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Happy New Year

Best wishes to you and yours.  JibJab nailed my resolutions for the year!

 

 

JibJab via YouTube.

Looking forward to a great 2016!

Less Is More: Your Pants Are Lying to You. The Truth About Vanity-Sizing

Warning: Your actual waistline might be bigger than you think.

Your pants have been deceiving you for years ... and the lies are getting bigger.  Here is a chart showing the actual waist size (measured in inches) compared to the waist size shown on the pants.

 

The chart came from this Esquire article. Here are some other excerpts.

"Do highway signs make us feel better by informing us that Chicago is but 45 miles away when it's really 72? Multiplication tables don't yield to make us feel better about badness at math; why should pants make us feel better about badness at health? Are we all so many emperors with no clothes?

... Now that you know the truth — down-waisting is genuine cause for concern. A recent report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that men with larger waists were twice at risk of death compared with their smaller-waist peers. Men whose waists measured 47 inches or larger were twice as likely to die. Yet, most men only know their waist size by their pants — so if those pants are up to five inches smaller than the reality, some men may be wrongly dismissing health dangers."

So, are you surprised ... or just motivated to shop at Old Navy?

Workout Fails Video: Worth Going to the Gym to See

A look in the mirror tells me it is time to return to the gym.

Here is a compilation of clips showing people mis-using the equipment.

Almost worth going to the gym to see ...

 

 

 

via YouTube.

Hope you have a good week.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

The Democrats' Dream Ticket is really about Republicans ... Imagine if Trump and Palin ran together.

 

   

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• 20 Leadership Experts Share Their Best Leadership Tip. (Inc.)
• How to Motivate Yourself: 3 Steps Backed By Science. (Read)
• Cowboys to Use Virtual Reality in Practice & Film Study. (ESPN & Engadget)
• Just Say No To Digital Hoarding. (Washington Post)
• Amazon Says That It Now Adds Computing Power On a Daily Basis That’s Equivalent to Its Entire Capacity Just 10 Years Ago. (The Atlantic) 

 

Trading Links:

• Five Top VCs Predict The Future. (Forbes)
• Bitcoin Index Called 'Stepping Stone' For Currency. (CNBC)
• Wall Street, Meet Block Chain — Investing 2.0. (Medium)
• IMF Paper Finds That Too Much Finance is Bad for Growth. (NakedCapitalism)
• Cashless Society: This country wants to ban the use of cash in stores. Economists love the idea of a cashless society. So, increasingly, do consumers. (Fortune) 

How Not to Exercise - Video

Sometimes just knowing what you want to do is not enough.

Spending time and energy doing the wrong thing doesn't necessarily take you in the direction of your desired results.

Watch this video of people misusing their exercise equipment.  It's pretty funny.

 

 via JuJitsu Times.

You get the point.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

So, are you conflicted about Trump running for President?  

 

 

Good for entertainment ... Just not sure how good it will be for the country?

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• How to Use the Gratitude Advantage at Work. (Michael Hyatt)
• Microsoft Study Shows That Tech Is Shortening Your Attention Span. (Engadget)
• What 5 Days of Junk Food Does to You. (Time)
• The U.S. Army is Testing a Real-Life Ray Gun. (The Week)
• Science Fiction writer, Warren Ellis, Answers Your Questions about the Future. (WN) 

 

Trading Links:

• An Offline N.Y.S.E. Made Barely a Ripple in a Day’s Trading. (NYTimes)
• Are CTAs Good for a Diversified Hedge Fund Portfolio? (FINalternatives)
• The Rise of the Trader-Bots. (The New Yorker)
• Unravelling Capitalism's Hidden Networks Of Power. (New Scientist)
• The Economics of Polo, the Sport of Kings. (Forbes) 

Why It's Not Them -- It's You

Why is it often easier to be nice to a stranger (or a dog) than someone you deal with regularly?

 

 

 

Despite the annoying evidence to the contrary, it's probably not them ... Which means it is probably you (or at least what you focus on).  

The recipe for success is to choose to let energy flow and to have an unrelenting focus on progress.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Do you know what this is a picture of?

 

 

 

While, it isn't a Mother's Day present ... it does represent my hope that you had a fun Cinco de Mayo.

 

Living in Texas, it wasn't hard to find a place to celebrate.  At this time of year, the State motto might as well be:

 

 

 

 via someecards.

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• What Research Tells Us About Making Accurate Predictions? (HBR)
• Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2015. (Forbes)
• Why Scientists Believe Dogs Are Smarter Than We Give Them Credit For. (Vox)
• Healthy in a Falling Apart Sort of Way. (Well)
• Most Exclusive Golf Clubs in the U.S. (Business Insider)

 

Trading Links:

• China Has Overtaken the U.S. as the World’s Largest Economy. (Vanity Fair)
• The Outlook for Global Growth in 2015. (McKinsey)
• For Hedge Fund Managers, The Only Thing Worse Than Divorce Is Marriage. (BI)
• Technology’s Evolving Role in Wealth Management.  (Performance)
• 5 Things We Learned About Amazon’s Cloud from Its First Earnings Report. (NetworkWorld)

Are Battery Power and Wifi the New Food and Shelter?

I went to NYC, last week, for a conference and meetings. 

Everything seemed fine till I got there, and realized that I forgot the little bag that holds all my cables and chargers.

Funny how Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs changes without electronics.

 

 

I didn't realize how dependent I am on my little electronic companions.

What about you?

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Did you have fun filling out your taxes?

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• The Expansive Qualities of Genius. (Evoking Genius)
• The Art of Performance Management and KPIs. (BCG Perspectives)
• Scientists Discovered How Much Sex Happy Couples Have Every Month. (Insider)
• Why We Love Back Rubs, Chili Peppers, and the Sex from “50 Shades”. (Salon)
• 20 of Steven Wright's Funniest Jokes. (MentalFloss)

 

Trading Links:

• Bull Session: How to De-Risk in a Bull Market. (Institutional Investor)
• AT&T dumped by Dow. Time to buy?  History suggests it's worth a look. (A.M.)
• Why American Airlines Just Landed In The S&P 500 Index. (ValueWalk)
• Hotels Near Record Occupancy Levels.  Is that a Good Sign for the Economy? (CalculatedRisk)
• Wall Street's Biggest Banks May Have To Make Good On $26 Billion In Oil Hedges. (ZeroHedge)