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Somebody has to win the election.  16sucks.com hopes it will be them, by selling "Everybody sucks" 2016 campaign signs to America's feeling about the two presumed main contestants for the presidency in November. 

Presumed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's net "strongly unfavorable" rating is hovering at about 37% these days (around 5% higher than the previous high for candidates getting close to the general election), according to FiveThirtyEight.

Meanwhile, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes Clinton look beloved. His "strongly unfavorable" rating is sitting at about 53%, which is off-the-charts awful for a candidate who is supposed to compete for the White House. 

  

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• 4 Hard Questions to Ask about Your Company’s Purpose. (HBR)
• 25 Geniuses Who are Creating the Future of Business. (Wired)
• Can You Get Hacked Mid-Air? The Answer Is YES. (USAToday)
• Aging Runners Find Help for a Question: How Slow Will I Get? (NYT)
• 36 Pictures to See Which Muscle You’re Stretching. (LifeHack)

 

Trading Links:

• How Buyers React When Prices Rise and Fall. (New York Times)
• This is Why People Get Addicted to Gambling. (The Conversation)
• Hedge Fund Outflows Will Reach at Least $25 Billion this Year. (Fortune)
• "A Scramble for Gold Has Begun". (ZeroHedge)
• A Clever Algorithm Generating Millions of Random Ideas is Turning the Tables on Patent Trolls. (Quartz)

The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes

Innovation comes in many forms. I often challenge my research team to come at the edge-finding process differently. For example, how can you tell what’s happening in the stock market (or in your portfolio) without looking at the market?

As an example, I might ask how we could determine the number of people in a room, without using sight?  To answer, you could: ask; use heat signatures; detect the number of heartbeats, etc.  The point is, there is usually a way if you want it badly enough. 

The story and video below captured my attention … and admiration. 

Hope you enjoy it.

 

Diagnosed with retinal cancer at the age of two, Ben Underwood had his eyes removed at the age of three.

Still, he was able to detect the location of objects by making frequent clicking noises with his tongue. He used it to accomplish such feats as running, playing basketball, riding a bicycle, rollerblading, playing football, and skateboarding.

Check out the video.

 

 

 

Via CBS News.

He died just before his 17th birthday; but his life is still an inspiration.

For more, watch this.

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 six-year bull market has been getting carved up lately.

 

 

 

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

 

Lighter Links:

• 100 Motivational Quotes from Successful Entrepreneurs. (FN)
• Siri, How Many Questions Do You Answer Per Minute? (USAToday)
• Will You Fall in Love With Your Sex Robot? (DisInfo)
• We're Doomed: Robots Can Now Learn To Adapt To Injuries. (FC)
• Cowboys to Use Virtual Reality to Help Players in Film Study. (ESPN)

 

 

Trading Links:

• Scientists Show Future Events Decide What Happens in the Past. (SN)
• Experimenting With Virtual Reality, Financial Services Enter The Matrix. (TC)
• Real Madrid, Dallas Cowboys Top Forbes Sport Value List. (Sports)
• George Soros Says America Needs To Make Friends With China. (Insider)
• China's Building the Most Extensive Global Commercial-Military Empire In History. (Qz)

 

Quick Visit to the Cowboys Training Camp

I am in California to meet my son's future father-in-law.

  

While there, I had the chance to visit some friends at the Cowboys' training camp.

  

Here's a sideline picture with head coach, Jason Garrett.

 

  

  

 

I was very impressed by what I saw.  The Cowboys look good this year.

 

Next week I'll have more on the process, and how I think it applies to excellence in many areas (including trading).

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.

Changing the Game: Dustin Brown's Perftect Start Against Nadal

I'm not a big tennis fan. But while flipping channels this Sunday, I saw Serena Williams hit tennis balls over 120 miles an hour in her Wimbledon win.

My son and I commented how impressive that was, and how much the game has changed.

Then, I saw this clip of Dustin Brown playing. Wow! Click it, and watch it. 

 

Dustin Brown's Perfect Start (against Nadal) at Wimbledon.

 

It surprised me by how fast the game was played, and how the ball's path seemed to bend. More importantly, one of the best players in the world seemingly had no response.

Even though Brown was defeated in the third round of the tournament ... Sometimes the game changes right before your eyes.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

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

 

Lighter Links:

• How The Future Is Really Built. (Innovation Excellence)
• Debate: Is Smart Technology Making Us Dumb? (NPR)
• Miracle Grow for Your Brain. (Farnam Street)
• The 70 Coolest New Buildings in the World. (Insider)
• How Lebron James' Trainer Gets Him From One Herculean Effort To Next. (CBS Sports)

 

Trading Links:

• The Information Age Is Over. Welcome to the Infrastructure Age. (Gizmodo)
• Presenting De-Dollarization In One Simple Map. (ZeroHedge)
• Three Reasons Apple Should Acquire IBM. (Forbes)
• How Tesla Will Change The World. (Wait But Why)
• In Rare Admission of Guilt, Wall St. Banks Say They Rigged Markets. (CBS)

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)