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PANIC

Michael Lewis, whose work we referenced in our recent post, “Tenacity,” is at it again.  When I read Liar’s Poker in the late 80′s, I was amazed.  I had heard similar vernacular for years around our table at dinner parties populated by equity traders and institutional salespeople.  Lewis is an extremely talented writer who spent [...]

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TENACITY

“A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.” – May Sarton With all the emphasis lately on poor performance and financial rescue packages, I’ve been thinking about the different ways people react to failure in themselves and others.  Why do some people respond to a setback with [...]

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