July 2008
3 posts
Top Three
Culture Shock
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated...”
May 2008
8 posts
“Like many successful, self-made people, Mr. Bloomberg can be single-minded in...”
– Factiva
Interesting life moments
I hadn’t eaten anything all day yesterday, and sure as I’m born, I return to my apartment at roughly 1:00AM and a papa john’s pizza man had a pizza he needed to sell because of a cancelled order for $5. Food. The moment felt like more than a coincidince… This inspired me to think back on the night before my PE interview last quarter for the firm I’m working at now. ...
“First, the self is not a fixed entity but a dynamic process of relationships....”
– The Neural Buddhists - New York Times
The Message
Personal strengths and weaknessesExperienceCompetenceIndependenceIntegrityCompassionStabilityPreparationIdeological and Partisan DifferencesLiberal vs. ConservativeModerate vs. ExtremeInconsistent vs. ConsistentPragmatic vs. PuristSituational ContextChange vs. Status QuoRight vs. WrongReform vs. The Old WayThe Message will be a combination of all of the above.
People try all sorts of things to forge group camaraderie nowadays…praise and reward-which leads to spoiling and selfishness, punishments and discipline-which leads to resent and defensiveness, speeches and social events-they’re often like energy drinks, they get you all excited at first but oftentimes you end up crashing after a while. All of these tools can be wonderfully...
Kaizen
Kaizen is a daily activity whose purpose goes beyond simple productivity improvement. It is also a process that, when done correctly, humanizes the workplace, eliminates overly hard work (both mental and physical) “muri”, and teaches people how to perform experiments on their work using the scientific method and how to learn to spot and eliminate waste in business processes. To be most...
February 2008
1 post
“A goal without an action plan is a daydream”