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The 20 Smartest Things Jeff Bezos Has Ever Said
Amazon is thriving. It is dominating, in fact, including in lines of business having little to do with its original undertaking of selling books. Shares now trade for three times what they did at the peak of the dot-com bubble. Thank Amazon’s quirky CEO, Jeff Bezos, for this success. He created a culture that’s not […]
Earthing in Thailand
Earthing in Thailand While Brian & I were in Thailand, we did a “10 day challenge” where we did not wear shirts, socks, or shoes/sandals. Barefoot and shirtless and it was liberating! Living barefoot is known as earthing and there are numerous physical and mental health benefits. When it was time to leave Thailand, we […]
Why Did Picasso Prosper?
Ian Leslie suggests that Pablo Picasso’s success with Cubism was hardly inevitable, but rather the product of circumstance: First, there was a new kind of consumer: the industrial revolution had created a class of young, educated, affluent Parisians, who, keen to distinguish themselves from their more conventional elders, prided themselves on daring displays of taste. Second, new […]
A Story about Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva:
In India there is a popular story about Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. They were boasting among themselves about their tremendous might. Suddenly a little boy came up and said to Brahma, “What do you create?” “Everything,” Brahma replied grandly. The boy asked the other two gods what their work was. “We preserve and destroy everything,” they answered. The young visitor was holding in his hand a single piece […]