By the time Nike came up with the ‘Just do it’ slogan, they managed to expand their share of the pie all over North America, achieving a 43% cut. The shoe dynasty dominated the scene throughout the 70s and 80s and overcame many hurdles before it establishes itself as one of the top players in the field. As of now,…
“When Tiger Woods plays, the market rises.” people used to say. There was a period that one single golf player could actually impact the world to such a degree, that he could drive the stocks up in the market just with his performance. The effect was especially evident at the start of the week, right after the Sunday’s games that…
There is a certain tendency people share but goes unnoticeable most of the time. People root for the underdogs. As much as we may like winners and high achievers and no matter how passionately we avoid loss and being associated with it at any cost, it so happens that from time to time we find ourselves rooting for the little…
Inmy teenage year was a rebel. I would revolt on any idea taking away from the people’s freedom, or leading nations to close up to each other. I would throw up in front of capitalistic exploitations and despise their imperialism with a black bandanna and a firing Molotov behind my back. A fired-up spirit in an explosive mix of emotional…
It was only recently that new photos of Adele were revealed, depicting her radical body transformation. She had gone from a chubby little shy girl, with a voice of an angel and the unfortunate appearance of an anti-star, to a model-like image of a bitch femme fatale, that her only intention is to scold everyone around her every time she…
“The basic idea of the book is that there is always a dilemma every time you are about to take on something new. Are you gonna give up a huge chunk of your time trying to ‘innovate’ and come up with the next brilliant thing or are you going to continue to cultivate what you already have and progress on…
“It cannot be avoided anymore, at this point there needs to be a genuine answer to the question of how you become what you are. And this leads me to that masterpiece in the art of survival — selfishness . . .” — Nietzsche Wehear about it so often. “Don’t be selfish”, “Think about others”, “ Don’t care only about…
“The only thing I know is that I know nothing. We’ve gathered at the agora several times and discussed our shared regard for divinity, but I hardly know anything about you! Have you always been a midwife? Would you pursue virtue over material wealth? How many siblings do you have? I am ignorant of many things, but I do understand something about…
“I was putting one foot in front of the other, like a machine. I was dragging this emaciated body that was still such a weight. If only I could have shed it! Though I tried to put it out of my mind, I couldn’t help thinking that there were two of us: my body and I. And I hated that…