Become a Better Investor Newsletter – 24 December 2022
New My Worst Investment Ever episodes
Ep635: Ilise Benun – Ask Every Question You Can Think Of
BIO: Ilise Benun has made it her business to teach basic business skills to creative professionals who should have learned them in school but, alas, did not because it’s not taught in school.
STORY: Ilise hired a designer to design a brochure for her consulting practice. Instead, he delivered a folder with her logo.
LEARNING: Stand up for yourself. Ask every question you can think of.
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Ep634: Souniya Khurana – Own Your Narrative Regardless of What People Tell You
BIO: Souniya Khurana is the Co-Founder and CEO of the podcast company and a new-age media venture WYN (Wine) Studio.
STORY: When Souniya was in grade six, she failed math. Everyone kept pushing her to focus on this failure instead of her strengths. This made her create a narrative that she wasn’t good enough.
LEARNING: Own your narrative. Don’t let anybody else decide who you are or your narrative. You can change your narrative.
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Ep633: Michele Wucker – Don’t Ignore the Warning Signs
BIO: Strategist, speaker, and author Michele Wucker coined the term “gray rhino” as a call to take a fresh look at how we respond to obvious, probable, impactful risks.
STORY: Michele hated being a pre-med and psychology student, but she kept at it because she believed it was the safest path for her.
LEARNING: Don’t ignore the signs telling you that something is wrong. Build your self-awareness.
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Published on Become a Better Investor this week
In this episode, David and Andrew discuss the dreaded standardized tests, including how they evolved, how they’re used (and not used) now, and what Deming said about them. David also offers practical tips for educators who want to move away from standardized tests in their classrooms.
Listen to The Problem with Standardized Tests: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 8)
Hangzhou Binjiang Real Estate Group Company Limited (002244 SZ): Profitable Growth rank of 5 was up compared to the prior period’s 6th rank. This is average performance compared to 250 large Real Estate companies worldwide.
Read Hangzhou Binjiang Real Estate Group – World Class Benchmarking
Ichitan Group Public Company Limited (ICHI TB): Profitable Growth rank of 3 was up compared to the prior period’s 4th rank. This is above average performance compared to 480 medium Cons. Staples companies worldwide.
Read Ichitan Group – World Class Benchmarking
Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCHEM MK): Profitable Growth rank of 2 was same compared to the prior period’s 2nd rank. This is World Class performance compared to 970 large Materials companies worldwide.
Read Petronas Chemicals Group – World Class Benchmarking
Lite-On Technology Corporation (2301 TT): Profitable Growth rank of 4 was same compared to the prior period’s 4th rank. This is above average performance compared to 740 large Info Tech companies worldwide.
Read Lite-On Technology – World Class Benchmarking
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