HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! Now begins the official start of the Christmas season, so I want to discuss how you might better enjoy your experience this year. When we were children, Christmas was a magical time. We approached it with the simplicity inherent in childhood, which allowed us to fully immerse ourselves in the spirit of love, […]
Donald Trump continues to rule the airwaves in the 2016 election coverage. Also, I just came back from the Steve Jobs movie. These two things got me thinking: if someone is enough of a jerk, it doesn’t matter how much they’ve accomplished, I am never going to respect them. In my mind, this one huge […]
I try not to worry about the future—so I take each day just one anxiety attack at a time. Tom Wilson Like most Type A’s, I take the responsibilities in my life very seriously, and I tend to worry a lot about them. But I have since learned that this is foolish. Over the years […]
It used to be that the classic example of a PDA was kissing in public. Now I think it has been replaced by a Facebook post of your “adoring” love for your significant other. Not that I mind these—they can actually be kind of sweet, and any expression of love should generally be encouraged. I […]
I Am Always So Bored and Anxious!
Type As often experience feeling bored and anxious. We are so energetic and accustomed to being busy all of the time that as soon as “the music stops,” this is the state we are likely to find ourselves in. I think it is instructive to know what the opposite of bored and anxious is. What […]
How Do You Define Investment Success?
It happens to me all the time and I find it quite amusing. I’ll meet someone new at a cocktail party, they find out that I am a finance professional, and, invariably, they try to impress me with their stock picking prowess. It usually goes something like this: “Yeah, I bought an oil sands stock […]
Like many Type A’s, I have struggled throughout my life with the burden of perfectionism. It is a difficult taskmaster, I can tell you that. I think it will be instructive to relay my evolving attitudes toward perfectionism over the four decades of my adult life. I have tried many different ways to adopt a […]
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