#3 Sanjay Bakshi: Why Mental Models

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2015

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I chat with professor and value investing genius Sanjay Bakshi about the power of mental models, multidisciplinary thinking, reading, and acquiring worldly wisdom.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Knowledge Project on your host Shane Parish.
0:12.6	I'm the author of the Farmstreet blog, a website with over 65,000 readers that's dedicated
0:17.3	to mastering the best of what other people have already figured out.
0:20.7	In the Knowledge Project, I interview people from around the world so we can learn from
0:24.5	them, expand our minds, and challenge our thinking.
0:30.1	In this episode, which was recorded live in New York, I have on the show one of my favorite
0:34.2	people, Sanjay Bakshi.
0:36.2	Sanjay is one of India's best-for-recognized finance professors.
0:39.8	He teaches the course entitled Behavioral Finance and Business Valuation at the Management
0:43.8	Development Institute.
0:44.8	And while he probably doesn't want me to mention this, not only is he a teacher, but
0:49.1	he's also a practitioner, he's one of the most successful investors you'll ever come
0:53.1	across.
0:54.1	In this interview, we talk about a host of things, including why he prefers to read on
0:58.0	a Kindle, how he incorporates multi-disciplinary thinking and mental models into both his investment
1:03.2	decisions and life decisions, and how his approach to investing has changed over time.
1:08.6	That's it, so without further ado, I hope you enjoy the conversation with Sanjay.
1:14.4	If you enjoy it, please let me know your feedback.
1:16.2	I'm at Farmstreet, F-A-R-N-A-M, street, S-T-R-E-E-E-T on Twitter.
1:23.2	And thank you for listening.
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