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not your typical doctor

Grew up my whole life thinking I would become a doctor. By the time I finished medical school in Scotland, realized medicine wasn't the path for me so left to pursue a career in healthcare venture capital, a job I wasn't prepared for in an industry I had never heard about. Been doing that and much more the last few years. Find out more on my about page

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timeless knowledge

Re-discovered my love of reading after leaving medicine in 2018. Decided I would take notes while learning about different subjects and want to share all that knowledge with the world. Find out more in my 'Library'.

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What’s been
on my mind

Decided to start posting my thoughts on a blog back in 2021. The goal was to post 100 blog posts in a year. Ended up writing 500. Haven't stopped since then and can find more on 'Blog' page and in my blog database below.

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Featured News and Articles

Where words come to life! With a diverse range of topics and a multitude of categories, my blog has something for everyone.

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5 Aug
2025

Look what you did

Reflecting on the day I became an Ironman

7 Jan
2025

We live in a Chinese world

Essay on how China has advanced in production, manufacturing and helped their citizens while America has fallen behind

14 Jun
2019

This Means More

One fan’s journey through how the Raptors went from being the laughing stock of the NBA to World Champions

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most recent blogs

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21 Jul
2025

What's important to you?

Week 29/31: An eventful week of weddings and reflections from week 28

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14 Jul
2025

Just keep going

Week 28/31: The biggest training week of my life and reflections from week 27

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6 Jul
2025

Experience all that life has to offer

Week 27/31: Jota's death, maximizing time and reflections from week 26

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30 Jun
2025

No one cares about you

Week 26/31: Not worrying about others, people paying attention and reflections from week 25

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22 Jun
2025

Turning 30

Week 25/31: Reminding myself what I've achieved before 30 and reflections from week 24

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16 Jun
2025

Commit

Week 24/31: Committing to something and reflections from week 23

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8 Jun
2025

Guess I'm a triathlete now

Week 23/31: Finishing my first Olympic triathlon and reflections from week 22

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2 Jun
2025

What are you optimizing your life for?

Week 22/31: Rethinking my goals, lessons from a trip to London and reflections from week 21

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26 May
2025

You need to fall

Week 21/31: Falling, failing and reflections from week 20

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18 May
2025

Prioritize rest

Week 20/31: Reminding myself to rest and reflections from week 19

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11 May
2025

Survival

Week 19/31: Pondering what's to come in the next few months and reflections from week 18

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4 May
2025

Never underestimate your impact

Week 18/31: The best part of finishing my 2nd marathon and reflections from week 17

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27 Apr
2025

You need inspiration

Week 17/31: Lessons from my inspirations, Liverpool's title race and reflections from week 16

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21 Apr
2025

Show up

Week 16/31: Showing up, being consistent and reflections from week 15

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14 Apr
2025

Never be afraid to fail

Week 15/31: Failing forward, being a beginner and reflections from week 14

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7 Apr
2025

Give yourself credit

Week 14/31: not being so hard on yourself, appreciating how far you've come and reflections from week 13

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30 Mar
2025

You gotta have faith

Week 13/31: my journey with faith, surpassing my fundraising goal and reflections from week 12

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23 Mar
2025

Researcher's plateau

Week 12/31: Hitting a wall, being proud of what I've done and reflections from week 11

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16 Mar
2025

You're already dead

Week 11/31: Experiences with death, not taking life for granted and reflections from week 10

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2 Mar
2025

So grateful for this Ironman journey

Week 9/31: Remembering to be grateful and reflections from week 8

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23 Feb
2025

I'll be happy when

Week 8/31: Delaying happiness, mimetic desire and reflections from week 7

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16 Feb
2025

Seek discomfort

Week 7/31: Being uncomfortable, building the life you want and reflections from week 6

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9 Feb
2025

Can I do it?

Week 6/31: Is this goal possible, questioning myself and reflections from week 5

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2 Feb
2025

The Comparison Trap

Week 5/31: Comparing yourself to others, how you measure progress and reflections from week 4

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26 Jan
2025

Self limitations

Week 4/31: Why we limit ourselves, doing what we're capable of and reflections from week 3

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19 Jan
2025

Mini wins

Week 3/33: Focusing on mini wins and reflections from week 2 of training

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12 Jan
2025

Why am I doing this

Week 2/31: Reasons why I'm doing this and notes from the first week of training

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5 Jan
2025

The Beginning of the Ironman

Week 1/31: The start of the journey to finish an Ironman

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24 Nov
2025

What if they're good?

Thoughts after watching 'Age of Disclosure' - we are not alone

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20 Nov
2025

The most important aspects of your life

The most important decisions of your life

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19 Nov
2025

The war on young people

How young people have gotten screwed, labour fighting back and why the young are hopeless

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18 Nov
2025

The universe doesn't make mistakes

The universe teaching you lessons, losing your identity and being a non materialist

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18 Nov
2025

I'm still walking

Poem about walking

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14 Nov
2025

Welcome to the jungle

How America has become a lawless jungle

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12 Nov
2025

Write again

Reminding myself to write, getting out of your own head and shifting your subconscious through unlearning

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12 Nov
2025

People don't know what's coming

Reflecting on what's to come globally but also personally given everything I've accomplished till now

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17 Oct
2025

Dollar collapse is upon us

How the US dollar is collapsing, gold rising and how China is building the new global monetary infrastructure

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11 Oct
2025

Play it well

Playing the game that is life

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26 Sep
2025

What do I want?

Reflecting on what I want in a partner

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25 Sep
2025

One day you will wish

Growing up with my grandparents, learning about my family history and not taking this moment for granted

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24 Sep
2025

Synchronicities

Learning about synchronicities, tying different concepts together and the collective consciousness

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17 Sep
2025

What do you want them to say at your funeral?

