Common Sense
Being a father
Here is a wonderful note from the formidable Vitaly Katsenelson, whose weekly newsletter is probably the only thing that I religiously read every time, so I thought I should pass it on, but you can subscribe yourself by following this link “As I get older I find that I value material things a lot less. …
Choose your friends wisely.
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” Jim Rohn Choose your friends wisely. It is not bad to occasionally be the dumbest person in the room; otherwise you limit your growth. Anric Blatt
An important message from Foster Friess
Foster Friess is someone that I greatly admire, he really is making a difference – here is his message and solution on school shootings …. Foster Friess: We can stop school shootings. I’ll match your donations up to $2.5 million. Below is my op-ed that appeared in the Friday, March 9th USA Today front page. …
10 things that require Zero Talent but still lead to Success
This week I missed a phone appointment because a friend of mine was in hospital and needed me to urgently retrieve his dog, so I dashed out of the house without my phone and thus missed an electronically scheduled phone call. The guy then left me quite an irate and an altogether inelegant voicemail, but …
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The Interrelationship between Civilization’s Two Major Events
The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer (replace with bourbon) and the invention of the wheel. Beer (bourbon) required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them …
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Opportunity By Edward Rowland Sill
This I beheld, or dreamed it in a dream:- There spread a cloud of dust along a plain; And underneath the cloud, or in it, raged A furious battle, and men yelled, and swords Shocked upon swords and shields. A prince’s banner Wavered, then staggered backward, hemmed by foes. A craven hung along the battle’s …