Behavior
Why Costco should bring back their free samples (and the affect of free on us humans)
Last time I went to Costco, I was deeply upset that they had decided to remove the free samples from…
Rants and Musings
History
Looking for the hidden truths
The fish and the eel There was once a man who wanted to transport the fish that he caught from…
History
China’s first peasant Emperor: How far can a little bit of empathy take you?
On paper, LiuBang (劉邦) had none of the pre-requisites required of an emperor — he didn’t have noble blood, he frequently got in…
History
Mysterious as the dark side of the moon — Mulan’s transformation
“We must be swift as the coursing river …. With all the force of a great typhoon … With all…
History
We zig and we zag — Life as a game of probability
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that…
History
Know thy enemy, know thy self
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles” (知彼知己，百戰不殆) This…
Personal
We must have the desire to win: being nice alone won’t get us too far
Winning gets a bad rap these days — mostly because it implies that we’re doing something evil or that we’re…
Personal
Don’t deprive yourself of 2022 — double down instead
It is (finally) 2022 and most of us are probably taking the time to reflect on the year just past,…