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Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web The Difference Between Amateurs & Professionals A short list of choices to be made if you want to be a professional. Envy, the Happiness Killer You can’t eliminate envy from your life, but you can starve it by reducing your social media exposure. 5 Meditations to Calm …
Thursday last week, I returned home after a 7-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat at Spirit Rock. Our day started with a bell of awakening at 6:00 am and our first sit in the meditation hall started at 6:30. Our last sit in the meditation hall ended at 9:30 pm. All told, we spent about 7 …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web How to Get Comfortable With Uncertainty and Change Life IS uncertain; unexpected changes happen – whether you are OK with this or not. There is No Timeline to Grief I struggle less and less, but I still have to remind myself, “There is no timeline …
Stock selection is hard because leaders change hands. 25 years ago Apple was nearly bankrupt – and if it wasn’t for Microsoft’s last-minute investment, it would have gone under. Now it is the largest company in the world (by market cap). This is one reason that academics (and evidence-focused advisors like me) suggest that owning …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Fast Unicorns Frequently Fade The problem with rat races is they are full of rats. An Epidemic of Delusions I’m always pretty happy when philosophy gets presented as the hero… especially when it may be true. The Right Way to Be Introspective (Yes, There’s a …
I was on my podcast partner’s other podcast… this is the result!!! ABOUT THE EPISODE In real estate investing, lack of financial literacy is deadly. Investors who don’t have a fundamental understanding of basic financial concepts like risk tolerance and return expectations are destined to make costly mistakes… or worse, to go bankrupt! But it’s …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism MORE reasons to hold tight to optimism. Discover the Best Graduation Speeches As a huge fan of the standard commencement speech genre, I happen to love this link. Take your pick… A Fitness Guide to Preventing Dangerous Falls in …
I’m reading David Brook’s “Second Mountain.” We spend the majority of our lives – we get out of school, we build a career, we save and invest – climbing the first mountain with the goals that our culture endorses. We seek success and personal happiness. We get to the top of the first mountain, as …
Featured Articles: Good Writing From Around The Web The World is Awful. The World is Much Better. The World Can Be Much Better. Hold these three true thoughts in your mind at the same time –without suffering cognitive dissonance or stimulating an outright conniption. Incentives: The Most Powerful Force In The World If …
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