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title: "Essays & Balancing Act | Nikunj Kothari"
description: 'Balancing Act by Nikunj Kothari: essays on investing, operating, ambition, and life. Read recent essays and the full Substack archive.'
url: 'https://www.nikunjk.com/essays'
lastModified: '2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z'
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# Essays



## Writing

[All writing ↗](https://writing.nikunjk.com/)
- [The New Valley · Aug 31](https://writing.nikunjk.com/p/the-new-valley)
- [Being legible to capital · Aug 26](https://writing.nikunjk.com/p/being-legible-to-capital)
- [Everything is downstream of ambition · Aug 10](https://writing.nikunjk.com/p/everything-is-downstream-of-ambition)
- [Mode Push · Jul 31](https://writing.nikunjk.com/p/mode-push)
- [Sanitized Slop · Jul 8](https://writing.nikunjk.com/p/sanitized-slop)
- [The Mess Is the Work · Apr 26](https://writing.nikunjk.com/p/the-mess-is-the-work)

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