Are doctors responsible for your health? Are financial advisors responsible for your finances? Is your boss responsible for your performance? The answer to all of these questions is a resounding: NO. You are the only person responsible for YOU. There is no one else to blame There are of course outside factors, but at the… Continue reading There is No One Else to Blame
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The God Equation Review
Book Review, Summary, Highlights and Quotes from The God Equation: The Quest For a Theory of Everything by Dr. Michio Kaku “An entertaining, quick, and fun physics read” – are usually not the type of quotes you’d see about a physics book. While I do enjoy physics, astronomy, and the sciences, I’m not typically reading this genre.… Continue reading The God Equation Review
How Much Vacation is Too Much Vacation?
I posed the question last week on Twitter, “What is the ideal number of vacation days per year?” Of course, there were many replies that it was obviously 365, or for those who like to get real specific: 365.25. And sure a permanent vacation sounds great in theory, but in reality it is neither fiscally… Continue reading How Much Vacation is Too Much Vacation?
Your house will never be big enough
As a kid, I wanted to own a huge mansion with so many rooms you could get lost in it. A mansion with its own basketball court, tennis court, and hell – golf hole. The bigger the better! This was THE goal. But the irony is that I grew up in very nice houses. Not… Continue reading Your house will never be big enough
The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu
Book Review, Highlights, and Quotes from The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu translated by Witter Bynner After seeing many Tao Te Ching quotes surfacing over the past few years, I figured it was about time that I read it. I expected that it might be similar to Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, which was… Continue reading The Way of Life According to Lao Tzu