Why I Am Never Satisfied I am reading Howard Schultz's first book, "Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built A Company One Cup at a Time”.  Schultz was the long-time CEO of Starbucks and was the driving force behind taking the original four stores that sold coffee beans and equipment in Seattle, and turning that into what Starbucks is today.  In the book, Schultz comments that after every one of his accomplishments, rather than celebrating and enjoying the achievement, he

The Stock Markets Are Outperforming Expectations In 2025 Because of These Ten Companies Happy Halloween to all those that read my articles posted under “Pontifications From Paliwal” ! I write for my pleasure, and to clarify and articulate my thoughts on various topics. But, I’d be lying if I didn't admit that I do look at what my viewer counts and engagement levels are on my posts; it feels good to know people are reading and enjoying what I write.  Thank you all for reading

Medicine In Canada vs. The United States I recently heard a story from a friend who is Canadian, but spends most of his time in Florida.  He was in Ottawa in November 2024, when he suffered a heart attack while driving his vehicle.  His wife was in the passenger seat, accompanying him on that drive.   While driving, he started feeling pain in his chest. Despite the discomfort, he tried to manage his way through the pain and briefly continued to drive the car.  When the pain b

Using Your Phone Line To Find Out “You’ve Got Mail” It seems like every morning starts with some new information about the ways in which Artificial Intelligence is going to impact our lives, or how much money is being invested in AI, or the data centres that house AI technology. With the world experiencing a technology revolution because of AI, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the dawn of the internet, I was really surprised to read that internet pioneers AOL (America

Waymo Could Be The New iPhone I recently read that Waymo had reached 250,000 rides per week. I was impressed by that number, as it means...

“Standing On The Corner in Winslow, Arizona”  We recently visited Phoenix, Arizona, arriving August 26 and departing September 22nd. ...

There seems to be a lot of angst directed towards members of the Boomer and Gen X age cohort about the amount of wealth they’ve...

I’ve been planning to write about gun violence in America for some time now.  The idea  came about a few weeks ago when I heard the...

By now, you have likely heard about the massive pay package Tesla’s Board of Directors are planning to award its’ CEO, Elon Musk.  This...

Last week I published an article about wildfires and them being caused by climate change.  In that article I implored readers to take...

There’s nothing earth-shattering in that headline, right? You wouldn’t think so, but we need to continue to scream out loud about the...

There’s a new “Quiet” trend right now, referred to as “Quiet Cracking”.  Add this to the list of other “Quiet” trends that have been...

A Gangster Shakedown Earlier this week, I read that Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will pay a 15% commission to the US...

Gen Z Stare Does the world really need another article written about Gen Z? Probably not, but here I am writing one anyway. The idea for...

I’m hearing more and more about hospital emergency rooms being closed to the public, and when I first heard about this phenomenon I was...

A special shoutout to one of my Substack subscribers, Parmod Nagratha, who asked me about “Supply Management” and what it means when...

A family dining tradition was to have tacos for dinner on Tuesday nights. People would enjoy one of their favourite Mexican meals on a...

Mark Carney was selected as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on March 9, 2025. He was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada five days...

On December 22, 2024, I published my 2025 predictions here: https://shailpaliwal.wixsite.com/website/post/2025-predictions-december-22-20...

I’m back with a new article after taking a few months off.  During that break I finished writing the manuscript for a book, I did some...