Sitting on a mound of cash waiting for the next financial crash is a fun place to be. Gains are forgone during the regular cycle in anticipation for the chance to pounce when everyone else is selling. The returns from this strategy reap significant dividends. The same approach applies to philanthropy. In fact, it is … More Buy low. Sell high.
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.” Before he died, my dad would remind me that I was almost named Karl. I’d like to think that I would still be the same person I am today even if they’d named me Karl. Somehow, I … More My name is Akiva Ben Joseph, you killed my father, prepare to die
World champion boxer Lennox Lewis knocked out Mike Tyson in the 8th round of a boxing match in Memphis, TN back in 2002. Gate receipts for the event were 15x more than the arena’s previous highest-grossing event, a Rolling Stones concert that produced $1.5 million in sales. Each fighter took home a $17M purse. This … More 0073735963
Have you ever wondered why you keep meeting so many jerks? Or, why so many other people are depressed or just awful…or? When I’m driving like a speed demon because I’m late to something or rushed, every other driver is a terrible driver. They are slow, in the wrong lane, or otherwise vehicularly impaired. It … More If you meet 3 jerks a day
Like Lent, daffodils, and abandoned New Year’s resolutions, Daylight Savings is yet another affirmation of spring’s return. 5am is the new 6. Extra sunlight affords expanded opportunities to motivate and make the most of the day. Early workouts and twilight evenings at the playground bookend our increasingly active and out-of-doors activities. Yet and still, we … More Spring Inward
During his closing remarks to the public congressional hearing of Michael Cohen’s testimony, an emotional chairman, Rep. Elijah Cummings, entreated Mr. Cohen to think not of his pending prison sentence and the many other negative outcomes of his criminality as happening to him, but rather to ask why all of this was happening for him. … More Happening for you, not to you
Today is International Women’s Day, a day not only recognizing women around the world who have fought and continue to fight for women’s rights and equality, but also a call to action for the work that still needs getting done. The theme for 2019 is: “Think equal, build smart, innovate for change,” focusing on innovative ways … More Think equal, build smart, innovate for change
Imagine a company that never fires employees. They exist, although imperfectly, but they are out there. The basic idea is that the modern corporation (nonprofit or for profit) is a tribe or a family. If you are in, you are in. To get out, you have to leave. Even if you leave, we will likely … More Never Fire an Employee
On Ash Wednesday – today – if you receive the imposition of ashes, when the pastor smears the oil and ash compound on your forehead, she says “From dust you came and to dust you shall return.” Not the most uplifting sentiment, but nonetheless the truth. When I think about Lent (the 40 or so … More Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
Former Stanford professor and author Jim Collins (“Good to Great”) recently appeared on the Tim Ferris podcast. Among other insights about productivity, he claims we should spend 1000 hours a year being creative. That’s about 3 hours a day, 365 days a year – rain or shine, in sickness and in health. The productivity must … More Creativeness is next to Godliness
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