Posts under ‘Rant’

After a brief adrenaline shot of renewed excitement (maybe the topic of future post), I came across a few interesting quotes on entrepreneurship.
Quote from “The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of American’s Wealthy” excerpt:
About two-thirds of us who are working are self-employed. Interestingly, self-employed people make up less than 20 percent of the workers [...]

The startup and small business path is anything but steady. It’s full of all kinds of high and lows. This has had an even bigger effect on us after years of steady schedules in school (well mostly steady) and the consistency of working at large companies like HP and Microsoft. Now with [...]

When I first saw them, I thought they were sort of lame - who wants ads cycling on the top of their gmail? But since they cycle interesting stories as well, I’ve become a big fan of those 1-liners. I sometimes find myself bored and just clicking through them. Here’s a cool [...]

I watched “The Office” today on NBC and chatted with an old co-worker (who, by the way, just left HP today) and it got me thinking about working and office life. It’s been almost 3 months since we quit the rat race and my memory is fading fast about working in the corporate world. [...]

There’s a growing body of evidence that supports the theory of social contagion - that is, your own feelings and emotions are profoundly influenced by the emotions and moods of those around you. For most people this occurs at a totally subconcious level, but it definitely happens - just think of the person who [...]