I've read a couple of books recently (Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth and So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport) that talked quite a bit about the quest for finding passion in your work. What was interesting is … Continue reading Some Thoughts on Finding Your Passion
J.P. Morgan, the largest U.S. bank by assets, is now allowing employees to wear business-casual attire on most occasions. The decision is a major change for a Wall Street bank, an industry that has typically required men and women to wear suits. The move is seen as a way to compete for talent with technology firms, … Continue reading A Tale of Two Dress Codes
"From what I can see, he performed a public service in taking out this fella. The fella asked for what he got and he got it." Those are the words of David Heckler, the District Attorney of Bucks County, PA, referring to the shooting and killing of a robbery suspect by the owner of a … Continue reading Try a Little Tenderness
The Wall Street Journal had a story today about an app that I had not heard of, but is apparently quite popular among the geek crowd. Since I am an honorary member of the geek crowd (by virtue of my high school picture), I figured this was the type of app I needed to look … Continue reading An Interesting App: If This, Then That (IFTTT)
The Wall Street Journal had an editorial today criticizing Bernie Sanders' attendance at the Golden State Warriors basketball game the other night. The editorial asked the following questions: Does Mr. Sanders consider Oakland’s Oracle Arena a monument to the corporate greed he so often decries? Why was he cheering, rather than occupying? Isn’t the minimum … Continue reading It Can’t Be Easy Being in the Public Eye
As part of Villanova's Summer Business Institute program, students participate in a series of professional development events. Tonight was the first such event; a dinner for all students, faculty, and staff, that also featured a presentation on proper business etiquette when out to dinner. The featured speaker was Laura Katen, who has her own consulting … Continue reading A Lesson in Business Etiquette
This is the 62nd in a collection of newspaper ads written by Harry Gray, then CEO of United Technologies, that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the text from that ad. She met a tailor when he was twenty. He had never been to school. … Continue reading Do You Owe Something to An Eliza McCardle?
I recently signed up for a three-month free trial of Spotify, and so far I've been loving the opportunity to listen to essentially any artist, song, or album I can think of. Today we took a trip into Philadelphia and for the drive in I decided to play some music from a group that I … Continue reading A Trip Down Memory Lane Thanks to Spotify
I recently had to get some minor surgery, and I thought I was doing myself a favor by reading as much as I could about the procedure before it took place. Unfortunately, some of what I read did not exactly sugarcoat things, and made the procedure sound quite painful and unpleasant. Here's one person's account … Continue reading Thanks, Internet, for Raising My Fear Level for No Reason
Adam Grant has been recognized as both the youngest tenured and highest rated professor at the Wharton School (the business school at the University of Pennsylvania). While he has achieved great success in a variety of ways (published articles, books, TED talk), the one item that captured my attention from his web site was a project … Continue reading Dear Freshmen,
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