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The Sketchbook of Wisdom:
A Hand-Crafted Manual on the Pursuit of Wealth and Good Life

This book could have saved me many years of suffering.
Arnold Van Den Berg, Founder – Century Management

This is a masterpiece.
Morgan Housel, Author, The Psychology of Money

Template on how to lead a happier and fuller life.
Ramesh Damani, Member, BSE

A Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and the Pursuit of Wealth and Good Life

50 timeless ideas – from Lord Krishna to Charlie Munger, Socrates to Warren Buffett, Lao Tzu to Nassim Taleb, Steve Jobs to Naval Ravikant – as they apply to our lives today.

10 Things This Book Will Teach You

Minimize your risks of being wrong
Solve life’s biggest problems
Discover and live your life’s purpose
Be in tune with the universe within
Achieve life’s true freedom
Embrace your imperfections
Make good decisions
Walk away from bad decisions
Soften life’s terrible blows
Fulfill your biggest dreams

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Praise for The Sketchbook of Wisdom

This is a masterpiece. You don’t truly understand an idea until you can explain it simply. Vishal understands the wisdom in this book so well he doesn’t need to use many words; a picture gets the point across even better.

Morgan Housel

Author, The Psychology of Money

Vishal has a rare talent for taking a large universe of complex ideas and presenting them in ways that are memorable and impactful. When he writes or illustrates, pay attention.

Brent Beshore

Founder, Permanent Equity

Vishal’s Sketchbook is an inviting, accessible buffet of delicious brain and soul food. Devour it, enjoy it, ruminate on it… and spread the word about it to all whom you love!

Manish Chokhani

Director, Enam Holdings

Vishal has a unique gift for making the complex, hard work of life simple and fun. With straightforward prose and delightful drawings, readers are entertained as they get a first-class education in philosophy.

Barry Ritholtz

Chairman & CIO, Ritholtz Wealth Mgt.

Vishal, through this exemplary work, has given us the template on how to lead a happier and fuller life. Enjoy the book and savour its wisdom.

Ramesh Damani

Member, BSE

The Sketchbook of Wisdom is a wonderful journey graced by Vishal’s wisdom, understated wit and sparkling intellect. It is the perfect guide (wonderfully illustrated!) for all of us who aspire to rational thinking and “living the good life.”

Sanjoy Bhattacharyya

Partner, Fortuna Capital

About Vishal Khandelwal

Hi, my name is Vishal Khandelwal, and I am the author of The Sketchbook of Wisdom.

I run an investor education initiative at Safal Niveshak, which is read by 90,000+ people worldwide, and has been ranked among the best value investing sites in the world. I also host a popular podcast titled The One Percent Show, which is an open-ended exploration into the minds of the wisest people around to help us learn to think, invest, and live each day a little, as little as one percent, better.

Why Did I Write This Book?

The thoughts and ideas contained in The Sketchbook of Wisdom have helped me learn about my life, and about the “good way of life.” The lessons from some of the wisest people I have written about in the book have helped me set myself free from the chains of fear and anxiety, sorrow and worry, greed and envy.

I won’t claim to be living a perfect life. In fact, it is far from perfect. But the timeless wisdom of yesteryears and my willingness to take lessons from it, has helped me walk on the path of sanity and serenity.

It is not just a book I wish I had read much earlier in my life, but one that I now wish my kids and other people around me read, as they head into a world where age-old wisdom has taken a backseat to the cacophony of information, most of which is fake and that has caused enough anxiety in the minds of the young and all.

I have also written this book with a sense of hope – that the wisdom contained in these pages will guide the reader not just through the despair and vicissitudes of life but also provide him or her the necessary mental tools to grow in life.

Charles Helman Lea said –

The true test of all books is the influence they have upon the lives and conduct of their readers.

I hope The Sketchbook of Wisdom passes this test and exerts a lasting influence on the way you live and conduct yourself. I hope the book, with its timeless wisdom from people who have weathered all kinds of storms, becomes your close companion as you move forward in your life with a renewed sense of hope.

Read it and discover for yourself the time-tested, practical guidelines on how to live in peace with yourself, and how to live a life filled with kindness, satisfaction, and happiness. Keep this book by your side, and whenever anxiety or worries read their head, turn to these pages. They would never disappoint you.

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