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Shrinks

I don't pay my shrink to solve my problems, just to listen.

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International Relations

Putin: “I’m always accused of doing something.”

Obama: “I’m always accused of doing nothing.”

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Constitutionally Daft

Deaf people are great, they can't hear you fart and you can always blame the rest on the dog. My dear Prime Minister is of the same opinion.

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Happiness Trajectories: Modern Success, Future Failure

Failure has appeared to be the topic of discussion for some time now. We are redefining failure as a society, one country at a time. I'll give you a second to celebrate this. My concern is not so much our understanding of failure, but our definition of success, which links to our idea about happiness; where the latter, in turn, is interlinked with the foundation of the modern economy, innovation and the trajectory of the consumer market. Hence, our definition of success, plays a vital role in our long-term development as a society and the application of finite resources towards our goals, which are driven by this meaning.

The definition of success has always traveled alongside our understanding of failure, but now it seems that, even though, our understanding of failure is changing, our definition of success remains stationary in relation to this change. Popular culture has hijacked success and brands it through top ten lists, best places to be, best things to have, lists of people defined as successful and etc. Basically, it often strives to present an opinion as a fact with images that are distant and immediately unattainable to most (most who waste their time reading that junk that is), but who more or less allow the latter to become the beacon for their life's struggle, which later translates into a cure for cancer or, in most cases, into some statistics for the CPI figures.

I'm not saying we should forget Darwinism (it is here to stay, for better or worse) and that our current definition of success is something new, I'm saying why not make it something old and outdated, the same way we are retiring our understanding of failure, which, after all, is not engraved in stone. 

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Quiz: When on Broadway

You drill for oil in Bora Bora. Will your wife judge you for the destruction of a pristine environment or because you will no longer fly her there?

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Adults: The Risk Managers

Most adults are depositories of failure. They can say how not to do something rather than how to do it.

You're on your own buddy.

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Family Business: Part 2

Mistakes in solitude are a luxury family takes away, now you have to take on the risk of everyone's stupidity. Same applies in business. 

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Long term Crush

Meeting high school crush after 14 years. Similar asset, mandate has changed - I no longer have a crush. Not going long in 99 wasn't such a bad idea after all.