A little background on the author, Chet Holmes. He worked for Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's billionaire business partner. Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio companies were the test lab for many of the techniques. Chet doubled revenues for one of their businesses three years in a row, eliciting the following response from Charlie: "Chet, are you sure we are not lying, cheating or stealing? In all my years in business, Read more

Everybody Lies: What The Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are (Book Summary)

Posted 7 years ago by

rop-ke

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, an ex-Google data scientist and op-ed writer for the New York Times and The Guardian , gives insight into how we can use data collected by websites and search engines in this fascinating dive into big data and analytics. In this book that’s been called “ Freakonomics on steroids,” the author tells us why everybody lies, exploring topics ranging from elections to sex. He als Read more

Teach a Man to Fish and He'll Eat for a Lifetime. Just Don't Forget to Give Him a Fishing Rod!

Posted 8 years ago by

jasper

This is an excerpt from Trevor Noah's amazing autobiography Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood The money kept rolling in and I was balling out of control. This is how balling I was: I bought a cordless telephone. This was before everyone had a cellphone. The range on this cordless phone was strong enough that I could put the base outside my window, walk the two blocks to McDonald’s, order my l Read more