Gaurav Bansode

Pinned post from October 4, 2024

What is Direct Primary Care ? Is it right for me ?

As per the American Academy of Family Physicians - The Direct Primary Care (DPC) model is a practice and payment model where patients/consumers pay their physician or practice directly in the form of periodic payments for a defined set of primary care services. Typically, these periodic payments provide patients enhanced services over ...

Pinned post from August 14, 2022

Hey world for blogging!

I am using Hey world as my tool for infrequent blogging. This service has a clean distraction-free interface but no room for customization. Which works in the sense that you can focus purely on your writing! You can’t even have a subheader or a blog description (update - now you can). The name and the profile pic that you use for your ...

March 10, 2025

Every downturn is unique

CNBC: Mad Money - March 3, 2025 (Paywall) Cramer makes an excellent learning point. All bull markets are like each other. Hence, everyone is a genius in a bull market. But every downturn is different. One may last a few days, the other for 6 years. And the economy does not have to be doing poorly, which will help you decide if this nex...

March 10, 2025

This is why you diversity using ex-US index funds

SP500 is 2 percent down YTD. VTI closely corresponds with the SP. Compared to that, VXUS gained 9 percent. VXUS, a broad-based cheap international index fund that includes all global stocks but excludes the US market, is a decent proxy for the rest of the world market. So part of your portfolio assigned to this ETF will protect you fro...

March 8, 2025

Hey email service

The whole hey way of their ecosystem is growing on me as I keep renewing my annual subscription. I can't live without their screener, especially considering you can screen out entire domains. And now that I can send via Gmail too, it make sense to use this service more like an email client until you are sure about it. That way you get ...

March 7, 2025

Hey Calendar

HEY launched its calendar 📅 over a year ago. I love the fact that when you are on their day view you have an option to just show events stacked all together as a bird eye view with no empty space for unfilled events to scroll through. That way the whole day fits on your screen without needing to scroll much. Somehow this is the first c...

March 7, 2025

What do I not like about HEY World

I love posting on Hey World but here is my gripe list - • I can’t change the post title. I am sure this has something to do with the post permalink. But nothing that cannot be tweaked by them. • I can’t change the name of the blog to anything other than my full name. I am sure Hey does not want to be a full fledged product for blogging...

March 6, 2025

Healthcare can learn a lot from the way tech businesses are run

Click here to read - Healthcare is not a tech business - on Linked in. I feel there’s a lot healthcare can learn from tech bros. I have been in healthcare and do not shy away from adopting tech where it streamlines our workflow and helps patients easier access to care. Healthcare (traditional small hospitals) has a lot to learn from te...

March 3, 2025

Orlando Magic

Son honored with NBA tickets at his school for outstanding behavior ! We had a great father son bonding time.

March 2, 2025

Be a listener by The Leadership way.

Love this post on being an intentional active listener - being pressed for time we space out and don’t spend enough energy deep thinking what others are trying to say. Read the article here. Deep listening reveals what casual conversation misses. The subtle concerns behind a teammate's question. The unspoken fears in a client's hesitat...

February 28, 2025

Firstname

Patients who see you and refer to their former physician as Adam (firstname) in place of Dr Lastname irks me the wrong way for some unknown reason. A weird 💪 flex - I subconsciously see it as!

January 15, 2025

Key Largo, Florida.

December 29, 2024

Mark Cuban on increasing healthcare spending

If you’re looking for a quick simplified overview of why healthcare costs are ballooning in the the US, jump to the 32nd minute! https://youtu.be/bnhxbZlvMRQ?t=1860&si=sDyHDxWqNLA4CZAc Or here is his thread on blue sky. “If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% o...

December 29, 2024

Scope of practice of a physician

Don't let patients define your scope of practice—EVER. Only you should be the one doing that, based on your training, comfort level, past scope that you have abided by, and local standard of care. Patients may have a say in whether they go home today or tomorrow, but only if you feel either option is reasonable. If you think with fair ...

December 8, 2024

Lewis Black: Goodbye Yeller Brick Road Tour

It’s a bittersweet farewell to Lewis Black as he embarks on his final tour. I feel fortunate to have secured a second-row seat for his performance in Orlando last night. I’ve been a fan of his since his memorable cameos on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and I even had the pleasure of seeing him live in Bismarck, ND, a few years back....

November 21, 2024

Minimalistic blog

I have been looking into minimalist, no-clutter, no-frills blogging platforms for writing and came across a few. Most of us do not need a full-fledged WordPress or Ghost.org for occasional writing. HEY World was launched with the same principles. Too much focus on metrics, analytics, and likes distracts your attention from the actual w...

October 21, 2024

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

- Buddha

August 13, 2022

“If it costs you your peace, it is too expensive”.

— Paulo Coelho.

July 23, 2022

Want a basic website that supports a custom domain for free?

Are you looking to create your own free website with support for a custom domain without needing to pay at all, except for the domain name? But at the same time, you wish to see the service minimize its own branding or ads. If you look around, even the most basic web hosting plans seem to start at $5 per month. Even a linktr.ee starter...

June 23, 2022

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony."

― Mahatma Gandhi.

May 12, 2022

"The reason we are so susceptible to misinformation is that we seek psychological comfort more than intellectual integrity. "

― @GanatraSoham.

March 12, 2022

"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."

― Alexander Hamilton.

September 27, 2021

Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF (VTV)

This ETF tracks the performance of CRSP US Large Cap Value Index and primarily consists of value stocks. VTV can help tilt towards value if you are worried about your portfolio being overweight with speculative growth names (if you already own the mega tech growth names, you may buy VTV to complement them). If you are an income investo...

August 16, 2021

My thoughts on ARK Genomic revolution ETF (ARKG)

I bought into the Woodstock hype and chose to invest in the less talked about ARKG amongst all the ETFs that ARK has. I hold several tech stocks that are already overweight in several other ARK ETFs. However, I do not hold any positions that are a part of ARKG. I do not foresee buying any of the small or mid-cap genomic stocks individu...

June 26, 2021

"Work hard in silence, let success be your noise."

― Frank Ocean.

April 10, 2021

“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.”

― Kevin Durant.