Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Fouad Ajami: Samuel Huntington's Warning - WSJ.com
Fouad Ajami: Samuel Huntington's Warning - WSJ.com: "Critics who branded the book as a work of undisguised nativism missed an essential point. Huntington observed that his was an 'argument for the importance of Anglo-Protestant culture, not for the importance of Anglo-Protestant people.' The success of this great republic, he said, had hitherto depended on the willingness of generations of Americans to honor the creed of the founding settlers and to shed their old affinities"
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
The McKinsey Quarterly: The Online Journal of McKinsey & Co.
The McKinsey Quarterly: The Online Journal of McKinsey & Co.: "Innovation always has been driven by a person or a small team that has the luxury of thinking of a new idea and pursuing it. There are no counter examples. It was true 100 years ago and it'll be true for the next 100 years. Innovation is something that comes when you're not under the gun. So it's important that, even if you don't have balance in your life, you have some time for reflection. So that you could say, 'Well, maybe I'm not working on the right thing.' Or, 'maybe I should have this new idea.' The creative parts of one's mind are not on schedule"
Op-Ed Columnist - Lost in the Crowd - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - Lost in the Crowd - NYTimes.com: "Control of attention is the ultimate individual power"
News Analysis - In Blagojevich Case, Is It a Crime, or Just Talk? - NYTimes.com
News Analysis - In Blagojevich Case, Is It a Crime, or Just Talk? - NYTimes.com: "“You have to wonder, How much of this guy’s problem was his language, rather than what he really did?”"
Gmail - A 50-billion dollar lie - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - A 50-billion dollar lie - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "We've long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good. Even now, Charlie (Munger) and I continue to believe that short-term market forecasts are poison and should be kept locked up in a safe place, away from children and also from grown-ups who behave in the market like children.' - Warren Buffett"
Friday, December 12, 2008
Amazon.com: A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder: Michael Pollan: Books
Amazon.com: A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder: Michael Pollan: Books: "The writing contains no gaps or unsightly seams, and it's full of clues to readers who share a similar desire to build something tangible in a world that prizes the evanescent."
Amazon.com: A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder: Michael Pollan: Books
Amazon.com: A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder: Michael Pollan: Books: "The author of this fine, well-crafted book offers an explanation that seems honest and understandable: 'Whenever I heard myself described as an 'information service worker' or a 'symbolic analyst,' I wanted to reach for a hammer, or a hoe, and with it make something less virtual than a sentence."
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Domestic Lives - Building a Home for Another Life - NYTimes.com
Domestic Lives - Building a Home for Another Life - NYTimes.com: "old New England adage, “Waste not, want not.”"
We have met the enemy, and they are us. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
We have met the enemy, and they are us. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002: "We have met the enemy, and they are us
Evil or upsetting forces exist within, not without."
Evil or upsetting forces exist within, not without."
Op-Ed Columnist - The Good News From Illinois - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - The Good News From Illinois - NYTimes.com: "Perhaps his legal problems sent him off into his own little world. There he was, sitting around the house in his blue jogging suit, dipping into delusions of grandeur in which the empty Senate seat becomes a magic key to a Cabinet post, a big-money job for the missus, the presidency in 2016.
Lord knows we’ve all been tempted to retreat into fantasyland when things get rough. Really, the only thing saving us from succumbing was the lack of a Senate seat to sell."
Lord knows we’ve all been tempted to retreat into fantasyland when things get rough. Really, the only thing saving us from succumbing was the lack of a Senate seat to sell."
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 - Quotes of the Day - TIME
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 - Quotes of the Day - TIME: "Quotes of the Day
* Next button
Venecia Lonis, 4, who suffers from malnutrition, hangs from a strap used to weigh her at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Port-au-Prince,
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008
Open quoteThis sad reality should not be acceptable at the dawn of the 21st Century.Close quote
* JACQUES DIOUF,
* head of the Food and Agriculture Organization, on the 40 Million people FAO's annual report estimates have pushed into chronic hunger by the rise in food prices in 2008"
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Venecia Lonis, 4, who suffers from malnutrition, hangs from a strap used to weigh her at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Port-au-Prince,
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008
Open quoteThis sad reality should not be acceptable at the dawn of the 21st Century.Close quote
* JACQUES DIOUF,
* head of the Food and Agriculture Organization, on the 40 Million people FAO's annual report estimates have pushed into chronic hunger by the rise in food prices in 2008"
Monday, December 8, 2008
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.: "Quotation of the Day ▼X?
Background:
I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means—except by getting off his back.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)"
Background:
I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means—except by getting off his back.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)"
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor - The Real Bill Ayers - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - The Real Bill Ayers - NYTimes.com: "I cannot imagine engaging in actions of that kind today. And for the past 40 years, I’ve been teaching and writing about the unique value and potential of every human life, and the need to realize that potential through education."
Saturday, December 6, 2008
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Has Obama made his first blunder?
BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Has Obama made his first blunder?: "He went to her New York home and was shocked at how sterile it was - like a hotel room, he said, plush but characterless.
This - according to the critics - is the heart of the Clinton darkness. The marriage that appears to be wholly about convenience - nothing grounded, normal, recognisably human."
This - according to the critics - is the heart of the Clinton darkness. The marriage that appears to be wholly about convenience - nothing grounded, normal, recognisably human."
Friday, December 5, 2008
Gmail - Tata, India's Obama? - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Tata, India's Obama? - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'When the price of a stock can be influenced by a ‘herd’ on Wall Street with prices set at the margin by the most emotional person, or the greediest person, or the most depressed person, it is hard to argue that the market always prices rationally. In fact, market prices are frequently nonsensical.' - Warren Buffett."
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Juggle - WSJ.com : The Upside of Your Kids' Internet Use
The Juggle - WSJ.com : The Upside of Your Kids' Internet Use: "If one cannot hold a conversation when the other party is standing/sitting in front of them, how do they expect to live with people, see people every day and interact with fellow employees or commuters?"
Virginia Governor Mandates Time to Run - WSJ.com
Virginia Governor Mandates Time to Run - WSJ.com: "The Benefit
'I am not trying to sculpt my body,' jokes Gov. Kaine. 'The main reason I exercise is because I want to make good decisions and have more energy. I want to make sure my heart is healthy because I want to be around to take care of my family.'"
'I am not trying to sculpt my body,' jokes Gov. Kaine. 'The main reason I exercise is because I want to make good decisions and have more energy. I want to make sure my heart is healthy because I want to be around to take care of my family.'"
Preaching Moderation, Practicing Excess - WSJ.com
Preaching Moderation, Practicing Excess - WSJ.com: "It takes a lot to get a doctor to admit he's wrong"
McCain Couldn't Compete With Obama's Money - WSJ.com
McCain Couldn't Compete With Obama's Money - WSJ.com: "enduring truth of the old Chicago Golden Rule: He who has the gold rules"
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Girl from iconic Great Depression photo: 'We were ashamed' - CNN.com
Girl from iconic Great Depression photo: 'We were ashamed' - CNN.com: "The photograph helped define the Great Depression, yet McIntosh says her mom didn't let it define her, although the picture 'was always talked about in our family.'"
Robert Frost: Biography from Answers.com
Robert Frost: Biography from Answers.com: "Education is hanging around until you've caught on.'"
