Every noble work is at first impossible.
- Thomas Carlyle
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
The New Guy at Vaughn's Barbershop
Cultural Offering reports on the start of a career. Best wishes to Spencer. He's off to a great start.
Remembering Milton Friedman
As a professor, he did not attempt to convert students to his political views. I made no secret of the fact that I was a Marxist when I was a student in Professor Friedman's course, but he made no effort to change my views. He once said that anybody who was easily converted was not worth converting.
Read the rest of Thomas Sowell here.
Read the rest of Thomas Sowell here.
Training Day
Well, both a training and marketing day. It involves teaching a workshop on harassment prevention and then preparing a leadership briefing for lawyers.
Where's the marketing? In the product, of course. As a training broker once told me, "They see you. They like you. The trick is getting them to see you."
Where's the marketing? In the product, of course. As a training broker once told me, "They see you. They like you. The trick is getting them to see you."
Gore Vidal, R.I.P.
Gore Vidal has died. His politics were from the fever swamps of the Left and his personality fostered a multitude of enemies but the man wrote very well. My favorite Vidal novels are Julian and Lincoln.
Slug Symptoms
- Low goals
- Constant caution
- Little urgency
- Inconsistency
- Ridiculous expectations
- Frequent blaming of others
- Low energy
- Open insecurity
- Daydreaming
- Lack of focus
- Fear of failure
- Fear of success
Quote of the Day
The one important thing I have learnt over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking oneself seriously. The first is imperative and the second disastrous.
- Dame Margot Fonteyn
- Dame Margot Fonteyn
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