The potential for what kids can become are endless, and it secretly reminds us of the times when we were constantly learning about new things, discovering new facts about the world in wonderment, and exponentially growing our own lists as well.

The culture cloud that surrounds us as individuals is, to a giant, a field of energy radiating through its body and coloring the way it thinks and acts.

We tend to grossly overestimate the pleasure brought forth by new experiences and underestimate the power of finding meaning in current ones. While travel is a fantastic way to gain insight into unfamiliar cultures and illuminating ways of life, it is not a cure for discontentment of the mind.

(d) How do you handle disagreements between the people that are most important to you?

Which brings up an important question: why does a particular culture enforce certain values and not others?

I've done several types of work over the years but I don't know another as counterintuitive as startup investing.

But the thing about highly speculative assets is that they have the potential to do crazy things. Within weeks, their prices can soar to levels that you once thought were unimaginable, revealing that the peak you initially guessed was nowhere near accurate.

The other reason founders ignore this path is that the absolute numbers seem so small at first. This can't be how the big, famous startups got started, they think.