Music Review - Tina Turner - At Madison Square Garden, Still Proud, Still Kicking, Still Nice and Rough - NYTimes.com
Music Review - Tina Turner - At Madison Square Garden, Still Proud, Still Kicking, Still Nice and Rough - NYTimes.com: "It’s a hopeful voice; it connotes ambition and longing, never misery"
Existentialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Existentialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "The main point in respect of every existential problem is its meaning for me."
Goodreads | quotes by Robert Frost
Goodreads | quotes by Robert Frost: "There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.'
—"
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Gmail - CR #390: What You Can Learn from "Black Friday" - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - CR #390: What You Can Learn from "Black Friday" - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'Drive thy business or
it will drive thee.'
- Benjamin Franklin"
it will drive thee.'
- Benjamin Franklin"
Amazon.com: Good Guys and Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business (and Everything in Between): Joe Nocera: Books
Amazon.com: Good Guys and Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business (and Everything in Between): Joe Nocera: Books: "We learn that human nature is perhaps the biggest force that shapes businesses"
Amazon.com: Good Guys and Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business (and Everything in Between): Joe Nocera: Books
Amazon.com: Good Guys and Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business (and Everything in Between): Joe Nocera: Books: "We learn that human nature is perhaps the biggest force that shapes businesses"
Russia's road rage - International Herald Tribune
Russia's road rage - International Herald Tribune: "Rage is not a strategy"
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Heading Off Heart Attacks in Women - WSJ.com
Heading Off Heart Attacks in Women - WSJ.com: "Warning for Women
Chest pain is a common symptom in heart attacks, but women may instead have:
* Pressure or pain in shoulders, back, jaw or arms
* Dizziness or nausea
* Sudden fatigue or weakness
* Shortness of breath
* Unexplained anxiety
Source: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease"
Chest pain is a common symptom in heart attacks, but women may instead have:
* Pressure or pain in shoulders, back, jaw or arms
* Dizziness or nausea
* Sudden fatigue or weakness
* Shortness of breath
* Unexplained anxiety
Source: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease"
New Strategy Drives Obama Picks - WSJ.com
New Strategy Drives Obama Picks - WSJ.com: "'One of the dangers in a White House is that you get wrapped up in groupthink, and everybody agrees with everything and there's no discussion and there are no dissenting views,' he said, adding that 'the buck will stop with me.'"
Monday, December 1, 2008
EXCERPT: How Urdu Began -DAWN - Books and Authors; November 30, 2008
EXCERPT: How Urdu Began -DAWN - Books and Authors; November 30, 2008: "The relevance of history as a record and reappraisal of the past is absolute for the guidance of the present and the future. What is more important, however, is to place on record and analyse the current developments and challenges beyond what is provided in the available history books"
John Baldoni -- Leadership Expert: Leadership Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Acclaimed Author
John Baldoni -- Leadership Expert: Leadership Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Acclaimed Author: "Leadership is a journey without a final destination. It demands self-improvement and self-renewal to continue. To help you refresh your mind and spirit on your leadership journey, we have provided some reading material in the form of essays, articles, and step-by-step guides. Use them to focus your energies and your spirit on leading yourself and others."
EXCERPT: How Urdu Began -DAWN - Books and Authors; November 30, 2008
EXCERPT: How Urdu Began -DAWN - Books and Authors; November 30, 2008: "The relevance of history as a record and reappraisal of the past is absolute for the guidance of the present and the future. What is more important, however, is to place on record and analyse the current developments and challenges beyond what is provided in the available history books"
Gmail - "India will rise from this and prosper" - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - "India will rise from this and prosper" - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "Buffett on terrorism-'The probabilities are increasing, in an irregular and immeasurable manner, as knowledge and materials become available to those who wish us ill. Fear may recede with time, but the danger won't -- the war against terrorism can never be won. The best the nation can achieve is a long succession of stalemates. There can be no checkmate against hydra-headed foes.'"
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Obama Looks to Lincoln | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com
Obama Looks to Lincoln | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com: "The most important quality may be humility, which both Obama and Lincoln repeatedly refer to as an essential virtue. Humility in this case is not to be confused with meekness or passivity. Rather, it comes from confidence. A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble—to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of one's own judgment and self-worth to really listen and not be threatened by contrary advice. Lincoln showed this rare quality before he was sworn into office in March 1861. 'Lincoln wrote a really bellicose Inaugural [Address] at home,' says Harold Holzer, author of 'Lincoln President-Elect.' 'It ended with looking at the South and saying, 'Shall it be peace or sword?' He showed the draft to people, and they all urged him to tone it down and make it more conciliatory.' And so he did. It turns out that the lines quoted by Obama in Grant Park ('We are not enemies, but friends …') were not written by Lincoln, but by Seward."
Bill Clinton to Name Donors as Part of Obama Deal - NYTimes.com
Bill Clinton to Name Donors as Part of Obama Deal - NYTimes.com: "In the eight years since he left the White House, Mr. Clinton has built a new life as a businessman and international philanthropist, which has made him rich while he helped fight AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and other maladies around the world"
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Singapore Money Mind: Power of compounding
Singapore Money Mind: Power of compounding: "Power of compounding
Understanding both the power of compounding and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things.
- Charlie Munger"
Understanding both the power of compounding and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things.
- Charlie Munger"
Singapore Money Mind: How to time the buy
Singapore Money Mind: How to time the buy: "How to time the buy
Stock market timing cannot be done, with general success, unless the time to buy is related to an attractive price level, as measured by analytical standards.
- Benjamin Graham"
Stock market timing cannot be done, with general success, unless the time to buy is related to an attractive price level, as measured by analytical standards.
- Benjamin Graham"
Singapore Money Mind: Trust your stocks as long as the fundamental story hasn't changed
Singapore Money Mind: Trust your stocks as long as the fundamental story hasn't changed: "Trust your stocks as long as the fundamental story hasn't changed
When it comes to predicting the market, the important skill here is not listening, it’s snoring. The trick is not to learn to trust your gut feelings, but rather to discipline yourself to ignore them. Stand by your stocks as long as the fundamental story of the company hasn’t changed.
- Peter Lynch"
When it comes to predicting the market, the important skill here is not listening, it’s snoring. The trick is not to learn to trust your gut feelings, but rather to discipline yourself to ignore them. Stand by your stocks as long as the fundamental story of the company hasn’t changed.
- Peter Lynch"
Singapore Money Mind: 15 minutes a year for ....
Singapore Money Mind: 15 minutes a year for ....: "15 minutes a year for ....
I spend about 15 minutes a year on economic analysis. The way you lose money in the stock market is to start off with an economic picture. I also spend 15 minutes a year on where the stock market is going.
- Peter Lynch"
I spend about 15 minutes a year on economic analysis. The way you lose money in the stock market is to start off with an economic picture. I also spend 15 minutes a year on where the stock market is going.
- Peter Lynch"
Singapore Money Mind: Buffett on terrorism
Singapore Money Mind: Buffett on terrorism: "Buffett on terrorism
The probabilities are increasing, in an irregular and immeasurable manner, as knowledge and materials become available to those who wish us ill. Fear may recede with time, but the danger won't -- the war against terrorism can never be won. The best the nation can achieve is a long succession of stalemates. There can be no checkmate against hydra-headed foes.
- Warren Buffett"
The probabilities are increasing, in an irregular and immeasurable manner, as knowledge and materials become available to those who wish us ill. Fear may recede with time, but the danger won't -- the war against terrorism can never be won. The best the nation can achieve is a long succession of stalemates. There can be no checkmate against hydra-headed foes.
