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Last week's post on advice-giving left me with grave doubts. I feel strongly about my personal obligation to help reduce status competi...Read More

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Should You Give Advice Encouraging Others Not to Spend?

Olakunle 3:11 AM

No. Never. Let's start with advice-giving in its worst form: unsolicited advice. It's never a good idea to give unsolicited advice....Read More

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Synergies of Being an Investor AND a Consumer

Olakunle 3:11 AM

"Consumer brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, or Starbucks all do somewhat similar things: they buy commodities (their raw materials) and sell...Read More

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On Self-Doubt

Olakunle 3:11 AM

This short anecdote on Henri Matisse should resonate with anyone involved in any sort of creative work: Matisse's continuing self-doubt ...Read More

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Checkers... and Chess

Olakunle 3:11 AM

The process of writing my last two posts ( the one on choicemaking and the other one on the popularity of terrible blogs ) got me thinking ...Read More

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Why Bad Blogs Get More Readers (An Accidental, Secret Recipe for Massive Web Traffic)

Olakunle 3:11 AM

I've often said that it bugs me to see a good blog go unread. It's one reason why I run Friday Links posts: it's my own small ef...Read More

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Nine Terrible Ways to Make Choices (That You Probably Didn’t Know You Were Using)

Olakunle 3:11 AM

This post blatantly steals ideas from an interesting and unusual little book: The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz. ***************...Read More

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Why Bad Blogs Get More Readers (An Accidental, Secret Recipe for Massive Web Traffic)

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