Innovation & Showing Your Work
The letter to the editors was written in 1896 and published immediately by the trade magazine Horseless Age. In it, the brilliant inventor detailed how his prototype for an electric… Continue Reading...
Valueless Investing
As the old joke goes, nobody’s getting out of life alive. Keeping our mortality in mind – something most people studiously avoid while shopping, tweeting, and tv watching – has… Continue Reading...
Bring Back the Gentleman
In earlier eras, it was desirable for a man to be referred to as a “gentleman” by those who knew him. In it’s original use in twelfth century England it… Continue Reading...
Are You a Fox or a Hedgehog?
“It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future”
This Danish aphorism is a humorous way to acknowledge the difficulty in making predictions. The more you read about how… Continue Reading...
Why You Can Benefit from Digital Minimalism
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone”
This observation from Blaise Pascal, often quoted in our social media era, is all the… Continue Reading...
Preparing for the Downturn
My last post was on military strategies that apply to the business world, and I’m going to stay on the topic of strategy for this post.
I’ve long believed… Continue Reading...
