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The Immigrant Advantage: What it is, How to get It

A recent news article (New York Times, 5/25/14, “The Immigrant Advantage”) laid out in startling detail how many immigrants are out performing broad swaths of home grown…

Beware the “All Hat, No Cattle” Leader

As Wall Street and finance bigwigs continue to insist that they deserve over-the-top compensation in spite of all evidence to the contrary (yes, we really…

Beyond Galton’s Wall

Is there a limit to what is humanly possible? Are some goals simply unobtainable? So much so as to be demotivating? If you agree, then…

Stop Sorting Gravel

Stephen R. Covey, author of “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, used a dramatic illustration to teach the value of time and energy management. Covey…

8 Thoughts on Judging

“We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.” – Harold Nicolson   “Everything that irritates us about others can…

Learned Optimism and Explanatory Styles

“Learned Optimism” is a book by Martin Seligman that I read about 15 years ago and have since counted among my favorites. Dr. Seligman, who…

Shinrin-yoku

Visiting nature for therapeutic benefit has become popular in Japan. The concept is known as Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing. A study of 280 healthy Japanese,…

Questions for the Chair – Part 5

Periodically NSC holds lunches with Collier Company Team Members who send in questions. The following are drawn from those events. 1. Sir, I see all…

“Endlessly Curious”

It is easy to say that life is a matter of how you look at it, that things turn out best for those who make…

It was true…Until it wasn’t

It was true… Until it wasn’t. Years ago, a wise friend made an observation about a certain aspect of the financial market. Something was a…

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