I recently finished reading Adam Smith’s landmark book, The Wealth of Nations. It was written in 1776 and is widely considered to be the basis of the study of economics. One of the few interesting points I grabbed from the book was how Adam Smith defined productivity. Smith divided up labor into two broad categories, […]
Keeping To-Learn Lists
I’m sure most people are familiar with a to-do list. If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, hopefully you have at least one of these on the go, tracking your tasks on paper. But do you have a to-learn list? I recently decided my self-education system needed a bit of cleaning, […]
9 Great Ways to Invest in Yourself
Does your money earn money? Through dividends, money you invest in stocks actually earns you more money each year without you having to do any work. This principle of investing is behind what makes banks, fund managers and people like Warren Buffet rich. Investing money isn’t an uncommon idea. But does your time earn more […]
Quotes From Atlas Shrugged
Over the last two weeks I’ve been churning through Ayn Rand’s epic novel, Atlas Shrugged. The book is close to 1200 pages long and covers Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism. The story follows a man who said he would, “stop the motor of the world,” and did. Rand’s philosophy centers around the idea that it is […]
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