December 2007
11 posts
An Important Question I'm Going to Start Asking
What should a bright and motivated college student do to become a person who can make significant positive contributions to the long-term survival and flourishing of humanity?
“But the main motivator for consultants in the top firms is something quite...”
– Covert Consultant
3 Rules For Making Resolutions That Stick →
I originally posted this article at the beginning of the fall semester. With New Years looming, it seemed appropriate to revist.
Unfortunately, many people are terrible at making resolutions. They’re too generic. They focus on lofty goals without addressing the details that are relevant to the day-to-day grind. And they’re quick to abort.
Let’s fix this. Here is a simple system for making...
Sometimes by Sheenagh Pugh (A Poem)
Sometimes things don’t go, after all, from bad to worse. Some years, muscadel faces down frost; green thrives; the crops don’t fail. Sometimes a man aims high, and all goes well. A people sometimes will step back from war, elect an honest man, decide they care enough, that they can’t leave some stranger poor. Some men become what they were born for. Sometimes our best intentions...
“At Griffin Hospital, our mission is to provide personalized, humanistic,...”
– Griffin Hospital: Our Mission
My Management Philosophy
I haven’t had decades of experience as a manager of people, but I have led two volunteer-based organizations and of course I have worked with people who are my bosses. I’ve also read a lot about management and leadership. Here’s what I think creates effective organizations. What’s your vision? Without a compelling vision for an organization, it’s very difficult to...
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Watson on Genetics and IQ - Is this really that...
“As we find the human genes whose malfunctioning gives rise to such devastating developmental failures schizophrenia and autism, we may well discover that sequence differences within many of them also lead to much of the observable variation in human IQs. A priori, there is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their...
Crossroads and Clarity of Purpose
When you reach a set of crossroads in your life, when there are many options on the table, it’s important to make the right choice. And the best way to do so is through finding a clarity of purpose. By examining your deepest held beliefs and ideas, you have a better sense of where you want to go and which path will be the best way to get you there.
Health Clinics at Walmart?
Attention Shoppers: Low Prices on Shots in Clinic - New York Times Having health clinics at Walmart is a very intersting idea - one that might be totally transforming the healthcare landscape as we speak. Has anyone been to one of these? I want to learn more. Apparently Walmart isn’t the only one with this idea. “Mr. Case’s company, Revolution Health Group, has 11...
Making Announcements
I was at dinner when someone came into to the room and yelled “Everyone who wants to go on Ski Trip raise your hand!”. Everyone stopped what they were doing to listen. He proceeded to explain that people need to pay him or else they wouldn’t be able to go. But he ended his explanation in a very weak manner without a strong call to action. If you make an announcement, it’s...