- Warren Buffett"
Buffett Saw Terror Threat - Forbes.com
Buffett Saw Terror Threat - Forbes.com: "'I violated the Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does."
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Derek Bok - Wikiquote
Derek Bok - Wikiquote: "* 'If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.'"
Monday, November 24, 2008
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor (J-B Warren Bennis Series): "Dante reserved the last and worst ring in hell for those who, in a moral crisis, preserved their neutrality"
Albert Einstein Quotes - The Quotations Page
Albert Einstein Quotes - The Quotations Page: "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form.
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Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 19, 1940
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Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 19, 1940
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Albert Einstein Quotes - The Quotations Page
Albert Einstein Quotes - The Quotations Page: "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)"
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
- More quotations on: [Facts]
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
- More quotations on: [Sanity]
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)
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The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.
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Albert Einstein, (attributed)"
Breaking News
Breaking News: "Wiping out a bad habit
By Kimberly Spykerman
THEY are a common sight in crowded hawker centres: a pack of tissues plunked down at an empty spot which practically screams 'Find another seat!'
But a group of undergraduates is on the warpath to wipe out this informal reservation system.
On Saturday, seven students doled out 1,000 packets of tissue paper in the Chinatown Complex food centre. They were scrawled with the words: 'This seat is not taken, It's yours!'
Read Kimberly Spykerman's full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times."
By Kimberly Spykerman
THEY are a common sight in crowded hawker centres: a pack of tissues plunked down at an empty spot which practically screams 'Find another seat!'
But a group of undergraduates is on the warpath to wipe out this informal reservation system.
On Saturday, seven students doled out 1,000 packets of tissue paper in the Chinatown Complex food centre. They were scrawled with the words: 'This seat is not taken, It's yours!'
Read Kimberly Spykerman's full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times."
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Gmail - US$ 28 trillion gone. More to go. - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - US$ 28 trillion gone. More to go. - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'Whenever I read about some company undertaking a cost-cutting program, I know it's not a company that really knows what costs are about. The really good manager does not wake up in the morning and say 'This is the day I'm going to cut costs,' any more than he wakes up and decides to practice breathing.' - Warren Buffett"
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Unhappy America | The Economist
Unhappy America | The Economist: "Everybody goes through bad times. Some learn from the problems they have caused themselves, and come back stronger. Some blame others, lash out and damage themselves further. America has had the wisdom to take the first course many times before. Let’s hope it does so again."
Unhappy America | The Economist
Unhappy America | The Economist: "Everybody goes through bad times. Some learn from the problems they have caused themselves, and come back stronger. Some blame others, lash out and damage themselves further. America has had the wisdom to take the first course many times before. Let’s hope it does so again."
Gmail - Weekend Edition - Oh-ctober Oh-eight - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Weekend Edition - Oh-ctober Oh-eight - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "The list of qualities (an investor ought to have) include patience, self-reliance, common sense, a tolerance for pain, open-mindedness, detachment, persistence, humility, flexibility, a willingness to do independent research, an equal willingness to admit mistakes, and the ability to ignore general panic.' - Peter Lynch"
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wallace Gunman Arthur Bremer Walks Free | Newsweek National News | Newsweek.com
Wallace Gunman Arthur Bremer Walks Free | Newsweek National News | Newsweek.com: "But he will have to acclimate to making decisions that he hasn't had to make since 1972."
Thursday, October 30, 2008
iGoogle
iGoogle: "There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.
- Franz Kafka
Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.
- Groucho Marx
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
- Oscar Wilde"
- Franz Kafka
Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.
- Groucho Marx
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
- Oscar Wilde"
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Gmail - India leading the BRIC
Gmail - India leading the BRIC: "'You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong' - Warren Buffett"
Op-Extra Columnist - No Ordinary Woman - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Op-Extra Columnist - No Ordinary Woman - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com: "Mediocrity, after all, is the privilege of those who have arrived."
Personal Health - In Retirement, Doing Work That Matters - Jane E. Brody - NYTimes.com
Personal Health - In Retirement, Doing Work That Matters - Jane E. Brody - NYTimes.com: "Finding a Good Fit
Encore career possibilities are endless. They can be lucrative and personally fulfilling. In their book, “Don’t Retire, Rewire!” (Alpha, 2007), Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners provide a step-by-step guide to help people approaching the second half of life discover their passions and purpose.
Noting that many people “flunk retirement,” they list many reasons for retirees to “rewire,” among them a need for mental stimulation and a desire to remain productive, do something meaningful and make a difference for others.
This husband-and-wife team recognizes that for some people, personal reasons predominate, like wanting to do long-postponed activities, find a better balance between work and play and continue to make money while doing something they love.
The authors put future retirees through their paces. They list and describe 30 possible reasons that people want to work, to help them identify their most important goals and find a good rewiring fit. They also discuss what people may lose when they retire, like involvement with others, the energy of the workplace and a feeling of importance.
Sometimes the best fit is to continue doing your life’s work but on a less demanding schedule. For example, I r"
Encore career possibilities are endless. They can be lucrative and personally fulfilling. In their book, “Don’t Retire, Rewire!” (Alpha, 2007), Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners provide a step-by-step guide to help people approaching the second half of life discover their passions and purpose.
Noting that many people “flunk retirement,” they list many reasons for retirees to “rewire,” among them a need for mental stimulation and a desire to remain productive, do something meaningful and make a difference for others.
This husband-and-wife team recognizes that for some people, personal reasons predominate, like wanting to do long-postponed activities, find a better balance between work and play and continue to make money while doing something they love.
The authors put future retirees through their paces. They list and describe 30 possible reasons that people want to work, to help them identify their most important goals and find a good rewiring fit. They also discuss what people may lose when they retire, like involvement with others, the energy of the workplace and a feeling of importance.
Sometimes the best fit is to continue doing your life’s work but on a less demanding schedule. For example, I r"
Personal Health - In Retirement, Doing Work That Matters - Jane E. Brody - NYTimes.com
Personal Health - In Retirement, Doing Work That Matters - Jane E. Brody - NYTimes.com: "Ms. Sedlar and Mr. Miners quote Norma Collier, a 62-year-old marketing manager who wants to make a difference: “Before I die I want to do something to make the world a better place, and this is the time to do it — not when I’m really old and decrepit, but when I’m still active.”
As these authors put it: “Rewiring is different from retirement because it starts from inside you. Rewiring is not about responding to someone else’s goals for you or living out society’s agenda for you. Rewiring comes from you, your personal motivators, your vision, your dreams, your goals and your values. That’s why rewiring is so satisfying for so many people.”"
As these authors put it: “Rewiring is different from retirement because it starts from inside you. Rewiring is not about responding to someone else’s goals for you or living out society’s agenda for you. Rewiring comes from you, your personal motivators, your vision, your dreams, your goals and your values. That’s why rewiring is so satisfying for so many people.”"
Op-Extra Columnist - No Ordinary Woman - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Op-Extra Columnist - No Ordinary Woman - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com: "In 1977, Bella Abzug, the former congresswoman and outspoken feminist, said, “Our struggle today is not to have a female Einstein get appointed as an assistant professor. It is for a woman schlemiel to get as quickly promoted as a male schlemiel.”
In other words: women will truly have arrived when the most mediocre among us will be able to do just as well as the most mediocre of men.
By this standard, the watershed event for women this year was not Hillary Clinton’s near ascendancy to the top of the Democratic ticket, but Sarah Palin’s nomination as the Republicans’ No. 2.
