Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Last week The NY Times had an Oped about Near-Death Experiences: N.D.E.s, Are ‘Near-Death Experiences’ Real ? by John Martin Fischer (Feb 13th, 2020). “For instance, the religious figures may be different — a Christian would see Christian figures, a Buddhist would see Buddhist figures, Hindu gods and goddesses would …
I am reading Wizard’s First Rule, a novel by Terry Goodkind. This is the first book in the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. I love the description of the Seeker that Zedd the Wizard gives Richard Cypher: “A Seeker is a person who answers to no one but …
Marriage for men is not only a losing proposition (we all know what family laws are like), but a sure bet for losing your edge as a man and becoming a watered-down version of yourself. Ever wonder why older married men envy the younger bachelors ? A young untied man …
In an article dated today Amazon Has become America’s CEO Factory the WSJ explores the CEOs who are leading businesses after being employed by Amazon.com “Alums of the Seattle-based giant, which employs 750,000 people, head companies including Tableau Software, Zulily Inc., Groupon Inc. and Simple, an online banking unit of …
This Month Forbes Magazine portraits Orlando Bravo of PE firm Thoma Bravo in this front cover magazine article Meet Wall Street’s Best Dealmaker: New Billionaire Orlando Bravo (81, 844 views so far). ” In February, the French business school HEC Paris, in conjunction with Dow Jones, named Thoma Bravo the …
I’ve written three posts on memory and its’ link to aging already (you can find them here,here and here). We’re not talking here about keeping a sharp memory, the memory palace techniques used by some, or staving off age-related memory loss. What we are talking about is the disaffecting effects …
If I were to conduct a survey among my readers on which is their single most-prized, more endearing and the most satisfying thing they are after my gut tells me that freedom will be their answer. Of course, freedom comes in many ways; there is freedom of action, financial freedom, …
I don’t have an economics or a policy overview blog here. I rarely if ever talk about economic and social policies: it’s boring to me. If you want a good economics blog, head over to Mauboussin Report, Calculated Risk and others. The old statement about the rich getting richer and …
Last weekend the Wall Street Journal had a piece on how founders, CEOs and early employees met burnout on their way to wealth and success, “The Darkside of Startup Success” by Shalini Ramachandran and Rolfe Winkler. “Entrepreneurs were 50% more likely to report having a lifetime mental-health condition and reported …
” We are buffed on all sides by people who wish to see us down.” -You never know this is true until you know “only the ladder is real”. These are truisms for everyone who works in a competitive field, particularly banking. One of the most used arguments they throw …
