Avoid falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. — When Napoleon’s generals would recommend someone for a promotion, Napoleon would ask one question, is he lucky? Legend has it Napoleon was followed by a lucky star. There are paintings depicting it. Success can come from luck. With success comes the desire to tell oneself a story that smoothes the…

How to Create a Diversified Stock Portfolio. — The stock market has been the greatest wealth generator of the past century. So with that in mind, the surest way to become wealthy is to save money and invest it in the stock market. Here are two corporate finance and investment tools you should be familiar with to reduce…

The story isn’t over. When things don’t go your way, try not to get frustrated. After all, you never can tell whether lousy luck may not be good luck. When misfortunes strike, one must never forget that it might be saving one from something far worse. What initially appears to…

A crossroads of creatives. — A crossroads where all this creative energy overlapped, where artists and writers met actors and musicians, and all listened to the hippest and the newest, was a small storefront bar in the East Village called the Five Spot. It was located at 5 Cooper Square near Astor Place and the…

The Beat Generation centered around writers whose poetry and fiction explored and influenced American culture post-World War II. Throughout the 1950s, their work was published and popularized. Beat culture’s defining characteristics are a rejection of standard narrative structures, the spiritual quest and exploration of Eastern religions and mysticism, rejection of American…

NFT stands for non-fungible token. A token that is not fungible represents the unique private digital property. These are digital deeds that prove a digital asset’s ownership. NFTs are currently linked with art, although they can certify ownership of any digital asset. NFTs, non-fungible tokens, use blockchains and crypto to…

Legendary jazz club — The Café Bohemia, located at 15 Barrow Street in Greenwich Village, was a legendary jazz club. In the mid-fifties, it became a central spot for the performance of hard bop. Jimmy Garofolo created the jazz club in 1955. Garofolo had owned the establishment since 1949 and had operated it as…

Sir Philip Sidney Renaissance Man — When we encounter someone with high levels of skills, learning, and accomplishment we may refer to them admiringly as a renaissance person. Sir Philip Sidney has been considered the epitome of renaissance ideals since, well the renaissance. Generation upon generation of western civilization’s finest have known his reputation and aspired…

Here is a list of eight significant takeaways to help accelerate learning and facilitate recall: 1. There is a general principle that you can learn more through active engagement, independently solving problems, practical experimentation, or participation in a discussion than passive listening. This concept is learning by doing and can…