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The tribal wisdom of the Lakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that when you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. In modern education and government, however, a whole range…
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Warren Buffett once described bad habits as being “too light to notice until they are too heavy to break.” Here is an excerpt from one of the latest articles in a series that has become one of the most popular…
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I am deeply grateful to Jason Hull for sharing the material that follows. It helps us to understand how and why Nassem Nicholas Taleb has earned his net worth ($69-billion) and world renown. I am especially grateful to Taleb for…
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Here is a brief excerpt from “The Conservative Income Investor” at the Seeking Alpha website. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * [Here are the first three.] 1. “The chains of habit are too…
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I am grateful to the editors of Encyclopedia Britanica for providing biographical information about David Mamet, one of the most active and productive thought leaders in contemporary society. He was born November 30, 1947, in my hometown, Chicago). He is…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Christine Exley and Judd Kessler for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and…
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With all due respect to the dramatic impact of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, I remain convinced that his most powerful statement of faith and conviction is in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” (16 April 1963) Here…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Scott D. Anthony, Paul Cobban, Rahul Nai and Natalie Painchaud for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free…
Read More“The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth,” from 1914, by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe I am among those who believe that those who wrote the screenplay for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck, should be credited with…
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Quotations worthy of careful consideration
Although by now I probably should not be, I continue to be amazed by the practical implications of observations by advocates of non-violence, notably Henry David Thoreau, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Yes, they were passivists but…
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