My Fake Rolex

20Oct09

On my recent trip to Beijing, I bought a fake Rolex for 100 Yuan.  I had fun negotiating down from 400 Yuan, and in the end I still probably paid too much.  The good news is that it has kept pretty good time for over a week now.  I didn’t wear the watch yesterday and [...]

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Tags: analogy, Lessons, self reflection

Searching under the “Street Light”

22Apr09

I attended a going away ceremony today and the guest of honor used an old analogy which really hit home in today’s ever changing environment.  The analogy went something like this:             Late one evening, a man who was walking his dog comes upon an economist (you can always tell an economist from anyone else [...]

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Tags: analogy, Change, economy, opportunity, street light