Insights from The New Yorker Profile John Mackey, the co-founder and chief executive of Whole Foods Market The New Yorker has a long article on Mackey which was a very good read. Since it is so long, I've summarized what I found interesting from it below. I'm terrible at summarizing and in college never got into highlighting my textbooks. When reading I either found it all really interesting or all really dull, so it was...
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...
Living the Million-Dollar Dream Breaking Down What a Seven-Figure Salary Actually Means Ever wonder what it would be like to make a million dollars a year? While most of us might channel our inner Dr. Evil when we think about such a sum, the reality after taxes looks quite different from what you might expect. Thanks to this salary calculator, we can see exactly how a million-dollar annual income breaks down into daily, weekly, and...