Your doctor's time is likely more valuable than your own.In fact, their skills as a specialist likely outweigh the value of any of their patients.Therefore, having to wait at your doctor's office makes sense.You tell the patient to come at 9, but you don't plan on seeing them until 9:15....
If you had your exact same house. Exact same possessions. But positioned squarely in Bangalore - overlooking the slums, would this constant perspective forever remove any notion of feeling sorry for yourself?Perhaps it's not our circumstance that determines our joy?
For better or for worse, Facebook now gives us exclusive access into the highs and lows of our friends and acquaintances.And I have noticed a peculiar pattern of comments which inevitably arises every time someone makes their small or large tragedy public.We try and cheer them up.A cat dies. A...
Some quick obligatory observations from today's SCOTUS ruling, in which the Supreme Court upheld President Obama's healthcare law, including the individual mandate which requires all Americans to purchase health insurance.1) Our news organizations are pretty terrible. I'm the first to preach about the benefits of being first-to-market. For instance, Coke...
Everyone's Facebook experience starts out pretty great.You immediately "friend" the people closest to you. And now you have this news feed of your favorite people, sharing with you in real-time, news about your very favorite people. But by definition, as your # of Facebook friends increases, the quality of your...
Would you feel more uncomfortable sitting on a plane next to a woman reading 50 Shades of Grey or a man leafing through a Playboy?Because I'm taken aback when I hear a woman talk about how she's reading (or has read) 50 Shades of Grey, and is seemingly unembarrassed to do so....
Five years ago, I put forth a challenge on this blog."The next time you see a child entrepreneur (lemonade stand, etc.), pay $5 for the cup of lemonade."This weekend, I finally completed my own challenge. I was driving in my car when I saw the four 9-year olds and their...
People need to stop evangelizing capitalism as if its the end game.Because it's not. Capitalism merely maximizes the total pie. It's a given.Now what we choose to do with our greater slices, that's worth evangelizing.
You can't choose your family.But you can make different Thanksgiving plans.As long if you decide to define family as those people you love and enjoy spending time with.Likewise, you can't choose your co-workers.But you can change where you work.As long as you decide to define loyalty as a 2-way street.
I love learning.I have limited time in the day.Most of my learning comes from reading.There are a lot of bad writers out there.There are a lot of great writers out there who don't write things I'm interested in.So, this ends up with me reading a lot of different articles each...
