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  • Certified

    The paradox of the information age is that now more then ever, if you have access to the internet, it is quite possible to become self-taught at anything you wish. Knowledge is readily available. But the paradox is that now more then ever we see people have become infatuated with certification. Someone needs to approve… Continue reading

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  • Knowledge Gaps

    What makes a person more qualified or capable of doing something than the next person? Usually it’s because of a knowledge gap. The role of a professor is to close that knowledge gap. The role of a student is to apply that knowledge and further their own skill. The role of a university is to… Continue reading

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  • Treatments

    This blog post uses information and experiments extracted from the latest book I’ve been listening to on Audible: “Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data” In economics, in sciences, in social sciences, in politics, we care about what works. But how effective are certain treatments?  Placebos can be quite powerful. Sometimes they are just… Continue reading

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  • Time to panic?

    Finals week kicks on Monday for me and ends Thursday. Thursday right after my final final exam, I’ll have roughly 2 hours to make it to the airport to catch my flight back home. I have to admit that I have yet to review any of my course materials. I have 3 final exams to… Continue reading

  • Finding beauty in the mundane

    In essence, if you breakdown what meditation is, it is simply doing nothing. Yet, I continue to meditate. I’ve been meditating at least 10 minutes for the past two months, some days going up to 30 minutes. And I’m just doing nothing. And what about the other mundane perfunctory tasks we must complete? Like doing… Continue reading

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  • Running out of steam

    Usually for me, starting a project that I am passionate about is easy. I have the initial excitement that carries me forward. The middle portion of a project is difficult to maintain momentum.  But near the end is where I find it most difficult because I feel as if I’ve lost much of my steam.… Continue reading

  • Procrastination and Perfectionism

    When I look at my procrastination self, I can’t help but parallel it with my perfectionism. Why do I procrastinate so much? Well, probably because I don’t want to do accounting. But those are mundane rudimentary tasks. Why do I procrastinate on creative things? Like writing longer essays, or start drafting ideas for a future… Continue reading

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  • 4 more books

    I have to finish 4 more books in December to have finished 50 books for 2018 It’s actually sort of crazy that I’ve been able to consume so much knowledge in just one year. How much more can I do? I think I can always do more. Because at first I thought 50 would be… Continue reading

  • At a party, mind elsewhere

    Daily Blog post 403 I wish I wasn’t the type of person to overthink and overreact to simple life events. And then, of course, I overthink that sentence and then realize that the only type of person I want to be is the type of person who overthinks and overreacts to everything. I’ve gone to… Continue reading

  • Stress off

    Today a semester long worth of work was finally presented Our marketing project for Vanguard that took the entire semester and 7 business students to compile was presented to Vanguard today. It’s crazy to see a long-term project like this come to fruition. And 4-months isn’t even that long, but it still was great to… Continue reading

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