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Thoughts on Sumiko Tan’s article today (31 Jan 16)
By 35 is the defining age  •  February 1, 2016
Not really a big fan of Sumiko Tan's (the Straits Times journalist) writings, but I found her article today (31 Jan 16) regarding salary letters, or the more commonly known bonuses to be a real nice gem. She had some really good thoughts on perspective, which I think could act as a salve in these trying times for folks within the finance industry. And her breakdown on why folks work, i.e. either as a job that allows them to feed their passion and desire in other aspects, or to accumulate power, prestige, intellectual stimulation, the works, or that they treat it as their life's work, resonates strongly with me. My experience thus far is that I've encountered a good mix between those three categories, but lately I am heavily weighted to the first category, where it's just to fulfill the financial accumulation threshold before leaving to do something else, ......
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By 35 is the defining age
Picked up "The Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham back when I was serving my national service when I was 18 years of age - that chapter on Mr Market was mind-blowing and opened up a whole new paradigm of investing that that shaped my investment thought process since.
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