For Clinton was a lifelong overachiever, a star in a generational vanguard who clearly took to heart the maxim that women “must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good,” and in so doing divorced herself from the world of the merely average. In that, she was not unlike Barack Obama — taxed by his race to be twice as reassuring, twice as un-angry, twice as presidential as any white candidate.
Mediocrity, after all, is the privilege of those who have arrived.
Palin is a woman who has risen to national prominence without, apparently, even remotely being twice as good as her male competitors. On the contrary, her claim to fame lies"
In other words: women will truly have arrived when the most mediocre among us will be able to do just as well as the most mediocre of men.
By this standard, the watershed event for women this year was not Hillary Clinton’s near ascendancy to the top of the Democratic ticket, but Sarah Palin’s nomination as the Republicans’ No. 2.
For Clinton was a lifelong overachiever, a star in a generational vanguard who clearly took to heart the maxim that women “must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good,” and in so doing divorced herself from the world of the merely average. In that, she was not unlike Barack Obama — taxed by his race to be twice as reassuring, twice as un-angry, twice as presidential as any white candidate.
Mediocrity, after all, is the privilege of those who have arrived.
Palin is a woman who has risen to national prominence without, apparently, even remotely being twice as good as her male competitors. On the contrary, her claim to fame lies"
Economic Scene - Lesson From a Crisis - When Trust Vanishes, Worry - NYTimes.com
Economic Scene - Lesson From a Crisis - When Trust Vanishes, Worry - NYTimes.com: "As a young academic economist in the 1980s, Mr. Bernanke largely developed the theory that the loan officers’ lost knowledge was a crucial cause of the Depression. He referred to this lost knowledge as “informational capital.” In plain English, it means that trust vanished from the banking sector."
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist - The Behavioral Revolution - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - The Behavioral Revolution - NYTimes.com: "Taleb believes that our brains evolved to suit a world much simpler than the one we now face. His writing is idiosyncratic, but he does touch on many of the perceptual biases that distort our thinking: our tendency to see data that confirm our prejudices more vividly than data that contradict them; our tendency to overvalue recent events when anticipating future possibilities; our tendency to spin concurring facts into a single causal narrative; our tendency to applaud our own supposed skill in circumstances when we’ve actually benefited from dumb luck."
Op-Ed Columnist - The Behavioral Revolution - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - The Behavioral Revolution - NYTimes.com: "Roughly speaking, there are four steps to every decision. First, you perceive a situation. Then you think of possible courses of action. Then you calculate which course is in your best interest. Then you take the action."
Man Who Set Stage for a Nobel Now Lives a Life Outside Science - NYTimes.com
Man Who Set Stage for a Nobel Now Lives a Life Outside Science - NYTimes.com: "The depression returned. “That’s been a serious problem off and on, but anyone who doesn’t have a job has that problem,” Dr. Prasher said. “If they don’t, there’s a problem with them. Or they’re independently wealthy.”"
Op-Extra Columnist - The Party of Yesterday - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Op-Extra Columnist - The Party of Yesterday - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com: "Ronald Reagan was lashed by liberals for running a “Morning in America” campaign, but he knew this country, at heart, was always tomorrow-looking — and he fared very well in educated cities as well as small towns. “Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone,” said Reagan, “I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears.” Barack Obama, who brings that music to the stage, leads by 30 points on the “hope and optimism” question in polls."
Wisdom of Warren Buffett: On Innovators, Imitators, and Idiots - Bill Taylor
Wisdom of Warren Buffett: On Innovators, Imitators, and Idiots - Bill Taylor: "Einstein once noted-our problems can't be solved with the way of thinking ,that created these problems. It is time for a radical Re-Design, combined with common sense that slips out of our minds so easily."
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Power of Passive Campaigning - Stanley Fish Blog - NYTimes.com
The Power of Passive Campaigning - Stanley Fish Blog - NYTimes.com: "“The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heav’n of hell, “"
Can make a heav’n of hell, “"
Military strategy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Military strategy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "'Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.' – Sun Tzu
'You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.' – Napoleon Bonaparte"
'You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.' – Napoleon Bonaparte"
Welcome To Forbes.com
Welcome To Forbes.com: "Thought Of The Day
'Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness.'
-Thomas Hobbes"
'Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness.'
-Thomas Hobbes"
The Accidental Theorist - By Paul Krugman - Slate Magazine
The Accidental Theorist - By Paul Krugman - Slate Magazine: "Why did it happen? Part of the answer is that Greider systematically cut himself off from the kind of advice and criticism that could have saved him from himself. His acknowledgements conspicuously do not include any competent economists--not a surprising thing, one supposes, for a man who describes economics as 'not really a science so much as a value-laden form of prophecy.' But I also suspect that Greider is the victim of his own earnestness. He clearly takes his subject (and himself) too seriously to play intellectual games. To test-drive an idea with seemingly trivial thought experiments, with hypothetical stories about simplified economies producing hot dogs and buns, would be beneath his dignity. And it is precisely because he is so serious that his ideas are so foolish."
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Why Barack Obama Is Winning -- Printout -- TIME
Why Barack Obama Is Winning -- Printout -- TIME: "I have to tell you, one of the benefits of running this 22-month gauntlet is that ... you start realizing that what seems important or clever or in need of some dramatic moment a lot of times just needs reflection and care. And I think that was an example of where my style at least worked.' Obama realized that he and McCain could be little more than creative bystanders — and one prominent Republican told me that McCain was 'the least creative person in the room at the President's White House meeting. He simply had no ideas. He didn't even have any good questions.'"
Gmail - Weekend Edition - An unforgettable Friday - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Weekend Edition - An unforgettable Friday - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones' - George Soros"
Monday, October 20, 2008
Gmail - Buffett: Lucky or Genius? - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Buffett: Lucky or Genius? - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.' - Benjamin Franklin"
Doctor and Patient - What Does Grace Mean to You? - NYTimes.com
Doctor and Patient - What Does Grace Mean to You? - NYTimes.com: "It’s okay to cry. When you stop caring is when you should get out of this business"
Sunday, October 19, 2008
David Sipress : “Today I’m announcing I’ve decided to get out of my family so I can devote more time to politics.” - Cartoonbank.com
David Sipress : “Today I’m announcing I’ve decided to get out of my family so I can devote more time to politics.” - Cartoonbank.com: "New Yorker Cartoon
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ID: 52869, Published in The New Yorker October 28, 2002"
Overtaxed: Comment: The New Yorker
Overtaxed: Comment: The New Yorker: "“Nobody likes high taxes,” Obama said. “Of course not.” Still, he explained:
I do believe that for folks like me who’ve worked hard but frankly also been lucky, I don’t mind paying just a little bit more than the waitress who I just met over there. . . . She can barely make the rent. . . . And I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.
The principle that Obama evinced, which most economists would regard as unexceptionable, can be traced to Adam Smith. In “The Wealth of Nations” (1776), his seminal treatise on capitalism, Smith wrote:
The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. . . . The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal expense of the rich, and a magnificent house embellishes and sets off to the best advantage all the other luxuries and vanities which they possess. . . . It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion."
I do believe that for folks like me who’ve worked hard but frankly also been lucky, I don’t mind paying just a little bit more than the waitress who I just met over there. . . . She can barely make the rent. . . . And I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.
The principle that Obama evinced, which most economists would regard as unexceptionable, can be traced to Adam Smith. In “The Wealth of Nations” (1776), his seminal treatise on capitalism, Smith wrote:
The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. . . . The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal expense of the rich, and a magnificent house embellishes and sets off to the best advantage all the other luxuries and vanities which they possess. . . . It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion."
