Between the years of 2008 and 2014, it became the norm in my family to encounter on our visits to my dad’s place a giant wooden “E” on his coffee table. Or perhaps a shiny, rock hard submarine sandwich abandoned on the kitchen counter. Maybe even an entire boxful of…

It’s not easy to see how the Tao-te Ching, which advocates “nonaction,” “naturalness,” and essentially going with the flow, pertains to the incessant demands of entrepreneurship, but I’ve managed to find some of its wisdom really helpful in building businesses. This ancient Chinese spiritual text is believed to have been…

The Concept of Reflexivity, and Three Reasons why You should Care about It In George Soros’ book about the 2008 credit crisis, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets, his theory of “reflexivity”is central. Essentially, this theory relates to how observations about the economy affect investor behavior which in turn affect the economy. Upon reading the book and his lecture series, my first two…

As the weather warms up in New York, I enjoy taking walks with my wife in downtown Manhattan and ducking into whatever art gallery presents an open door — not knowing what to expect and often ending up happily intrigued. But yesterday we made a beeline for Arcadia Contemporary because…

In the autumn of 2019, a chef friend of mine told me about a wonderful new photography museum that was opening up on Park Avenue South. It was a Swedish import with a restaurant to match , and he was developing the menu for what promised to be a wonderful…

Everyone knows that Thomas Edison was a determined inventor, but I recently learned that he was a rather undisciplined businessman. …

It is safe to say that “epidemic” has become a prominent concept in our everyday lives lately. Defined by Mariam Webster as “ an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many individuals at the same time,” it is both responsible for the turbulence of 2020 and the basis…

With indoor dining and theaters closed, destinations during the winter in NYC are limited. However, my wife and I have discovered that it’s the perfect time to visit the city’s abundance of art galleries and museums. It’s easy to keep one’s distance and stay safe, especially without the throngs of…

Some of my favorite family vacation memories involve the exploration of urban street art. It all started a few years ago when my wife and I visited Wynwood Walls in Miami, and we were amazed by the power of paint to transform an entire, previously underdeveloped neighborhood.