You’ve probably heard the expression, “work smarter, not harder.” This advice can be helpful when it’s used in the context of streamlining an unnecessarily inefficient task. For example, if you’re trying to cut grass, you’d…
In the cold, hard world of business and finance, we as investors often like to think of ourselves as purely rational decision-makers. We just want to see the numbers. Show us the data, and then…
Which is the better course of action when making decisions: to go with your gut or to crunch the numbers? It’s one of those questions over which reasonable people disagree all the time. Countless books…
In a lot of ways, instant gratification can be a good thing. If you need a particular piece of equipment for a project, you can check online to see if it’s available at a nearby…
In August of 1975, China experienced a typhoon that would test the limits of its recently constructed dams along the Yellow River. On August 5th, roughly a half a meter of rain fell from the sky—surpassing…
Fox Business. CNBC. Countless others. We have a 24-hour news cycle following the up-to-date news regarding investments. The funny thing is people are still confused and unsure of what they should be investing in. How…
In the 1980s classic film series Back to the Future, the villain of the franchise manages to travel back in time with a sports almanac and give the book to his younger self. Then, having unique…
Let’s say you’re planning on taking a family vacation next week to someplace warm and sunny. You’ve only got four or five days before you leave, and you’re trying to determine what you need to…
If you’ve ever seen an old toothpaste commercial, then you’ll know exactly where we’re going with this article. For the first part of the commercial, you see all the actors going about their day, flashing…
We all love a miraculous success story. We like the idea of orphan Annie getting taken off the streets, of Charlie just happening to stumble upon his golden ticket. We like to see the underdog…