Over the last few weeks I have enjoyed reading Nassim Taleb’s Fooled by Randomness.  The core premise of the book is that randomness plays a larger role in our lives than we think – and if we’re not careful we can easily be fooled into mistaking purely random events as something other than random. In [...]

When it comes to investing, I’ve always been a fan of the Efficient Market Theory.  For those unfamiliar, the Efficient Market Theory states – in short – “you get what you pay for” when buying stocks.  Expensive stocks are priced high, because they’re worth a lot.  Cheap stocks are priced low because they’re not worth [...]

Yesterday morning I logged onto my computer to check the balance in my savings account and my credit card online. To log into the ING Direct website (the custodian of my savings account), I entered my nine digit customer ID number.  That ID number took me to a page where I was asked to recognize [...]

Last week I started using the program Evernote to share weekly status updates with each member of my work team.  The whole thing started after I picked up David Allen’s ‘Getting Things Done.’  Reading about Allen’s intoxicatingly thorough system of personal organization sort of set me on an organization kick. I borrowed the Evernote idea from a prominent VP at my company.  Every week, each of my [...]

With spring around the corner and St. Patrick’s Day excitement in the air, yesterday was the perfect day for a run. I set out around noon, running up from Cobble Hill along the water to Brooklyn Bridge Park. As usual, the journey involved paddling up a stream of baby carriages and well groomed lap dogs. [...]

I recently read The Power of Pull by John Hagel III – in short, it’s a hokey book about how the Internet has changed the world.  Usually I’m a complete sucker for this kind of material and I’ve happily read no fewer than 15 books with practically the same exact message (including both of Gary [...]

Whether it’s reading articles, books or magazines or listening to audio books (at 2x speed), I try very hard to absorb as much information as possible.  It’s my intention to cover a wide swath of literature – but in actuality, the majority of what I read tends to be quite focused on non-fiction business-type books.  [...]

Some people have asked me how I make time to write in my blog every single week. Here is my secret: I have a very strict routine. Every day I wake up at the same time (6am) – I pack my gym bag the exact same way, I get on the same train (6:35am F [...]

What would you say is the key to living a happy, fulfilling life?  Some might say having close relationships with family and friends – which, I agree, is very important.  Others might say living a healthy life, eating right, or exercising – these things are also very important.  But at a very basic level – [...]

As an ex collegiate athlete, I’m no stranger to athletic exertion. I spent the first 22 years of my life being yelled at by coaches and pushing my body to the edge for athletic achievement.  It may come as no surprise that my attitude about extreme workouts has changed somewhat since my exit from the [...]