Thoughts and Ideas
related to learning
2016 was a great year! I’m writing down a list of all the books I read this year. Next year I will begin adding descriptions about each book. My goal was to read 20 books, and I managed to read 22! My audacious goal for 2017 is 50 books, let’s see how that works out…
Last week I had my first session of the Merlin project, a four-month Entrepreneurship course taught by Columbia University professors. The program is organized by YNG+ a group affiliated with YPO (Young President’s Organization). Referred to as an “inaugural accelerator for innovators” the four-month course instructs about 25 Entrepreneurs and teaches us how to jumpstart…
I recently attended a lecture by Bob Thorton, an executive of Waffle House. Waffle House is a fast food chain that I go to often at late hours of the night, usually after a fun night out (it’s delicious at 4 in the morning). Thorton spoke of setting up short and long term goals, and…