Volume 4 · The Ledger and the Loom · Essay 74

Dropping Anchor Technique

Dropping Anchor Technique is the kind of technique that looks too simple to respect and too useful to ignore.

Try it for a fortnight before judging it. Most methods die in the court of first impressions, which is the least competent court there is.

It is worth keeping in your pocket not because it is always right, but because it is always available. A tool you carry beats a perfect tool you left at home.

A rupee saved loudly impresses people for a day. A rupee invested quietly feeds them for years. The bazaar respects the first; life rewards the second.

Money is a good clerk and a terrible master; the arrangement is entirely up to us. That is all. A small tool, honestly kept, beats a large one admired.