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The Knowledge Project Podcast

Sanjay Bakshi: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Learning [The Knowledge Project, Ep. #3]

Professor and value investor Sanjay Bakshi (@Sanjay__Bakshi) offers insights on the power of mental models, multidisciplinary thinking, reading, and acquiring worldly wisdom.

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On this episode of The Knowledge Project Podcast, I interview one of my favorite people: Sanjay Bakshi.

Sanjay is one of India’s most recognized finance professors. He teaches a course entitled Behavioural Finance and Business Valuation at the Management Development Institute. And while he probably doesn’t want me to mention this, not only is he an amazing teacher; he is also a skilled practitioner. He is one of the most successful investors you will ever meet.

In this interview, we talk about a host of things, including:

  • Why Sanjay has built an impressive anti-library, yet prefers to read on a Kindle
  • How to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to learning so you’re building breadth as well as depth in your knowledge
  • The clever mental trick Sanjay uses to keep an open mind about problems he’s working on
  • How he teaches his students to seek multiple perspectives when learning something new, and how it impacts their retention and understanding
  • How mental models transformed Sanjay’s investing strategies and spilled into other areas of his life as well
  • How Sanjay filters the deluge of information that’s coming at him every day to focus on the details that are most important.
  • What the most sustainable business models look like and the characteristics they share
  • Whether it’s advantageous to be more intuitive or data-driven in business, and how to develop those traits
  • Which book Sanjay reads three times a year and finds new pearls of wisdom every time he cracks it open

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Books mentioned during the interview

  • Peter Bevelin, Seeking Wisdom
  • Laurence Endersen, Pebbles of Perception
  • Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto
  • Peter D Kaufman (ed.), Poor Charlie’s Almanack
  • Berkshire Hathaway: Letters to Shareholders
  • Guy Spier: The Education of a Value Investor

Farnam Street links

  • The Psychology of Human Misjudgment
  • Steve Jobs on Creativity
  • Charlie Munger: Adding Mental Models to Your Mind’s Toolbox

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