Feb
5
Jobless Recovery : Innovation Food
February 5, 2008 | Comments Off
Some people measure economy in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Some others measure it in unemployment rates and number of jobs created. CNNfn is suggesting that our GDP will recover, but our job market will not (bear in mind our 4.9% unemployment rate is one of the lowest ones in the industrialized world). I think a [...]
Jan
22
How do we get our cheap goods now?
January 22, 2008 | Comments Off
The market slump we saw in the last couple of days is a reflection of a breakdown in one of the most interesting money cycles in history. It seems that American (and other industrialized) consumers have been on a shopping spree for goods produced by emerging economies. Those economies didn’t knew what to [...]
Jan
16
Turning a Recession Into An Opportunity
January 16, 2008 | Comments Off
There is no denying that recessions are not good for anyone. People and companies are cash strapped and are afraid because they do not know when things will get better. Recessions do not give any reasons to celebrate about them.
Recessions, however, provide opportunities. Proactive people pick up themselves from the sad [...]
Dec
13
It is not only about being Smart: Being Smart is Too Easy
December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment
This society seems to value “smart” people. I don’t value being “smart” that much, however.
Smart is something perceived, or observed by others, in my opinion. There are many ways in which it can be perceived, but more often than not it is on instantaneous things and not on long term effects, or execution. Execution, however, [...]
Jul
11
Got Junked
July 11, 2007 | 1 Comment
I have been delaying a good basement/garage cleaning. Some things are just difficult to dump on the regular weekly trash pick-ups: tires, appliances, de-humidifiers and A/Cs, exercise machines, etc. That was the kind of stuff I had accumulated over the years and had neglected to dump. I am putting some things in [...]
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