There was a fascinating paragraph in Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind about how humans went on to rule the...

Stoicism is a philosophy that was developed by Zeno of Citium around 300 BC. It teaches the development of self-control and how to gain...

Karl Pillemer went on a journey to seek advice on some of the most common and difficult questions we all face in our lives. These...

Bruce Lee was a famous martial artist, movie actor, philosopher, martial arts instructor and movie director. He is known for his style of...

“A few major opportunities clearly recognizable as such, will usually come to one who continuously searches and waits, with a curious...

I first came across Scott Adam’s book How to Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big on a Farnam Street blog post, a blog that I...

I recently found my notes from a couple of years ago when I read Ben Bernanke’s book The Courage to Act.  I remember hearing that Ben was...

Sam Walton wrote his autobiography, Made in America, after he got sick and was hospitalized. It’s a top recommended book by Warren...

At the beginning of May, some of the greatest money managers get together at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference at the Lincoln Center in...

Back when I was living in Westchester I used to have to take the train to and from work.  I'm sure you are familiar with that awful...

I read Bill Nye's book titled Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation not too long after it first came out back in December of...

The kaizen way is the idea that taking big steps when trying a task or a goal doesn't work because these big steps create fear so we...

I just finished reading Ed Catmull's book called Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration...

"Julianne Holt - Lunstad did a meta-analysis of social support and health outcomes and found that not having enough friends or having a...

I recently wrote a post on my website about the founder of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, who received funding after his determination to help his...

On November 28, 2016, I read a great lecture that Mohnish Pabrai gave to students at the University of Peking.  In this lecture, Mohnish...

In Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs there is a chapter dedicated to Apple's invention of the iPod and how it destroyed the...

I just saw a video from Brian Chesky, founder of Airbnb, where he is giving a lecture to a couple of Stanford University students on the...

"The biggest regrets of adults in their 70's and 80's are the actions they did not take - never learning to swing dance or not switching...

Richard Feynman is one of the most famous physicists along with Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton.  Richard worked on the Manhattan...