The Choice: Comment: The New Yorker
The Choice: Comment: The New Yorker: ". Obama’s choice, Joe Biden, is not without imperfections. His tongue sometimes runs in advance of his mind, providing his own fodder for late-night comedians, but there is no comparison with Palin."
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Management guru: Peter Drucker | Peter Drucker | The Economist
Management guru: Peter Drucker | Peter Drucker | The Economist: "There are many books I could have written that are better than the ones I actually wrote. My best book would have been 'Managing Ignorance', and I’m very sorry I didn’t write it.”"
Management guru: Peter Drucker | Peter Drucker | The Economist
Management guru: Peter Drucker | Peter Drucker | The Economist: "From Economist.com
The most enduring guru of them all, Peter Drucker (1909-2005) was the author of more than three dozen books, translated into almost as many languages. In 1997 McKinsey Quarterly said: “In the world of management gurus, there is no debate. Peter Drucker is the one guru to whom other gurus kowtow.” But unlike some of those that might have kowtowed to him, Drucker was a guru with charm who never set out to diminish others. Some commentators have remarked that although he was firmly embedded in the human-relations school of management—along with Douglas McGregor (see article) and Warren Bennis (see article), for example—the guru he himself most admired was Frederick Winslow Taylor, the father of “scientific” management.
“There are many books I could have written that are better than the ones I actually wrote. My best book would have been 'Managing Ignorance', and I’m very sorry I didn’t write it.”
Though born in Vienna, Drucker started his professional life in Frankfurt as a financial reporter, and he never lost his journalistic eye for a witty aphorism or a memorable metaphor. His writing is never dull, but nor is it superficial, in a field where both dullness and superficiality are common. He brought"
The most enduring guru of them all, Peter Drucker (1909-2005) was the author of more than three dozen books, translated into almost as many languages. In 1997 McKinsey Quarterly said: “In the world of management gurus, there is no debate. Peter Drucker is the one guru to whom other gurus kowtow.” But unlike some of those that might have kowtowed to him, Drucker was a guru with charm who never set out to diminish others. Some commentators have remarked that although he was firmly embedded in the human-relations school of management—along with Douglas McGregor (see article) and Warren Bennis (see article), for example—the guru he himself most admired was Frederick Winslow Taylor, the father of “scientific” management.
“There are many books I could have written that are better than the ones I actually wrote. My best book would have been 'Managing Ignorance', and I’m very sorry I didn’t write it.”
Though born in Vienna, Drucker started his professional life in Frankfurt as a financial reporter, and he never lost his journalistic eye for a witty aphorism or a memorable metaphor. His writing is never dull, but nor is it superficial, in a field where both dullness and superficiality are common. He brought"
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder - Hardcover - Random House
The Snowball by Alice Schroeder - Hardcover - Random House: "Ben Graham, always used to say, ‘You can get in way more trouble with a good idea than a bad idea,’ because you forget that the good idea has limits. Lord Keynes, in his preface to this book, said, ‘There is a danger of expecting the results of the future to be predicted from the past.’"
Economist.com
Economist.com: "Warren Bennis
Jul 25th 2008
From Economist.com
Warren Bennis (born 1925) is a laid-back silver-haired professor at the University of Southern California who has been an influential authority on leadership for decades. He has been consulted on the subject by at least four American presidents and by some of the best-known occupants of corporate boardrooms around the world.
His fundamental tenet is that leaders are made, not born. The worst problem they can face, says Bennis, is “early success. There’s no opportunity to learn from adversity and problems”. Other myths about leadership that he dismisses are that it is a rare skill; that leaders are charismatic (most of them are quite ordinary people); and that leaders control and manipulate (they do not; they align the energies of others behind an attractive goal).
Being a leader is very different from being a manager, says Bennis. So being a manager in an organisation is not necessarily the best training for being the leader of that organisation. But it is the only training that most CEOs get for the job. Managers, however, can learn to be leaders. “I believe in ‘possible selves’,” Bennis has written, “the capacity to adapt and change.”
“I think a lot of the leaders I’ve spoken to give expression to their fe"
Jul 25th 2008
From Economist.com
Warren Bennis (born 1925) is a laid-back silver-haired professor at the University of Southern California who has been an influential authority on leadership for decades. He has been consulted on the subject by at least four American presidents and by some of the best-known occupants of corporate boardrooms around the world.
His fundamental tenet is that leaders are made, not born. The worst problem they can face, says Bennis, is “early success. There’s no opportunity to learn from adversity and problems”. Other myths about leadership that he dismisses are that it is a rare skill; that leaders are charismatic (most of them are quite ordinary people); and that leaders control and manipulate (they do not; they align the energies of others behind an attractive goal).
Being a leader is very different from being a manager, says Bennis. So being a manager in an organisation is not necessarily the best training for being the leader of that organisation. But it is the only training that most CEOs get for the job. Managers, however, can learn to be leaders. “I believe in ‘possible selves’,” Bennis has written, “the capacity to adapt and change.”
“I think a lot of the leaders I’ve spoken to give expression to their fe"
The curse of untidiness | DNA all over the place | The Economist
The curse of untidiness | DNA all over the place | The Economist: "The fat, the impulsive and the untidy are genetically normal, but they are equipped for yesteryear. The thin, the focused and the neat are freaks—but they are cut out for success.
For modern life disapproves of clutter, almost as much as it scorns obesity and fidgeting. Cubicle life and hot-desking make no allowance for employees who own anything. Architects and designers, like Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, long ago tried to eliminate clutter from the home, and, along with the arbiters of taste, the high cost of housing argues against clutter. If you want to keep up with fashion, in handbags and iPhones, it is constantly in with the new. Modern life demands that the old should go out at the same time."
For modern life disapproves of clutter, almost as much as it scorns obesity and fidgeting. Cubicle life and hot-desking make no allowance for employees who own anything. Architects and designers, like Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, long ago tried to eliminate clutter from the home, and, along with the arbiters of taste, the high cost of housing argues against clutter. If you want to keep up with fashion, in handbags and iPhones, it is constantly in with the new. Modern life demands that the old should go out at the same time."
The curse of untidiness | DNA all over the place | The Economist
The curse of untidiness | DNA all over the place | The Economist: "The fat, the impulsive and the untidy are genetically normal, but they are equipped for yesteryear. The thin, the focused and the neat are freaks—but they are cut out for success.
For modern life disapproves of clutter, almost as much as it scorns obesity and fidgeting. Cubicle life and hot-desking make no allowance for employees who own anything. Architects and designers, like Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, long ago tried to eliminate clutter from the home, and, along with the arbiters of taste, the high cost of housing argues against clutter. If you want to keep up with fashion, in handbags and iPhones, it is constantly in with the new. Modern life demands that the old should go out at the same time."
For modern life disapproves of clutter, almost as much as it scorns obesity and fidgeting. Cubicle life and hot-desking make no allowance for employees who own anything. Architects and designers, like Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius, long ago tried to eliminate clutter from the home, and, along with the arbiters of taste, the high cost of housing argues against clutter. If you want to keep up with fashion, in handbags and iPhones, it is constantly in with the new. Modern life demands that the old should go out at the same time."
