Apr
28
The $100 Laptop Project
April 28, 2007 | Comments Off
The One Laptop Per Child Project is full of good intentions, but I wonder if it is the best use of someone’s money and effort. Everyone is entitled to spend his time, effort and money in any way they seem fit: that is one of the principles of being free. However, spending money [...]
Apr
22
Book Review: On My Two Own Feet
April 22, 2007 | 1 Comment
On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance (Manisha Thakor and Sharon Kedar) provides a simplified overview of the personal finance topics that most people will face in their lives. Its main is young women who might have neglected learning about finances and may even have some aversion to dive [...]
Apr
22
Salary Differences
April 22, 2007 | 3 Comments
For years it has been argued that women get a lower salary than men even when they hold the same position, or even show the same results. In the case of the same position there can be an argument about how hard two different persons work or succeed at the tasks given, regardless of [...]
Apr
20
First Dollar
April 20, 2007 | Comments Off
Many business owners frame the first dollar they are paid in some visible location on their establishment. I don’t happen to have an establishment (other than my briefcase), nor I think I will get payments in paper money. However, I feel proud to have received my first payment in the consulting business in [...]
Apr
13
If You Want To Learn How To Make Sushi – Go to Japan!
April 13, 2007 | Comments Off
If you really want to learn how to do something, you should learn it from the very best. At least the very best you can afford or find. Otherwise, you will not be making best use of your time – something that could be more valuable than the cost of learning from the [...]
Apr
11
Make Sure you CAN Buy a Home
April 11, 2007 | 1 Comment
Sometimes ideas cross my mind:
I travel a lot. Sometimes I have thought: “what if I sell my primary residence, invest the proceeds in the stock market, and live out of dividends in temporary locations wherever consulting gigs or vacation ideas take us?”
One of the few thoughts that cross my mind is: What if [...]
Apr
11
Sickening Body Language
April 11, 2007 | Comments Off
You should project your best self during a job interview. This includes your body posture and body language. You may have the best experience, and the best credentials, but if the interviewer just doesn’t feel comfortable talking with you, you will not get the best evaluation.I recently interviewed a guy who just [...]
Apr
11
PowerPoint is Not Word !!
April 11, 2007 | Comments Off
One of my pet-peeves is the fact that Microsoft PowerPoint (or any other electronic slide program) is a low density information delivery method. You use it to deliver just a few ideas with a very high impact. You use PowerPoint to convince someone to start moving in the direction you favor or as [...]
Apr
9
Creating Value? MO – KFT
April 9, 2007 | Comments Off
On April 02 2007 I got Kraft (KFT) shares. In the last week they have oscillated around the $31/share mark. Altria (MO), which enjoyed a healthy $85/share price a few months ago dropped to the $70/share as the spin-off closed on us, and have stayed there for the time being. When I [...]
Apr
9
I Will Never Be The Same
April 9, 2007 | Comments Off
I spent 7 weeks in Australia, and I think that the experience changed my life in a way that made me different. It is not that Australia is a beautiful country where you feel like in America, but safer and everything looks cleaner – for they are like that, but that is not the [...]
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