We've always been encouraged to work hard. Hardwork is good, but you may be working hard on the wrong things. Sometimes, you need to apply a few principles and optimise processes to get better results with greater efficiency, less time, and less work.

As a kid, I thought I’d bag all the degrees and then start life. What I did not realise was that things do not really follow a definite sequence that way; it's all a mix. In this episode, we emphasise that beyond degrees, it's important to commit to lifelong learning.

Have you ever thought deeply about the rationale behind employing people based on their years of experience? Well… Experience is not always a result of years. You can put in more years on paper but you’re less experienced in practice. In this note, we talk about the various factors that might make a student to outgrow their mentor or teacher. We also emphasise that it’s important for students and mentors to work together, complementing each other’s strengths.

Welcome to Season 3 of Murphy's notes. On this note, we do a recap of some of the highlights from season two. Hope you enjoy this 10-minute summary.

Life is in phases and what works well in one phase may be your greatest undoing beyond a certain point. It's important to identify when a phase is over and adjust for the new phase. A safety belt today could be a trap tomorrow. Know when to unstrap!

While it is good to emulate people and draw inspiration from them, we must be wary of trying to be someone else. Oscar Wilde rightly said “Be yourself, everyone else is taken!”. You can never be the best version of anyone else but yourself. Embrace your uniqueness and ensure that you do not simply copy and paste someone else’s template blindly.

In the last few years, I have dabbled into a couple of investments primarily to make money and build wealth. They didn’t all go as planned but I did learn a few good lessons from them. I’ve summarised these into eight tips I think would be useful, particularly for young adults.

Sometimes your plans work and turn out beautiful. Other times, your plans fail… like fail completely, but your failed plans point you in a different direction and you realise that the failed plan was the best thing that ever happened to you because it just helped you to discover your true path and purpose. That’s the power of Serendipity.

Inspired by Don Williams’s song “Crying in the Rain”, this note is a reminder that we all need people in our lives with whom we can be our absolute selves. If you’ve got such people, you don’t have to cry in the rain and you’re truly blessed.