CAMPAIGN FASHION / The audacity of hope -- and a good suit
CAMPAIGN FASHION / The audacity of hope -- and a good suit: "ormer Sen. John Edwards, who is also campaigning for the Democratic nomination, made that mistake in the 2004 presidential race when he was caught on film in an almost unforgivable act of vanity -- staring lovingly into a mirror as he combed his hair for what seemed like an unmanly length of time."
The Long Run - Behind McCain, Outsider in Capital Wanting Back In - Series - NYTimes.com
The Long Run - Behind McCain, Outsider in Capital Wanting Back In - Series - NYTimes.com: "When he was home, the two were “as affectionate as you can be with John McCain,” said Wes Gullet, a former aide, explaining that his old boss, with his military training, restless energy and sarcastic humor, is not the cuddly type. “He’s a funny and vivacious guy, but he is not someone who spends his weekend watching ‘The Way We Were,’ ” Mr. Gullet said."
Friday, October 17, 2008
Gmail - Companies resilient to slowdown... - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Companies resilient to slowdown... - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent' - John Maynard Keynes"
Amazon.com: The Four Filters Invention of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger: Bud Labitan: Books
Amazon.com: The Four Filters Invention of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger: Bud Labitan: Books: "Buffett asks the following questions when considering an investment:
1- Can I understand it?
2- Does it have good management?
3- Does it have an enduring competitive advantage?
4- Can it be purchased at an attractive price?"
1- Can I understand it?
2- Does it have good management?
3- Does it have an enduring competitive advantage?
4- Can it be purchased at an attractive price?"
From Push to Nudge: A Q&A With the Authors of the Latter - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
From Push to Nudge: A Q&A With the Authors of the Latter - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog: "RICHARD: We both fall prey to the perils of inertia, in part because we are busy and disorganized. Perhaps that is why we spend so much time in the book talking about ways in which things can be made “automatic.”"
Gmail - Invest Now? Warren Buffett Answers - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Invest Now? Warren Buffett Answers - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "The underlying principles of sound investment should not alter from decade to decade, but the application of these principles must be adapted to significant changes in the financial mechanisms and climate' - Benjamin Graham"
Op-Ed Columnist - Palin’s Kind of Patriotism - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - Palin’s Kind of Patriotism - NYTimes.com: "I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization"
Magazine Preview - Will Gun-Totting, Churchgoing White Guys Pull the Lever for Barack Obama? - NYTimes.com
Magazine Preview - Will Gun-Totting, Churchgoing White Guys Pull the Lever for Barack Obama? - NYTimes.com: "Which, by the way, is a different argument than race,” Obama continued, pausing to make sure I understood. “I’m not making an argument that the resistance is simply racial. It’s more just that I’m different in all kinds of ways. I’m different even for black people. I went through similar stuff when I ran against Bobby Rush on the all-black South Side of Chicago.” In that race, a Democratic primary for Congress in 2000, Rush, the black incumbent, handed Obama his first and only political defeat. “It’s like: ‘Who is this guy? Where’d he come from?’ So that’s part of it."
Pring Research - Technical Analysis, Educational CDs, Financial Newsletters and Charting Tools
Pring Research - Technical Analysis, Educational CDs, Financial Newsletters and Charting Tools: "Always remember: Even if a current opportunity is missed, there will always be another. The best investment decisions are made when the odds are in your favor. You increase those odds when you assess investment possibilities with a cold, indifferent eye and avoid the day-to-day clutter of the marketplace."
Meeting Krugman in 1998 - Views - livemint.com
Meeting Krugman in 1998 - Views - livemint.com: "Krugman wrote somewhere at the end of this book in the same vein: “The truth is that pride is a luxury none of us can afford in a world that has turned out to pose unsuspected risks… Even more important than pride as an obstacle to sensible action, however, is prejudice—by which I mean the adherence of too many influential people to orthodox views about economic policy that are no longer relevant to our changed world.”"
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Dov Seidman's Amazon Blog
Dov Seidman's Amazon Blog: "A cautionary tale with a powerful moral: Do the right thing, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because in a world where your reputation lives on your customer’s desktop screen, it is the smart thing to do as well."
Dov Seidman's Amazon Blog
Dov Seidman's Amazon Blog: "A cautionary tale with a powerful moral: Do the right thing, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because in a world where your reputation lives on your customer’s desktop screen, it is the smart thing to do as well."
Magazine Preview - Will Gun-Totting, Churchgoing White Guys Pull the Lever for Barack Obama? - NYTimes.com
Magazine Preview - Will Gun-Totting, Churchgoing White Guys Pull the Lever for Barack Obama? - NYTimes.com: "The second part of it is that I’m trying to do this in an environment where the media narrative is already set up in a certain way. So it’s hard to not be dropped into a box"
Monday, October 13, 2008
Gmail - Buffett loses US$ 10 bn in a week - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Buffett loses US$ 10 bn in a week - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can't buy what is popular and do well"
Feds to look into Lee County Sheriff Scott's 'Hussein' Obama comment at Palin rally | news-press.com | The News-Press
Feds to look into Lee County Sheriff Scott's 'Hussein' Obama comment at Palin rally | news-press.com | The News-Press: "the ones who make things happen, the ones who watch what happens and the ones who wonder what happened. Let’s leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what happened"
Op-Ed Columnist - Are We Rome? Tu Betchus! - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - Are We Rome? Tu Betchus! - NYTimes.com: "Avoid whatever is approved of by the mob, and things that are the gift of chance. Whenever circumstance brings some welcome thing your way, stop in suspicion and alarm ...They are snares. ... we think these things are ours when in fact it is we who are caught. That track leads to precipices; life on that giddy level ends in a fall"
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. by Benjamin Franklin
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. by Benjamin Franklin: "Top 5 quotes from Benjamin Franklin
* 'Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.'
* 'Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.'
* 'They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.'
* 'The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.'
* 'Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.'
Top 5 quotes from Anger
* 'I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it.'
* 'Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.'
* 'Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.'
* 'In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.'
* 'The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with"
* 'Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.'
* 'Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.'
* 'They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.'
* 'The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.'
* 'Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.'
Top 5 quotes from Anger
* 'I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it.'
* 'Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.'
* 'Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.'
* 'In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.'
* 'The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with"
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - McCain to supporters: ‘You’re angry, and I’m angry too’ « - Blogs from CNN.com
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - McCain to supporters: ‘You’re angry, and I’m angry too’ « - Blogs from CNN.com: "Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
– Benjamin Franklin."
– Benjamin Franklin."
Friday, October 10, 2008
Amazon.com: What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful: Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter: Books
Amazon.com: What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful: Marshall Goldsmith, Mark Reiter: Books: "“The greatest wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.”"
Thursday, October 9, 2008
The Town Hall Debate: In Praise of Complete Sentences - PostPartisan - Quick takes from The Post's opinion writers
The Town Hall Debate: In Praise of Complete Sentences - PostPartisan - Quick takes from The Post's opinion writers: "As the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein observed: “If you can’t say it, you can’t whistle it, either.”
By David Ignatius | October 7, 2008; 11:44 PM"
By David Ignatius | October 7, 2008; 11:44 PM"
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Financial crisis: Western world will become significantly less wealthy - Telegraph
Financial crisis: Western world will become significantly less wealthy - Telegraph: "seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride."
Quote 1467
Quote 1467: "henry_ford.jpg
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
Henry Ford, 07/30/1863 - 04/07/1947
Founder of the Ford Motor Company"
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
Henry Ford, 07/30/1863 - 04/07/1947
Founder of the Ford Motor Company"
Monday, October 6, 2008
Everyday Innovation - Scott Anthony
Everyday Innovation - Scott Anthony: "Innovation doesn't have to land in the headlines to have impact. Everyday innovation can be critical to long-term business success."
