Rectangle 10

Read time: 3 mins

PopCap: The Stupid Pursuit of Hyper “Safety,” or What Happens When Chicken Little Is In Charge

(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) While I always fasten my safety belt, I understand that life has risks and comes without guarantees.

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Criticism: Friend or Foe?

If we choose to regard anything less than praise as an attack, then we cease to hear anything useful a critic may

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Courageous Acceptance of Personal Responsibility

The willingness to accept responsibility for our actions, to have the moral courage, the steadfastness of character to step up and acknowledge

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Learning to Ring Pavlov’s* Bell Ourselves

Understanding How Social Cues Influence Our Behavior We are always picking up cues from our environment and responding to them, most of

Rectangle 10

Read time: 3 mins

Beware the Cost of the Middleman!

Understanding Systems and How to Make them Better Maine lobsters have plunged in price from $10 a pound a few years ago

Rectangle 10

Read time: 5 mins

PopCap: The High Price of Ego

(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) The City of Portland’s port authority is scheduled to pay $3.5 million to Delta to persuade the

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Unseen Consequences, Forgotten Costs

In 2008, just under a half million American veterans, 442,695 to be exact, were treated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (The New

Rectangle 10

“Any fool can make a rule…”

Most rules are made with good intentions and are designed to solve a real problem. Unfortunately, the people making the rules often

Rectangle 10

Seven Easy Questions for Smarter Spending

1. Have I paid all my basic living expenses? Rent or mortgage payment, utilities, groceries, savings: these come first, prior to any

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Don’t Blame Your Genes

Study shows bodily abuse can stretch all the way down to the genetic level Okay, I’m relying on The Economist (“The Origin

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Just Deal With It: Getting in Touch With Your Survival Instinct

(Friday’s Populist Capitalist Blog Post) Craig Fugate, the new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is a man who evidently

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

“Sometimes when we anticipate the worst in people, we destroy what is best.” I have a tendency to worry. I expect things