A question I often hear is, “Would you rather be right or be happy?” I love this question. In our world, all too often people choose being rightover being happy. “He said this, and…
Month: February 2023
Day 193: Fifteen Years of Running
I have been running for fifteen years. As with any long term relationship, my relationship with running has evolved and changed. I thought it would be fun to break down the periods…
Day 192: Sharing with the World
Each day when I’m blogging, I aim to write something I think is interesting, redeeming, and/or positive (and hopefully well-written). It really matters to me that this “trail of bread crumbs” is…
Day 191: Extrovert or Introvert?
On a whim, I just took a simple online test here meant to show how extroverted or introverted I am. The test told me that I am an “ambivert,” which lies in…
Day 190: Reflections on the Madoff Tragedy
I just watched, “Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street,” a documentary on Netflix. Many times I had heard the basics of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, which robbed innocent people of billions of…
Day 189: Tonight’s Appreciations
Well, this is the third time I’m using “Tonight’s Appreciations” as a blog post title. For whatever reason, I have a “thing” about wanting to vary my titles. It just seems important!…
Day 188: Malkiel’s Introduction to Treacherous Derivatives
So I finished “A Random Walk Down Wall Street.” I am quite appreciative of this book. Yet I admit it surprises me a little bit that the father of the index fund…
Day 187: Who Makes the Laws in Your Imagination?
Do we have any power over the way we perceive the world around us? Is that perception a static thing, a product of what is outside of ourselves, or can we influence…