How I want to be remembered at my funeral

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11 Sep
2025

The breakdown of the West

An essay on how the West is breaking, America's real foreign policy and preparing for tough times ahead

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3 Sep
2025

I wonder if the Epstein situation is the revolutionary catalyst

Making sense of the Epstein situation, Thomas Massie coming out to release the Epstein files and what happens when the list becomes public?

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3 Sep
2025

We're going into a dark time

Smart folks saying we're in for a rough time, learning from history and what you can do

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29 Aug
2025

Does anyone care?

People paying attention to my writing, not caring and doing this for me

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29 Aug
2025

Autopilot

Getting out of your routine, taking initiative and remembering to enjoy the journey

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24 Aug
2025

Create, not criticize

Stop criticizing, remembering how precious life is and creating

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24 Aug
2025

Find someone to do life with

Finding a partner, reflecting on my parent's relationship and a list of my best wedding ideas

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14 Aug
2025

I've never thought of myself as creative

Reflecting on my creativity and contemplating the next step in my career

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11 Aug
2025

Life is not the number of breaths you take

The moment I crossed the finish line at the Ironman, moments of wonder and chasing complete presence

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5 Aug
2025

Look what you did

Reflecting on the day I became an Ironman

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28 Jul
2025

Writing is

Poem on writing

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25 Jul
2025

Forge your own path

Robert Frost's poem 'The Road Not Taken', reflecting on my own journey and always taking the road less travelled

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25 Jul
2025

We all need self-love

Being gracious with yourself, getting out of your comfort zone and being patient with progress

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27 Jul
2025

Dear Sachit

Letter to my cousin who's no longer with us a week before the Ironman

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23 Jul
2025

I am a lot

Poem about being a lot

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23 Jul
2025

Be relentless

The relentless pursuit of greatness

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15 Jul
2025

Measure your life

Keeping track of your life, Jeff Bezos' journey with Amazon and journaling

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14 Jul
2025

Just keep going

What I told myself as I completed the biggest Ironman training week of my life

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14 Jul
2025

Follow through

Getting to the end of things to prove to yourself what you're capable of

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1 Jul
2025

Progress can be hard to see

Reminding myself how far I've come on my Ironman journey

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29 Jun
2025

No one cares

People focused on themselves, them not caring about you and challenging yourself

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23 Jun
2025

Lessons at 30

Lessons I've learned as I approach 30

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22 Jun
2025

Initial thoughts after the US bombed Iran

Speculation about what could happen in the next few years after the US bombed Iran

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20 Jun
2025

Does Israel bombing Iran mean the end of the American empire?

The broader geopolitical ramifications of Israel bombing Iran and how it could be the catalyst for the end of the American empire

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15 Jun
2025

It's all connected

Weird coincidences about how different media I've been consuming are all connected to a higher power

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Zero To One

Summary & Notes

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6 Jul
2024

You're too smart

Hearing I'm too smart from my dad, being lonely and not turning back

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22 Mar
2023

You're on the right track

My self-development journey, Gamestop's positive earnings and giving myself credit for doing the work

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2 Jul
2021

You're probably right - the crash is coming

Signs of a market crash, don't trust predictions and educate yourself

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7 Dec
2021

You're not on anyone else's timeline

Forgetting about life timelines, other people's expectations of you and finding yourself

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1 Aug
2024

Your phone will destroy you

How your phone is ruining you, social media companies and ads everywhere

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20 Aug
2022

You're marrying the family

Marrying the family, people changing over time and loving your partner's problems

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6 Jan
2021

Younger self to Older self

Writing as if I was 17 talking to 24 year old Anish

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3 Feb
2022

You're awesome

Putting in the work, appreciating what you've done and changing the world

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24 Mar
2024

You're always being watched

The illusion of privacy, social media and governments knowing everything about you

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3 Feb
2022

Your writing is wild

My wild writing, constant repetition and continuing to write

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3 Dec
2021

Your story will not be told unless you tell it

Owning your story, the mainstream media and independent creators

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21 Sep
2022

You worked for this

Patting myself on the back for getting to this moment

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5 Jan
2023

You'll never see a U-haul behind a hearse

The aimless need to accumulate stuff

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4 Sep
2023

You won't be everybody's cup of tea

Types of tea, modern dating and finding your favourite type of tea

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13 Jun
2022

You won't be taken seriously

Not being believed, central bankers' dilemma and writing about the impossible

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24 Mar
2024

You need difficulty

Struggle, ChatGPT replacing creativity and finding meaning in the process

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13 Jul
2022

You will not hit on everything

Kevin Hart's Man From Toronto, taking chances and failure being the price for success

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24 May
2022

You will get knocked down

Getting knocked down, showing up and investing in yourself

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14 May
2024

You should sell

The Gamestop story not being over, directly registering your shares and not selling

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31 Mar
2022

You will fail a lot

Failing your way to success, appreciating the grind and staying consistent for years

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24 May
2022

You will be misunderstood

Being misunderstood, letting critics talk and strengthening your mind

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6 Jun
2025

You need to write

Reminding myself why I need to write

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8 May
2022

You never know who's paying attention

Meeting an industry hero of mine through my blog

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26 May
2025

You need to fall

Getting punched in the mouth, getting only one life and using failure as an opportunity

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1 Apr
2024

You need people

Why people and relationships are the bedrock of happiness

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30 Oct
2023

You need it

Poem on bad people, embracing the unknown and appreciating yourself

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2 Mar
2025

You need a why

Short essay on remembering that you need a why

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30 Mar
2022

You have to decide what you want out of life

Asking yourself 'why?', modern-day distractions and giving yourself time to think