There is a wonderful OpEd in the New York Times from David Brooks on Happiness and Success and I highly recommend you read it. Here are some snippets I really liked: “The daily activities most associated with happiness are sex, socializing after work and having dinner with others. The daily activity most injurious to happiness […]
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This is such a wonderful and amazing 60 Minutes piece on musical savant Derek Paravicini: Watch CBS News Videos Online
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I liked this new idea on how to motivate employees: Motivation for employees
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Great, great video from TED 2010 with chef Dan Barber about sustainable food.
READ MOREJamie Oliver’s TED talk
Best quote from the video: “We spend $150 billion a year on healthcare costs related to obesity.”
READ MOREParody of CNBC
This is a great parody of CNBC:
READ MOREMoishe House in the NY Times
As I have written before I’m on the board of Moishe House foundation. The New York Times just profiled them in a wonderful write-up. Here is a snippet: REBECCA KARP, Brian Cohen, Danielle Hardoon and Alissa Worly, all of whom are in their 20s, share a spacious red-brick house in Philadelphia. It rents for $3,200 […]
READ MOREInvestor A.D.D.
From 1940 to 1980, the average holding period that investors held on to stocks was as high as 10 years to as low as 4 years. Then in the 1980s, the holding period started to fall to as low as 1.5 years in the late 1980s, before a brief bounce to two years in the […]
READ MOREThe First Tycoon: Cornelius Vanderbilt
“The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt” written by T.J. Stiles is one of the finest biographies I have ever read. Not only is the Cornelius Vanderbilt’s life an amazing and exciting one to follow, but the level of research and the way that Mr. Stiles narrates the story, makes this clear why […]
READ MORESeth Klarman Harvard Interview
Seth Klarman is one of the greatest investors ever, in my humble opinion. Check out his interview with Harvard Business School: Seth Klarman Harvard interview
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