Where the Car is King
More here – The Wall Street Journal
Reflections On A Night Out
Whilst in Sydney I was surprised to be able to go and see Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut, singer of David Bowie songs, all around overachiever and author of my favourite book of last year. Upon leaving the lovely old State Theatre my immediate thought was that every bullshit motivational speaker in the world should just…
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Pattern Recognition And Sports Data
One of the most important findings in sports genetics is that your ability to improve with respect to a certain training program is mediated by your genes, so it’s really important to find the kind of training program that’s best tailored to your physiology. … The skills it takes for team sports, these perceptual skills,…
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Lady Braga: Meet the Most Powerful Female Hedge Fund Manager in the World
Leda Braga stood on a stage at Geneva’s InterContinental hotel in February and sang Pharrell Williams’s Happy. “Can’t nothing bring me down, my level’s too high,” she shouted to about 80 employees of Systematica Investments, her new hedge fund firm, her voice hoarse after a day of meetings. “Nobody wanted to sing in the beginning,” says Braga,…
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How Wall Street’s Bankers Stayed Out of Jail
On May 27, in her first major prosecutorial act as the new U.S. attorney general, Loretta Lynch unsealed a 47-count indictment against nine FIFA officials and another five corporate executives. She was passionate about their wrongdoing. “The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States,” she said. “Today’s action…
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Old School Cool
Lou Reed, Mick Jagger and David Bowie at Cafe Royale 1973
Which Character Strengths Are Most Predictive of Well-Being?
Click on the pic to be taken to the article. Source – Scientific American
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