I enjoy listening to Tim Cowlishaw in Dallas every afternoon on 103.FM. He is a prominent columnist and reporter for SportsDay in the Dallas Morning News. Today, I saw that he published his list of the top 50 sports books, in an article entitled “By My Reading…” (March 15, 2015, p. 14C) Click the link… Read More Cowlishaw’s List of Sports Books is Intriguing
David Justice: Scotty H. Scott Hatteberg: Yo, what’s up, D.J.? David Justice: Pickin’ machine. [Scott laughs] David Justice: How you likin’ first base, man? Scott Hatteberg: It’s, uh… it’s coming along. Picking it up. You know, tough transition, but I’m starting to feel better with it. David Justice: Yeah? Scott Hatteberg: Yeah. David Justice: What’s… Read More Mojo – I Think We’re In Need of Finding Our Mojo (Ron Washington, & “Multiplier” Leadership)
I presented my synopsis of Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, for a group of investors last night. Michael Lewis is a great! story teller. Here are some of his highlights, some of the most enlightening parts, of the story he weaves: Americans wanted to own homes far larger than they could afford, and… Read More Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Germany…California! – Michael Lewis weaves a story in Boomerang
Iceland; Ireland; Greece; California. They are all in trouble – deep, serious trouble. The debts are massive. The way out looks… well, there doesn’t seem to be a very workable way out. And the financial situation in other corners of the globe have ripple effects in every corner of the globe like never before. What… Read More Michael Lewis: The Financial Crisis is a Moral Crisis
The Big Short is coming out in paperback today. It is still #2 on the New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list (just behind #1, with an asterisk, meaning that it is actually tied for #1 with the newer take on the financial meltdown, All The Devils Are Here – now my March selection… Read More Not Much has Changed; Little Has Been Learned – Michael Lewis (The Big Short) speaks out
This is the time of the year that we see so many collective lists of the “best of 2010.” In the last few days, we have seen such lists for films, sports accomplishments, songs, architecture, recipes, restaurants, and of course, books. I want to tell you that I am unimpressed with most of the… Read More Another Perspective on the “Best of 2010” Lists
It’s that time of year, when people/magazines/other entities turn out their “best books of the year” lists. Here are some from The Economist (I first read about this at 800ceoread, here). Books of the Year Page turners Economics and business The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine. By Michael Lewis. Norton; 266 pages; $27.95. Allen… Read More Best Business Books for 2010 – The Lists Begin
My colleague Karl Krayer teaches eight principles in his sessions on writing skills. One principle is this: economize words. It is a valuable principle. Jason Fried (37Signals; co-author of Rework), recently put this up on his blog. (I first read it through Andrew Sullivan, here). I recently took some Q&A. The last question was asked… Read More Do You want to Communicate Clearly? – Economize words! (“The Future Belongs to the Best Editors,” says Jason Fried)
Quoted without comment, about Ron Washington, while he was the infield coach of the Oakland A’s: Ron Washington was the infield coach because he had a gift for making players want to be better than they were — though he would never allow himself such a pretentious thought. Michael Lewis, Moneyball, (p. 165). Go Rangers!
My post, A Quick Graphic Overview of The Big Short, has been one of the more popular posts on this blog. Here is a new article by Michael Lewis, with a clear statement of the problem, and his proposed solution. The article, Wall Street Proprietary Trading Under Cover (Bloomberg Opinion) is worth reading in full. Here… Read More Michael Lewis Nails It – Don’t Let Wall Street Do Again What They Did Before, That Got Us Into This Mess
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