Wisdom from an Iron Chef contestant I was watching The Next Iron Chef finale tonight. Chef Mehta ended up losing, but what he said at the end really stuck with me. His metaphor about life was incredible. Check this out — it blew my mind. He said: "It's a little disappointing (losing), but life is like a staircase — you go up, you go down... but you must never think the staircase only takes you...
Book Review: The 4-Hour Workweek Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich I discovered Tim Ferriss because of the podcasts he has been doing with Kevin Rose. I loved most of what Tim has to say, and I find him completely fascinating. One of the episodes mentioned Ferriss who wrote the 4-Hour Workweek and since I loved what he had to say I naturally wanted to read his book. Now those of you...
I just finished watching the President's speech tonight and I liked it. I think the first part was a little weak, but toward the end it had some real substance. I don't know if it had much impact in student's lives overall, but I also don't think it hurt anything either. I loved the examples at the end regarding failure. Everyone is going to stumble at one point in their life, and you aren't always...
I found this video on YouTube and have to say it is very interesting. Langan has one of the highest IQ's of anyone ever measured, one which even exceeds Einstein's. Ironically, he worked as a bouncer in Long Island and when you see the video you can understand why he may have chosen that as his career. His story very much reminds me of Good Will Hunting, a movie about a genius who decides to...
This bit of verse by an unknown writer says it well: Reflections on the wisdom of careful speech across cultures and traditions.
Every choice has two sides What have you said "yes" to recently, and what did that mean saying "no" to?