'Sometimes as a market crash': Vijay Kedia shares investing lessons in Guru Purnima post

Ace investor Vijay Kedia marked Guru Purnima with a reflective message on social media, saying that some of life's greatest teachers are not always people but difficult experiences such as failure, rejection, humiliation and even a market crash.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kedia said he bowed "not only to the people who taught me, but also to the experiences that transformed me."

"My greatest gurus came disguised as failure, loss, disappointment, rejection, humiliation, pain and regret," he wrote.

The veteran investor, known for his long-term investing philosophy, said the defining moments of his investing journey came not from his most successful bets but from the mistakes he made along the way.

"The biggest turning points in my investing journey did not come from my biggest winners. They came from my biggest mistakes," Kedia said.

Highlighting the role of setbacks in shaping an investor's mindset, he added: "Perhaps the greatest truth about a guru is this: The greatest gurus don't always arrive as people. Sometimes they arrive as failure. Sometimes as rejection. Sometimes as humiliation. Sometimes as a market crash."

Kedia concluded his post by wishing everyone a "Happy Guru Purnima."

Guru Purnima is a festival dedicated to expressing gratitude to teachers and mentors.