Great People
Van Gogh never had an art exhibition in his lifetime. -Emily Dickinson never published a book -Kafka didn’t have a published novel while alive -Henry David Thoreau’s Walden sold only…
The Most Valuable Traits in a Potential Employee, According to Google
Figuring out how to distinguish yourself in a crowded field and land a job is a lifelong career just by itself. If you’re trying to figure out the types of…
Would you credit it? How money is lent into existence
From Dr Michael Reiss. Sir, The phrase “credit crunch” has been widely used to describe the freeze in lending that can occur at the tipping point of economic bubbles (for…
Why bitcoin won’t disrupt digital transactions
I like to keep my feet warm, and so I’m very glad that in five years’ time, Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, is going to be sending me…
BitCoin: FAQ for the masses
Recently I have had various questions asked about BitCoin. My favorite is my wife’s typical “How’s the money laundering going?” – Which always makes me chuckle. But let’s take a…
Life Advice: What can I start doing now that will help me a lot in about five years?
There’s already a lot here and you probably stopped reading, but I couldn’t resist writing a note to my 23 year old self: If you do anything, do this first…
I am no proud of this project: Philip Yeo on Suzhou Industrial Park
“I’m Not Proud of This Project”: Philip Yeo on Suzhou Industrial Park This project will fail,” said Goh Keng Swee. The China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) project in the 1990s…
走自己的路,让别人去说吧是谁说的?
答案是：意大利诗人但丁。 这句是他的代表作长诗《神曲》中的名言。 他当时极力冲破中世纪神权的束缚，在他的书中有极为形象的描述，竟然将教皇都打进了地狱，经受最残忍的酷刑，这是与当时那个时代是背道而驰的，为当时的人所不能理解与支持的，所以有这番言论。不过现在对我们而言，随着地球村把我们的距离拉得越来越小，完全地不顾他人似乎早已行不通，有机会有门路的最好多问问别人，大千世界毕竟我们知道的还很有限，是吧！ 鲁迅说的是：地上本来没有路，走的人多了，也就成了路。
War and Peace quotes
Everyone will have defects, like God bitten apple, some people defect is relatively large, it is because God particularly like his (or her) fragrance. 任何看似愚蠢的东西，它一定也有值得喝彩的地方。 生命，生活，只有在这个时候才能被人感觉出它的美好，在平时往往被人忽略的内涵。其实生命的真正意义在于能够自由地享受阳光，森林，山峦，草地，河流，在于平平常常的满足。其它则是无关紧要的。 The higher a man…
新加坡50岁生日，李光耀回答过的四个问题
http://news.nanyangpost.com/2015/08/5014.html 8月9日是新加坡50岁生日，我们一起来回顾下李光耀回答过的四个问题，涉及领导力、全球化、个人成长与人生感悟。 内容整理来源：天下杂志 1、领导人最重要的素质是什么? 李光耀(1989年)：领导人的特质并不会因时代的改变而变。一个好的领导人应该能提出一个可启发鼓舞人民的目标，他激励他们朝共同的目标、共同的远景迈进。这是不会因时空不同而改变的。 现在这个时代比较特别的是，世界从未像今天这样密切的相互关联、互为依存。我们清晰地感觉到彼此的存在，我们其实像是邻居。透过电视的实况转播，你可 以在瞬秒间就立即看到戈尔巴乔夫主席和里根总统、布什副总统会面的情况。你听得到他们的声音。你也可以天天看到像亚美尼亚的地震或汉城街头暴动的镜头。 现在的时代有一种立即的急迫感，今天的领导人需要有更快的反应，与当年仍靠帆船来往于各国政府间的领导人反应速度当然不同。换言之，你的反应必须敏捷快速而有弹性。但领导的本质，并没有随时间而变。