One way to think about work-life balance is with a concept known as The Four Burners Theory. Here’s how it was first explained to me: Imagine that your life is represented by a stove with four burners on it. Each burner symbolizes one major quadrant of your life. The first burner represents your family. The […]
However, our obsessive focus on what we’re winning can also blind us from understanding how, precisely, people become winners. If you focus too much on the finish line, you miss the strategy going on during the race. In moderation, this focus on what is fine. I like getting results just as much as the next […]
Three months after it began, the procedure had cut the infection rate of I.C.U. patients by sixty six percent. Within 18 months, this one method had saved 75 million dollars in healthcare expenses. Best of all, this single intervention saved the lives of more than 1500 people in just a year and a half. Almost […]
Other areas of the map are foreign to you. These yet-to-be-explored regions are home to the milestones in life that you can imagine reaching, but that have eluded you thus far. This undiscovered portion of the map is where your hopes and goals and dreams live. These goals are like little pieces of buried treasure […]
In the decades that followed World War II, the manufacturing industry in America thrived. For years, American companies grew in size and profitability—even though they produced many products of average quality. This gravy train began to slide off the tracks in the 1970s. Japanese firms implemented a series of surprising changes that helped them crush […]
My dad and I were standing in the front yard. Maybe that’s why I remember it. We typically practiced baseball in the backyard, but for some reason we were out front that day. I was around 9 years old and learning how to pitch. My dad was walking me through the basic mechanics. On this […]
According to Callas, Steve Jobs discovered a loophole in the California vehicle registration laws. Anyone with a new car had up to six months to get a proper license plate for their new vehicle. During the first six months, however, you could simply drive the vehicle without a license plate. Integer mattis magna volutpat euismod […]
How intelligent do you need to be to become a successful entrepreneur? How good does your training program need to be to become an elite athlete? How perfect does your weight loss program need to be to burn fat? These are questions that we don’t often ask ourselves, but they are built into our beliefs […]
1. Craco, la città fantasma in Basilicata Craco è un paese italiano situato in Basilicata nella provincia di Matera. Domina dall’alto di una collina e negli anni Sessanta il centro storico, in seguito ad una frana di importante entità, ha conosciuto un’evacuazione che lo ha reso una vera e… CLICCA QUI 2. Antuni, città fantasma […]
La Befana è una delle tradizioni popolari più vive nell’immaginario collettivo degli italiani.Questa simpatica vecchietta, nella notte tra il 5 e il 6 gennaio, vola a cavallo di una scopa portando un sacco stracolmo di giocattoli e dolciumi. Poi, calandosi dai camini delle case, riempie le calze lasciate appese dai bambini. A Venezia il giorno […]