This week’s blog post continues with the second half of the summary of Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art by Stephen Nachmanovich. Every creative person is constantly faced with obstacles that get in the way of their productivity. And these can be brutal.
…
Gary Carmell
Posted in Advice, Economy, Interest Rates, Investing, News, Uncategorized, Wealth
No Comments ↓
A blog for the curious skeptic –
There’s nothing new under the sun
(or at least very little)
I’m a big fan of newspaperarchive.com. I have a rather anti-social hobby of often going back and reading old newspaper articles. Occasionally I come across some worth sharing. The following is one written on March 18,
…
Last week I was in Abu Dhabi for a one-day conference, and then Heather and I went to Oman for a few days. There were approximately 150 people at the conference, with a strong representation from the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth and pension funds.
…
The new year has already brought new insights and applied knowledge. And, just like in 2024, some of these have come from being on the tennis court in the middle of a match. A few weeks ago I wrote a blog about lessons learned from a book I had read and recommended for our CWS annual planning meeting participants.
…
I felt a little foolish posting this late after the August 2014* announcement that Steve Ballmer was buying the Clippers for $2 billion since I first wrote this draft in the aftermath of the whole Donald Sterling racist diatribe people thought he would “only” get $500 million or so.
…
But the initiate must have the ability to judge every new experience wholly according to what is inherent in it, and let it react upon him, unobscurred by the past. We must be prepared at every moment that every object and every being can bring to us some new revelation.
…
One of the conventional narratives in our capitalist society is that the wealthy and most successful people are often the brightest and hard-working. I think what this fails to take into consideration is the nature versus nurture debate. People often think of intelligence as being innate and not very changeable.
…
Last Thursday was CWS’ National Day of Caring. Each region of the country identifies community service projects for our associates to volunteer at in two-hour increments. I worked at a food bank in Orange County. I was part of an assembly line comprised of CWS employees packing boxes for individuals and families at risk of hunger.
…
I saw a clip of a recent interview with Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google and worth more than $100 billion. He was being interviewed in front of a live audience. The first question he was asked was how much time he was spending at Google.
…
“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendships a fine art, drink deeply from good books—especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings, and pray for guidance every day.”
John Wooden
Every so often,
…