A Modest Proposal for the LDS Church's Financial Management Strategy
There was a recent article in the Wall Street Journal on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' finances (this one doesn’t have...
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Dec 30, 20192 min read
2019 Book List
I'm starting to better track the books that I read so will put out a list at year end every year. Here was 2019 in descending favorite...
Nov 21, 20191 min read
The Common Denominator of Success
A speech given by Albert Gray in 1940 about life insurance sales that still rings true today. "If the secret of success lies in forming...
Aug 29, 20192 min read
Buffet Quotes
The best of the Oracle of Omaha. Buffett Quotes on Keeping It Simple #1 “Never invest in a business you cannot understand.” #2 “I don’t...
Aug 28, 20198 min read
Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson
Dr. Johnson is a psychologist that created Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which is a short-term couples therapy focused on adult...
Jun 16, 20192 min read
Open vs Closed-minded
Being truly open-minded (not the bastardized definition of open-mindedness that they talk about in political debates on facebook) is a...
Jun 6, 20195 min read
The Power of Racial Compounding
Kyle Korver wrote an article about race in America. He gives examples of when his first impulse was racial bias. Not racist, just naïve...
Apr 16, 20192 min read
The Moral Peril of Meritocracy
Great opinion piece by David Brooks in this weekend’s Times about meritocracy. The main point he makes is that a lot of people’s lives...
Apr 12, 20191 min read
Anecdotes from Michael Lewis
I got to see my boy Michael Lewis last night at City Arts and Lectures. He's to me what Michelle Obama is to young girls, so I was a big...
Apr 12, 20192 min read
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
This was written by Elizabeth Kolbert shortly after the election, so it’s pretty political, but addresses an interesting topic and is...
Apr 11, 20191 min read
P&G takes on Facebook
Tough days for Facebook lately. Between getting grilled by Congress about privacy, data breaches, and a souring public opinion about the...
Mar 29, 20192 min read
Internet in Pocket
I wanted to make this a video like the Silicon Valley Radio on Internet scene, but I decided I can't act, make television, or be funny,...
Mar 26, 20191 min read
El Chapo Trial Changes the Game
The story of El Chapo will make some great movies. This article is from a longtime reporter of organized crime in Italy and Mexico who...
Mar 13, 20191 min read
Millennial Madoff
I’ve got Bad Blood queued up on my Audible, but haven’t gotten to it yet. This article gives additional detail into the mind of the...
Mar 13, 20191 min read
New IPO Rich
There will be over 10,000 newly minted millionaires this year in the Bay Area, assuming at least half of the major IPOs that are...
Mar 13, 20192 min read
Hot Dog/Not Hot Dog
Silicon Valley jokes that the bottom of the tech foodchain is kids that watch videos all day removing inappropriate content. Well this is...
Dec 5, 20181 min read
The Thing That Will Make You Happy
This article summarizes a 75-year study on what brings happiness to people's lives. The definitive conclusion is that good relationships...
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