Economists adhering to the rational choice theory, would like to have us believe that humans “act as if” they calculate everything and make a decision that serves their best interest – and they are right. Take for instance people who borrow from ‘payday’ lenders – they always act in their own self-interest, and in fact [...]
I bet I can determine the abstract notion of your ‘character’ from your social graph – inclusive of the posts you wrote on the ‘walls’ of your closest friends, the pages you ‘liked’, and the ‘statuses’ you commented on. Couple your available Facebook data with the messages you ‘tweet’, your level of education, and the [...]
As we evolve and set out to be who we want to be, we must often show off and share the sides of us in which we’ve had no choice or chance to influence, namely our parents. The sharing of these delicate and permanent pieces of our lives can be frightening, for they offer a [...]
My trip to Startup Weekend Victoria was terrific. It was a smaller, more intimate event then I am accustomed to, since I usually facilitate much larger sized events in the Middle East. Having the opportunity to facilitate in the wonderfully sleepy town of Victoria, Canada was refreshing. The event kicked-off with an inspiring talk given [...]
On the day of your inevitable death, will your eyes close knowing you lived your life honestly? And when I say the word ‘honestly’, I mean, will you have lived a life that is genuinely in sync with what you perceive as your purpose? We all are afforded the luxury and hell of exercising our day-to-day actions [...]
