Ep 350: Sudhir Sarnobat Works to Understand the World
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
Real Estate Project and Marketing Challenges
The speaker discusses their experience with advertising and marketing for a real estate project, targeting Gujaratis looking for properties on the Gujarat highway. They talk about the initial success, marketing expenses, and eventual bankruptcy of the project.
He built a career and a life through sheer force of will -- and he applies that intentionality to everything in his life. Sudhir Sarnobat joins Amit Varma in episode 350 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about his life, his learnings and the frameworks he wants to share with others. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Sudhir Sarnobat on Twitter and LinkedIn. 2. How Frameworks -- Sudhir Sarnobat's new venture. 3. Ascent Foundation. 4. The Crypto Masterclass playlist compiled by Sudhir Sarnobat. 5. What is Intellectual Investment Planning? -- Sudhir Sarnobat on CTQ Smartcast. 6. The Teaching Learning Community (TLC), founded by Rajendra Bagwe. 7. Reliable Autotech, Rajendra Bagwe's company. 8. That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen — Frédéric Bastiat. 9. Profit = Philanthropy — Amit Varma. 10. Think and Grow Rich -- Napolean Hill. 11. Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative. 12. The Design of Everyday Things -- Don Norman. 13. Bridgital Nation -- N Chandrasekaran and Roopa Purushothaman. 14. A Scientist in the Kitchen — Episode 204 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Krish Ashok). 15. Vitalik Buterin Fights the Dragon-Tyrant -- Episode 342 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Vitalik Buterin). 16. How I Reversed My Type 2 Diabetes -- Episode 9 of Everything is Everything. 17. Sudhir Sarnobat's tribute to The Seen and the Unseen at ep 200. 18. Dance Dance For the Halva Waala — Episode 294 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Jai Arjun Singh and Subrat Mohanty). 19. The Hunter Becomes the Hunted -- Episode 200 of The Seen and the Unseen. 20. Narendra Shenoy and Mr Narendra Shenoy -- Episode 250 of The Seen and the Unseen. 21. The Gentle Wisdom of Pratap Bhanu Mehta -- Episode 300 of The Seen and the Unseen. 22. The Reflections of Samarth Bansal -- Episode 299 of The Seen and the Unseen. 23. Natasha Badhwar Lives the Examined Life -- Episode 301 of The Seen and the Unseen. 24. The Greatest Productivity Mantra: Kaator Re Bhaaji! -- Episode 11 of Everything is Everything. Sudhir Sarnobat's recommendations Writing in English 1. Everything by Paul Graham. 2. Everything at Farnham Street. 3. Everything at Collab Fund. 4. Economics in One Lesson -- Henry Hazlitt. 5. The Great Mental Models -- Shane Parrish. 6. Atomic Habits -- James Clear. 7. The Psychology Of Money -- Morgan Housel. 8. Principles -- Ray Dalio. 9. Deep Work -- Cal Newport. 10. Steve Jobs -- Walter Isaacson. 11. Open -- Andre Agassi. 12. A Gentleman in Moscow -- Amor Towles. 13. Family Matters -- Rohinton Mistry. 14. A Fine Balance -- Rohinton Mistry. 15. A Man Called Ove -- Fredrik Backman. 16. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine -- Gail Honeyman. 17. Ghachar Ghochar -- Vivek Shanbhag (translated by Srinath Perur). Writing in Marathi 1. Vyakti ani Valli -- PL Deshpande. 2. Batatyachi Chal -- PL Deshpande. 3. Asa Mi Asami -- PL Deshpande. 4. Apurvai -- PL Deshpande. 5. Purvrang -- PL Deshpande. 6. Mahimchi Khadi -- Madhu Mangesh Karnik. 7. Mrutyunjay -- Shivaji Sawant. 8. Swami -- Ranjeet Desai. 9. Shrimanyogi -- Ranjeet Desai. 10. Radheya -- Ranjeet Desai. 11. Yayati -- VS Khandekar. 12. Duniyadari -- Suhas Shirvalkar. 13. Partner -- VP Kale. Movies 1. Godfather -- Francis Ford Coppola. 2. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro — Kundan Shah. 3. Dil Chahta Hai -- Farhan Akhtar. 4. Delhi Belly -- Abhinay Deo. 5. Dil Dhadakne Do -- Zoya Akhtar. 6. Lunchbox -- Ritesh Batra. 7. Wake Up Sid -- Ayan Mukerji. 8. Dhobi Ghat -- Kiran Rao. 9. Masaan — Neeraj Ghaywan. 10. Gangs of Wasseypur -- Anurag Kashyap. 11. A Wednesday -- Neeraj Pandey. 12. Mandela -- Madonne Ashwin. 13. The Great Indian Kitchen -- Jeo Baby. 14. Kumbalangi Nights -- Madhu C. Narayanan. 15. Gamak Ghar -- Achal Mishra. 16. The Banshees of Inisherin -- Martin McDonagh. 17. Dekalog — Krzysztof Kieślowski. 18. Three Colors: Red -- Krzysztof Kieślowski. 19. Three Colors: White -- Krzysztof Kieślowski. 20. Three Colors: Blue -- Krzysztof Kieślowski. 21. Jait Re Jait -- Jabbar Patel. 22. Sinhasan -- Jabbar Patel. 23. Umbartha -- Jabbar Patel. 24. Court -- Chaitanya Tamhane. 25. Harishchandrachi Factory -- Paresh Mokashi. 26. Doghi -- Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar. 27. Dombivali Fast -- Nishikanth Kamath. English OTTs and Mini-series Game of Thrones, Mad Men, The West Wing, The Wire, The Newsroom, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Ted Lasso, Mindhunter, Chernobyl and The Queen's Gambit. Indian OTTSDahaad, Guns and Gulabs, The Bear, Kohrra, Asur and Modern Love Chennai. Restaurants Konkan Cafe, Thai Pavilion, Americano, Bombay Canteen, O Pedro, Masala Library, Cin Cin, Hakkasan, Nutcracker, Masque, Thai Naam, Hotel Surekha, Hotel Prakash, Ashok Vadapav, Udyan Ganesh Bhaji Pav, Sri Krishna Vada/Kande Pohe Samosa (Manju cha Vada), Mamledaar Misal, Dhangar, Divatya Budhalya, Marz-O-Rin Sandwiches, Samosas in Cafe Naaz, Karavalli, Ponnusamy, Arsalan, Flury's, Peter Cat, Aheli, 6 Ballygunge Place, Nizam's Rolls and Jhaal Moori. Perfumes Terre d'Hermes, Bleu de Chanel, Acqua di Gio, CK One, Sauvage, Boss Infinite, Luna Rossa Ocean and Tom Ford Noir Extreme. This episode is sponsored by CTQ Compounds. Check out The Daily Reader and FutureStack. Use the code UNSEEN for Rs 2500 off. Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new video podcast. Check out Everything is Everything on YouTube. Check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing. And subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It’s free! Episode art: ‘The Seekar’ by Simahina.
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