Everyday Innovation - Scott Anthony
Everyday Innovation - Scott Anthony: "Innovation is about solving old problems in new ways"
Friday, October 3, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Gmail - Bigger than Harry Potter - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Bigger than Harry Potter - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing' - Warren Buffett"
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Rod Dreher: And it was written, our blame | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Columnists: Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher: And it was written, our blame | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Columnists: Rod Dreher: "In the light of suffering and intense human need, principles that many of us have come to disdain as sentimental clichés appeared as saving truths."
Monday, September 29, 2008
CEDP - M7: Project Management | International Training Centre
CEDP - M7: Project Management | International Training Centre: "THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE ADVANTAGE .............
Unless your firm also has an action advantage.
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Knowing what you should do is not enough. In fact, too much knowledge can be a detriment to the right projects getting done at all - never mind on time or on budget.
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The key to success is planning in action.
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Get the right people on board
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Cut through the hot air, criticisms, and complexities (the 'small-talk trap')
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Close the gap between strategy and action (the 'knowing-doing' gap)
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Create a plan that produces real results.
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And do it FAST!"
Unless your firm also has an action advantage.
*
o
Knowing what you should do is not enough. In fact, too much knowledge can be a detriment to the right projects getting done at all - never mind on time or on budget.
*
o
The key to success is planning in action.
*
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+
Get the right people on board
+
Cut through the hot air, criticisms, and complexities (the 'small-talk trap')
+
Close the gap between strategy and action (the 'knowing-doing' gap)
+
Create a plan that produces real results.
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And do it FAST!"
What McCain's Books Tell Us About Him | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com
What McCain's Books Tell Us About Him | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com: "Profound change doesn't always require consensus. Sometimes it is achieved when just a few people see the way ahead and decide to set in motion events that will overtake resistance, change the unsatisfactory status quo, and leave something better in its place."
What McCain's Books Tell Us About Him | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com
What McCain's Books Tell Us About Him | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com: "They quote Wayne Gretzky: 'I skate where the puck is going to be, not where it's been.'"
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Business Articles and Books, Business Management Resources - Harvard Business Online
Business Articles and Books, Business Management Resources - Harvard Business Online: "Leadership Content
How to Change the World
by Howard H. Stevenson
This fictional case study probes a dilemma facing many ambitious young professionals: How to do well while also doing good.
Climate Business/Business Climate
by Michael E. Porter et al.
Climate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of HBR's Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change.
Building the Green Way
by Auden Schendler
Just five or six years ago, the term 'green building' evoked visions of barefoot, tie-dyed, granola-munching denizens. There's been a large shift in perception.
Where's the Green in Green Business?
by Auden Schendler
Anyone who argues that 'green' business makes economic sense is bending the truth, says the director of environmental affairs at Aspen Skiing Co. Sustainable business can't occur without a company mandate springing from ethics, not economics."
How to Change the World
by Howard H. Stevenson
This fictional case study probes a dilemma facing many ambitious young professionals: How to do well while also doing good.
Climate Business/Business Climate
by Michael E. Porter et al.
Climate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of HBR's Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change.
Building the Green Way
by Auden Schendler
Just five or six years ago, the term 'green building' evoked visions of barefoot, tie-dyed, granola-munching denizens. There's been a large shift in perception.
Where's the Green in Green Business?
by Auden Schendler
Anyone who argues that 'green' business makes economic sense is bending the truth, says the director of environmental affairs at Aspen Skiing Co. Sustainable business can't occur without a company mandate springing from ethics, not economics."
Op-Ed Columnist - Sound, but No Fury - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - Sound, but No Fury - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com: "Given the past week, the debate should have been a cinch for Obama. But, just as in the primaries, he willfully refuses to accept what debates are about. It’s not a lecture hall; it’s a joust. It’s not how cerebral you are. It’s how visceral you are. You need memorable, sharp, forceful and witty lines."
McCain’s Suspension Bridge to Nowhere - Readers' Comments - The New York Times
BODY LANGUAGE
McCain’s Suspension Bridge to Nowhere - Readers' Comments - The New York Times: "Talk about body language--McCain's most powerful mode of communication in the debate was non-verbal. By failing to make eye-contact with Obama, or even to look at him, he was using my elitist grandmother's language translated into body-language. My grandmother, who regarded herself as upper class, would state that she 'did not notice' people who were below her caste. These included tradesmen, blacks, Italians and Irish immigrants, servants and Jews.
McCain was using body language to talk in code to white voters who feel that Obama's candidacy is a threat to their entitlements. McCain did not 'notice' Obama but did disdainfully let him babble on for a while, while sneering. I'm sure some slave owners behaved similarly."
McCain’s Suspension Bridge to Nowhere - Readers' Comments - The New York Times: "Talk about body language--McCain's most powerful mode of communication in the debate was non-verbal. By failing to make eye-contact with Obama, or even to look at him, he was using my elitist grandmother's language translated into body-language. My grandmother, who regarded herself as upper class, would state that she 'did not notice' people who were below her caste. These included tradesmen, blacks, Italians and Irish immigrants, servants and Jews.
McCain was using body language to talk in code to white voters who feel that Obama's candidacy is a threat to their entitlements. McCain did not 'notice' Obama but did disdainfully let him babble on for a while, while sneering. I'm sure some slave owners behaved similarly."
Leadership
“To my mind, a great leader thinks the future backwards rather than the present forward.”- Adi Godrej
Friday, September 26, 2008
Gmail - Morgan Stanley next? - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Morgan Stanley next? - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'To achieve satisfactory investment results is easier than most people realize; to achieve superior results is harder than it looks' - Benjamin Graham"
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
iGoogle
iGoogle: "A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
- George Bernard Shaw
No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
- Judge Gideon J. Tucker
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
- Ambrose Bierce"
- George Bernard Shaw
No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
- Judge Gideon J. Tucker
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
- Ambrose Bierce"
Monday, September 22, 2008
Gmail - Death of investment banking & more... - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - Death of investment banking & more... - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'Our favourite holding period is forever.' - Warren Buffett"
Friday, September 19, 2008
Gmail - The game called 'Infosys' - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - The game called 'Infosys' - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'People always want a formula – but it doesn’t work that way – you have to estimate total cash generated from now to eternity, and discount it back to today. Yardsticks such as P/Es are not enough by themselves.' – Warren Buffett"
recommended reads - When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management
recommended reads - When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management: "It gives you the sort of entertainment you get from watching a car wreck, as the banks scrabble round to find a way of protecting themselves - without doing too much for each other. Certainly there's an element of black comedy as one participant comments: ''They had a different view of the world ... they're completely self-interested.' Suddenly these paragons of individual enterprise seethed with communitarian fervor.'!"
recommended reads - When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management
recommended reads - When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management: "'Neither the Nobel prize nor all the degrees mattered now; the professors were rolling the dice.'"
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor - For Wall Street, Greed Wasn’t Good Enough - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - For Wall Street, Greed Wasn’t Good Enough - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com: ". Whether markets are efficient or not I don’t know for sure, but I do know that if there’s a way for someone to make money at another’s expense, he will. In spades. I want out."
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Wise thoughts in unwise times... - Views on News from Equitymaster
Wise thoughts in unwise times... - Views on News from Equitymaster: "'What can be left to later, usually is - and then, alas, it's too late.'"
