The lilacs had just begun to bloom under the warm spring sun.  It was my sophomore year of high school and lacrosse season was about to begin.  Unlike prior years, my small high school was finally able to field both varsity and junior varsity lacrosse teams for the upcoming season.  One of the reasons we [...]

Giving an effective presentation is one of the skills I value most.  In fact, I would argue that being able to clearly and concisely communicate your thoughts to other people is the number one most important skill in business and in life. Like many skills, I learned how to give an effective presentation from my [...]

I spent a good deal of time this week looking at apartments in Brooklyn.  Come February 1st I will be moving in with my longtime girlfriend, Miranda, and in typical New York fashion, we were scrambling to find the perfect apartment with less than 30 days before we had to move. Manhattan real estate is [...]

It’s hard to look back on 2011 as a good year. -  Since the year 2000 the US National Debt has increased from $5 trillion to $15 trillion -  Unemployment rates have hovered between 8% and 10% for the past two years -  The S&P500 index began and ended 2011 at exactly 1,257 points – [...]

This coming year, my maternal grandparents will observe their 60th anniversary.  A huge milestone by any measure – the coming date will no doubt be cause for celebration.  Amidst the fanfare it is unlikely that anyone will remember that their union was originally, back in 1952, cause for religious controversy. Now, based on the picture [...]

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 – [...]

During a break in English class one day in high school, I was discussing after-school activities with a friend.  As I explained how busy I was with athletics, my friend expressed her opinion that sports were a waste of time and that our particular high school should not have sports teams at all.  This comment [...]

My definition of “Sales”: The ability of an individual to convey his or her thoughts in a clear and orderly manner such that an audience can understand and follow what is being said. Sales is an extremely important skill. I only discovered the importance and the power of sales after I graduated from college. In [...]

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 [...]

This past week I spent a lot of time studying patterns (distributions) of human behavior relative to online advertising. For instance, the distribution of click-through rates across continents, or the distribution of advertising prices across online publishers. While looking at many graphs and curves, I wondered: what does the distribution look like for human intelligence? [...]