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Warren Buffett became Warren Buffett
Because he knew when to buy
And when to sell
Because he knew
What to buy
And what to sell
Warren Buffett became Warren Buffett
Because he was firm
Not to flaunt his wealth
Because he never went
To take too much out
Modesty was his virtue
And listening was his forte
You have to set standards.
You may not be getting any younger.
But you can always be better equipped to handle everything you come across
You have to churn out well wherever you are
Your job is to tackle what is in front of you.
Performance alone matters
That's the point you have to consistently prove.
Let me take a leaf out of cricketer Abhishek Sharma (The Times of India Sports folio 13October2026) and transpose that to the. young, their education and their growth.
Preparation is important. Detailed preparation allows you to sustain the gains you make in overall development.
Training in testing situations grooms you. You have to anticipate the challenges ahead and work on them. When you prepare, be ready to meet the uncomfortable, head on.
That kind of preparation keeps you battle ready and prevents surprising failures or unexpected pull backs.
Plan to counter what unexpectedly comes up. Allow yourself to be tested when you prepare for the exams. It helps you face the exams and testing times well.
You have to be prepared to respond to all kinds of questions that could be thrown at you. You must be willing to stay away from your comfort zone and refuse to be cocooned there.
Design your preparations to make you uncomfortable. It creates a mindset where surprises fail to surprise you.
Allow yourself to be in tough situations as you prepare.
When you prepare deep like this, nothing would deter you from savouring success.
No one knows the travails an athlete goes through to compete at the highest levels and win laurels.
The athlete ignores the pain to achieve his/her lofty aims
Victory doesnot come easily.
We see an athlete participating in the event only for a short time in the stadium.
But the hard work and the grind behind it is inconceivable.
When a young man or young woman enters an industry, the challenges are many. You are absolutely raw. You must have been a good student to reach that far. But textual knowledge or practicals in the college never equip you to align with the varied demands that confront you..
Graduation in engineering or medicine or management or in any other discipline, does not assure that you know everything. It's a rude awakening. You find you know very little.
You must possess a mindset that prompts you to keep learning. That alone transforms you.
Remember, the paper on which you write is always white. What you put on it makes you a colourful personality.
In essence you have to learn to shed and to absorb
After the final whistle. Messi's eyes glistened as his teammates gathered around him, applauding.
A rumbling chorus of "Ole, ole, ole, ole, Messi, Messi" rose from the stands as tens of thousands of fans jumped as if in worship.
A barrier at midfield proclaimed him "Eternal Captain."
The Argentine soccer federation turned Tuesday's (6th October 2026) game - Messi's 208th - into a farewell billed as "the last tango." Players from 1978, 1986, and 2022 World Cup winning squads returned to see him off.
"It feels like an era ending, knowing he won't play for the national team anymore," said Valentino Ruso as headed to watch the game on TV.
What was otherwise an unremarkable friendly against the West African nation, Benin, became a moment, the soccer crazy country had long dreaded.
When 39 year old Messi bid farewell to international soccer after 21 years, 126 goals, two Copa America titles and a World Cup Championship, scoring a penalty and setting up Argentina's other two goals for a 3-0 victory over Benin, Argentina was facing a once unimaginable reality - a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi.
After the match, Messi spoke to the crowd.
"There are a lot of emotions, a lot of things going through my head. The first thing I think about is my old man," bringing alive the memory of his dear father who recently passed away.
He continued.
"The truth is, I'm talking more than I ever have. I don't want to leave here. I don't want to leave this field."
"It was a huge source of pride for me to wear this shirt all this time, for more than 20 years. Not coming anymore is going to hurt a lot. I swear, I'd love to keep coming my whole life, because playing for Argentina is the most beautiful thing that can happen to you."
When Messi won the third World Cup title for Argentina, it was a moment to cherish.
On Tuesday night in Buenos Aires, there was another one to remember. It was arguably one of the greatest and most emotional farewells in football history.
Neymar puts it succinctly.
"It's not just Argentina that thanks you, the world thanks you for everything you did for football. Thank you for making me love football even more. It was an honour to have played against you and even more so to make history by your side."
The Times of India, 8th October 2026
"This is going to hurt a lot - Both Messi and Argentina Left Confronting The Inevitable As Day Arrives When They Must P0art"
Yesterday evening I witnessed a spectacle. Our grand daughter was working out model question papers while preparing for exam today. Then we saw her Amma admonishing her as she was doing it with the help of data from the mobile phone/ internet. The mother was telling the daughter unless she used her brain she wasn't going anywhere.
Today (09.10.2026), I came across exactly it's reflection in The Times of India.
The title read, "AI use, ups homework scores, but slashes exam marks:study."
It is based on a report prepared by a World Bank team led by Gaurav Nayyar
"The World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intellgence."
'LLM Users Show Lower Cognitive Effort"
LLM (Large Language Model) is a type of artificial intelligence, built on deep neural networks designed to process, understand and generate human like texts.
Manash Gohain articulates.
1. Evidence cited by World Bank suggests that unrestricted use of generative AI can improve what students submit as classwork.
2. But it weakens what they actually learn.
3. Tools such as ChatGPT can reduce the mental effort through which reasoning, writing and knowledge are built.
4. A study revealed that with the use of AI, homework scores improved even as students spent less time on assignments. At the same time monthly in-class examination scores had fallen.
5. The evidence points to both opportunity and risk in education. If students outsource the learning process to AI, it would be problematic.
6. Those who used LLMs for research displayed lower cognitive effort. However mental effort had declined even when output quality improved.
7. Students given unrestricted AI access also performed worse later when the technology was withdrawn.
8. It is warned that if students use AI to complete homework, the "productive struggle" central to learning can disappear.
9. It potentially weakens foundational skills in reasoning and writing.
10. It does not argue against AI in education.
11. The finding is, " AI can augment human capabilities. But it must not replace the processes through which more advanced skill are acquired.
12. As the demand for workers with AI skills grows, new occupations may emerge.