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Gmail - FBL | Quote of the Day | September 11, 2008 - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - FBL | Quote of the Day | September 11, 2008 - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "The Foundation for a Better Life
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“A mind is a fire to be kindled, not a vessel to be filled.”
—Plutarch (46-137), historian, biographer, essayist"
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.: "Quotation of the Day ▼X?
Background:
If you want to be happy, be.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)"
Background:
If you want to be happy, be.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)"
Friday, September 5, 2008
John Steinbeck Quotes
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I know three things will never be believed - the true, the probable, and the logical.
John Steinbeck, 02/27/1902 - 12/20/1968
US novelist and Nobel Prize Laureate
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I know three things will never be believed - the true, the probable, and the logical.
John Steinbeck, 02/27/1902 - 12/20/1968
US novelist and Nobel Prize Laureate
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Thursday, September 4, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Gmail - 3G fails to enthuse & more... - shekharkashyap@gmail.com
Gmail - 3G fails to enthuse & more... - shekharkashyap@gmail.com: "'Before you invest, investigate.' - Warren Buffett."
Monday, August 11, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick Douglass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "'I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.'"
Friday, August 1, 2008
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.: "uotation of the Day editX?
Background:
True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)"
Background:
True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)"
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Half Crescent - Cover Story of Outlook on Indian Muslims
Half Crescent - Cover Story of Outlook on Indian Muslims: "Mushkilein mujh par padi itni/ki aasaan ho gayin
(So many problems have come my way/ that it has become easy to overcome them).
—Mirza Ghalib"
(So many problems have come my way/ that it has become easy to overcome them).
—Mirza Ghalib"
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
The Buffett System - The Automatic Way to Invest like Warren Buffett
The Buffett System - The Automatic Way to Invest like Warren Buffett: "'There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.' - Warren Buffett"
Monday, July 28, 2008
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.: "In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)"
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)"
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Digital libraries | Great minds think (too much) alike | Economist.com
Digital libraries | Great minds think (too much) alike | Economist.com: "The biggest issue is that scientist don't read enough and often fail to take the time to stop, think, and connect the dots."
Quote 1201
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You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'
George Bernard Shaw, 07/26/1856 - 11/02/1950"
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'
George Bernard Shaw, 07/26/1856 - 11/02/1950"
Quotes - quotes4all.net
Quotes - quotes4all.net: "george_bernard_shaw.jpg
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'
George Bernard Shaw, 07/26/1856 - 11/02/1950
Erse dramatist, author and Nobel Prize Laureate"
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'
George Bernard Shaw, 07/26/1856 - 11/02/1950
Erse dramatist, author and Nobel Prize Laureate"
John Templeton | Economist.com
John Templeton | Economist.com: "Sir John revered thrift and had a horror of debt. His parents had taught him that in small-town Tennessee, instilling it so well that in his white-columned house in the Bahamas, overlooking the golf course, he still cut up computer paper to make notebooks. But he made an exception for love, which needed spending. You could give away too much land and too much money, said Sir John, but never enough love, and the real return was immediate: more love. The Institute for Unlimited Love, founded with his money, was set up to study this dynamic of the spiritual marketplace. His own charity, though, was harder-edged. On earth a free capitalist system was the only way to enrich the poor. No safeguards were needed: an unethical enterprise would fail, “if not at first, then eventually.”"
Voltaire: Biography and Much More from Answers.com
Voltaire: Biography and Much More from Answers.com: "Voltaire remains a central example of the philosopher as a politically engaged, liberal humanist."
Quote 1163
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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Voltaire, 11/21/1694 - 05/30/1778
French philosopher"
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Voltaire, 11/21/1694 - 05/30/1778
French philosopher"
Quote 1161
Quote 1161: "voltaire.jpg
When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
Voltaire, 11/21/1694 - 05/30/1778
French philosopher"
When it's a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
Voltaire, 11/21/1694 - 05/30/1778
French philosopher"
Unpredictable Event Or Bad Investment?
Unpredictable Event Or Bad Investment?: "Real Hindsight
While one cannot predict the future, there are accepted guidelines for making rational decisions that justify the hindsight argument. Real hindsight occurs in situations that genuinely could not be predicted at the time, or to which no blame can fairly be attached."
While one cannot predict the future, there are accepted guidelines for making rational decisions that justify the hindsight argument. Real hindsight occurs in situations that genuinely could not be predicted at the time, or to which no blame can fairly be attached."
Friday, July 18, 2008
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.
Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus. Free access.: "Quotation of the Day editX?
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If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
H.G. Wells (1866-1946)"
Background:
If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
H.G. Wells (1866-1946)"
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
MiD DAY on the Web - E-paper- Digital Paper : Mumbai
MiD DAY on the Web - E-paper- Digital Paper : Mumbai: "Nobody wants to be a doc
At least 8.5 years of academics, assaults by angry relatives and a salary of Rs 2.25 lakh pa in a govt hospital. That's why kids want to do engineering (4 yrs, Rs 3.2 lakh pa) or an MBA (graduation
+ 2 yrs, Rs 8 lakh pa)
By: Sneha Shah and Alisha Coelho
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Once upon a time, medicine used to be called a noble profession. Everyone wanted to be a doctor and to foist interest early on, parents would buy their kids doctor sets, and the kids would play doctor doctor. That was then.
Now, new-age parents do NOT want their kids to do medicine. Ditto their children. Instead, in their thousands, it's engineering and MBA, that the kids have been making a go at. (See the startling figures below).
It means, fewer years of mugging, fatter pay cheques and perks and relatively stress-free jobs as compared toa doctor. >4
<< Back to Headlines"
At least 8.5 years of academics, assaults by angry relatives and a salary of Rs 2.25 lakh pa in a govt hospital. That's why kids want to do engineering (4 yrs, Rs 3.2 lakh pa) or an MBA (graduation
+ 2 yrs, Rs 8 lakh pa)
By: Sneha Shah and Alisha Coelho
Click here for photo gallery related to this article Enlarge Image
Once upon a time, medicine used to be called a noble profession. Everyone wanted to be a doctor and to foist interest early on, parents would buy their kids doctor sets, and the kids would play doctor doctor. That was then.
Now, new-age parents do NOT want their kids to do medicine. Ditto their children. Instead, in their thousands, it's engineering and MBA, that the kids have been making a go at. (See the startling figures below).
It means, fewer years of mugging, fatter pay cheques and perks and relatively stress-free jobs as compared toa doctor. >4
<< Back to Headlines"
iGoogle
iGoogle: "Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.
- Jane Austen
The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.
- William Feather
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
- Henry Ward Beecher"
- Jane Austen
The petty economies of the rich are just as amazing as the silly extravagances of the poor.
- William Feather
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
- Henry Ward Beecher"
Monday, July 14, 2008
What We're Reading | FP Passport
What We're Reading | FP Passport: "Warren Buffett's 2008 Letter to Berkshire Hathaway's shareholders"
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Why Do We Read and Follow Money Tips But Never Become Rich? | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning
Why Do We Read and Follow Money Tips But Never Become Rich? | Personal Finance Blog by Money Ning: "Don’t procrastinate and make time! The biggest mistake is to wait and don’t do what we really want to do. If we want to run a blog, we should try it. If we want to try to start cooking at home, we should go ahead and start today. Just remember that just like everything else, we won’t have instant gratification and it will be 100 times tougher than we initially thought. Believe in ourselves, believe in our abilities to adapt and believe that everything will work out."
Monday, July 7, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
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