Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Was not aware of her before.

- 80% of Americans test positive for chemicals found in Cheerios, Quaker Oats, and other products that may cause infertility and other problems. Good rule is to avoid any processed foods whenever possible. You don't know what's in them.

- Morgan Housel on a Few Laws of Getting Rich. He wrote this about six months ago and I think I posted it at the time, But since he felt compelled to send it out again - I read it again (and posted it here).

- Silicon Valley has a Harvard problem.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd share.

- Bill Belichick from a Jets' fan point of view.

- The Free Press on the Death of Old Europe. They could have called this the people are finally waking up.

- About that iPhone security "flaw"

- Morgan Housel on Frugal vs Independent. Most wise men I've read about all say that the advent of wisdom is living below your means and being happy to do so.

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

 "First generation millionaires give us libraries, second generation millionaires give us themselves."- Gary Wills

"Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done." - Robert A. Heinlein

"You despise in others the worst parts of yourself." - Shane Parrish

"In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people angry, and been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams

Quotes for Today

 Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants." - Epictetus

"The more sweat on the training field, the less blood on the battlefield." - Col. David Hackworth

"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our responsibility for the future." - John F. Kennedy

"Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Rich and the Wealthy

Morgan Housel uses the Vanderbilt's as examples to explain his difference between being rich and being wealthy. Personally, I've always liked this definition of being rich from the author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:

"I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes." - Edward Gibbon