Wall Street Financier: Notes from High Altitude©
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
I’ve never written age-specific advice. I’ve read some on the subject, since age-advice is quite abundant. A lot of people come out with “Things I wish I knew in my 20s, What I’ve leaned when I turned 30, or 40, or whatever.” Some of these writers, both male and female, …
I came upon this May 17, 2018 op-ed in the New York Times “How to accept a compliment“ “According to experts at the university’s Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, two thirds of the time, Americans respond to compliments with something other than, or in addition to, “Thank you.” …
Today we write on the traits of the main male warriors in the Spartacus miniseries (2010-2013), with extensive reference to the fan-powered Spartacus Wikipedia.After reading this post, ask yourself: Which one am I ? (If you’re a beta or an omega, sit behind the dugout). 1. Spartacus, The Champion of …
Envy is a subroutine of the HOS (Human Operating System); a lot of readers have concerns over it. The NYT had an Oped article recently The Upside of Envy written by Gordon Marino, a professor of philosophy. “In his essay “On Envy,” the philosopher Francis Bacon wrote, “Of all other affections, …
“Are companies promoting people for talent, or for physiques, rosy cheeks, and facial symmetry?” -that’s a question asked in the Wharton Magazine Spring issue featuring Professor Michael Platt and the new Wharton Neuroscience Initiative. (link to the article) I know the answer to that question, and so do you. I talk …
People keep asking the question of what an alpha male is like. I have been following Stormy Daniels’s attorney, Michael Avenatti, for a few weeks.You have your answer right there. This guy is the alpha, not Donald Trump. Scores of men have embraced Trump as an alpha, without thought or …
Reader Sky wrote this email about her situation at work. “Hello, Max. I have taken the courage to write you about my dire work situation. I work in the entertainment industry and I am a music promoter. I have been with my company for three years. Unfortunately I find myself …
A new study cited at Techcrunch by Ilya Staebulaev found that “One in 10 unicorns is overvalued by at least 100 percent, and on average a unicorn reports a valuation 50 percent above the fair value, citing the problem of post-money valuations. “The common shares are overvalued by 58 percent on …
Today I am taking 10 questions from the readers and answer them swiftly. Question #1 comes from reader John: 1. Max, I work in the intelligence community . I’d like to know how do you deal with haters. Thank you. A1: Alas, John, my take that’s not some non-sense Internet… …
Yesterday there was a lot of talk about the Facebook CEO hearing when the real stuff is happening behind the scenes. We know that Cambridge Analytica harvested data of up to 87 million FB users -in actuality that number could be lower, but you can bet all of them, regardless… …
