Survival and Growth are interdependent but maintaining a balance is tough. This can be achieved through financial prudence and calculated risk-taking abilities. This learning has been the base of the steps I have taken up until now and would remain so. This has a wide application not just in what I do personally but also professionally. It's a challenge to achieve a fine balance between the two and that is what has inspired me to pick finance as a career, particularly investing. It's a challenge worth accepting. I am a prudent investor but take adequate leap of faith.I am an avid reader of varied materials but non-fictional. I believe reading about people's experiences fast tracks your growth but at the same time it is important to observe things to stay relevant. It helps in conscious decision making thus helping remove biases to an extent.P.S.: Biases are bound to be present.