Transcript Of The Reason Why Humans Dominate The World Boils Down To These Two Abilities
There was a fascinating paragraph in Yuval Noah Harari's book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind about how humans went on to rule the...
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Mike Gorlon
- Sep 27, 2017
- 5 min
What Stoicism Is And How It Can Be A Guide To Living A Better Life
Stoicism is a philosophy that was developed by Zeno of Citium around 300 BC. It teaches the development of self-control and how to gain...
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Mike Gorlon
- Sep 3, 2017
- 12 min
Advice On Happiness, Marriage, Children, Regret, & Career From The Wisest Americans
Karl Pillemer went on a journey to seek advice on some of the most common and difficult questions we all face in our lives. These...
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Mike Gorlon
- Sep 2, 2017
- 5 min
Bruce Lee's Dream And Ways Of Thinking
Bruce Lee was a famous martial artist, movie actor, philosopher, martial arts instructor and movie director. He is known for his style of...
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Mike Gorlon
- Aug 12, 2017
- 1 min
Few Bets, Big Bets, Infrequent Bets
“A few major opportunities clearly recognizable as such, will usually come to one who continuously searches and waits, with a curious...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jul 23, 2017
- 12 min
How To Fail At Almost Everything And Still Win Big
I first came across Scott Adam’s book How to Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big on a Farnam Street blog post, a blog that I...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jul 15, 2017
- 8 min
Ben Bernanke's Thoughts During The Mortgage Meltdown
I recently found my notes from a couple of years ago when I read Ben Bernanke’s book The Courage to Act. I remember hearing that Ben was...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jun 28, 2017
- 9 min
How Sam Walton Built The Greatest Retail Empire Of The 20th Century
Sam Walton wrote his autobiography, Made in America, after he got sick and was hospitalized. It’s a top recommended book by Warren...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jun 8, 2017
- 3 min
My Thoughts On Tesla's Stock Price
At the beginning of May, some of the greatest money managers get together at the Ira Sohn Investment Conference at the Lincoln Center in...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jun 4, 2017
- 10 min
The Dalai Lama's Thoughts On Happiness
Back when I was living in Westchester I used to have to take the train to and from work. I'm sure you are familiar with that awful...
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Mike Gorlon
- May 4, 2017
- 17 min
Bill Nye's Thoughts On Evolution
I read Bill Nye's book titled Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation not too long after it first came out back in December of...
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Mike Gorlon
- Apr 14, 2017
- 7 min
What Is The Kaizen Way
The kaizen way is the idea that taking big steps when trying a task or a goal doesn't work because these big steps create fear so we...
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Mike Gorlon
- Mar 17, 2017
- 16 min
Thoughts On Creativity
I just finished reading Ed Catmull's book called Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration...
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Mike Gorlon
- Mar 3, 2017
- 2 min
The Primary Components Of A Happy Life
"Julianne Holt - Lunstad did a meta-analysis of social support and health outcomes and found that not having enough friends or having a...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jan 14, 2017
- 6 min
What Is The Difference Between Money And Wealth
I recently wrote a post on my website about the founder of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, who received funding after his determination to help his...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jan 3, 2017
- 1 min
The 5 Categories of 10-100 Baggers In The Stock Market
On November 28, 2016, I read a great lecture that Mohnish Pabrai gave to students at the University of Peking. In this lecture, Mohnish...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jan 3, 2017
- 2 min
A Lesson On Apple's Destruction of Sony's Top Selling Music Player
In Walter Isaacson’s biography on Steve Jobs there is a chapter dedicated to Apple's invention of the iPod and how it destroyed the...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jan 3, 2017
- 2 min
The Founder Of Airbnb On Surviving During The Harshest Of Times
I just saw a video from Brian Chesky, founder of Airbnb, where he is giving a lecture to a couple of Stanford University students on the...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jan 3, 2017
- 2 min
2 Quotes I Couldn't Resist Posting
"The biggest regrets of adults in their 70's and 80's are the actions they did not take - never learning to swing dance or not switching...
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Mike Gorlon
- Jan 3, 2017
- 10 min
Highlights From 6 Easy Pieces By Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman is one of the most famous physicists along with Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. Richard worked on the Manhattan...
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