It’s 7 p.m., and I’m completely drained. I’ve spent the entire day locked in negotiations—with myself—about writing this very piece. I kept debating questions like, “Should I write in the morning or evening?” “How long should I spend writing?” “Do I even know what I want to say, so why start today?” “Maybe I should … Read more
The options are limitless. But time isn’t. Choose wisely. I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another … Read more
If you are the smartest person in the room, it’s time to find a different room. Confucius. In Alice Schroeder’s biography, The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, the author illustrates several anecdotes that led to the Oracle of Omaha becoming the legend he is. One such story exemplifies a value Buffett believes … Read more