Traveling alone used to be an experience filled with anxiety. What if I get bored? What if I miss the enlightening conversation that comes from sharing an experience with someone bright? Entertainment, safety, money – I had to be constantly on the alert.
This trip has turned the experience of traveling...
Yesterday I had a surf lesson, and then read for the whole day. The whole day! I didn’t stop until 10pm, when I went to bed. (even better: I’m not even sure what day it is).
Vacation has been fantastic. I get to do whatever I like, whenever I like. Think of the last time you had that freedom. For...
Guest post by Lawrence Ham
Hi, my name is Lawrence and I’m a productivity addict.
When I’m not out and about creating a kerfuffle or making an absolute buffoon of myself, I might be working on multiple monitors, brushing my teeth while getting the mail and sending texts, making most of my...
Coming home from a happy hour with the LBS alums, and I’ve realized that these MBAs have just one thing that is lacking in almost everyone else I meet: confidence.
It’s not that they were arrogant (Save for one guy. Luckily, he was from Wharton ). Many were also humble, and eager to learn....
Always a fan of goals, I have a ton. This is the first time that I’ve shared any of them publicly. In hopes of a better adherence rates, here are three of my biggest goals ::
Save $30k
Teach myself financial accounting
Lose 6 lbs by August
The deadline for each of these is July of 2012 (working...
Who would you die for? This question is one way of thinking concretely about loyalty.
Do you feel a strong loyalty to your family? Some might say that family ties deserve a new level of loyalty; that blood binds you to your ancestors. Evolution theory accounts for a specific kind of “altruism”...
A wise mentor of mine says that life comes in fractals; we often find ourselves re-living certain ideas or situations. We hope that upon encountering a new version of the same problem, we’re able to solve it smarter than the last time it came around.
Here’s my next shot at the concept of living...
“If you know about your own self-delusions, you are ahead of where most of us are, most of the time.” – a mentor
I’ve given up. As tough as it is to realize that I may never have great relationships with my parents, we’ll all be better served by aiming for ‘good’.
That means:
Connecting on the things that we both like, which is not everything.
Spending time together when and how it works...
Our parents are no longer our role models (I’m sure there are some exceptions). They’re decent people. They have strengths and shortcomings. Many of them have chosen stable lives for themselves.
For most of us, our professional aspirations have risen higher than what our parents have already...