Ridiculous gym behavior, nonsensical gym rules, and the occasional death-defying stunt from fellow club members.
The explanation most employers give for ordering employees to return to the office is that when employees have serendipitous conversations in the hallway, the company makes more money. Since it’s hard to measure serendipity, no one can say whether this is true or not. On the other hand, one very measurable metric is an employer’s…
When the mayor of Miami-Dade County closed gyms for COVID hysteria, I used a palm tree by my condo for punching bag workouts. The smooth bark of the palm tree protected my boxing gloves, I could box in 360 degrees around the trunk, and the circumference of the tree was similar to the gym heavy…
I remember from law school this one professor who was teaching us what to say and not say in front of a judge or jury. The professor said you should never make an argument starting with “I think … ” or “I believe … .” Everyone knows you don’t actually care. As a lawyer, your…
More than a decade ago, I went to go see a psychiatrist because I was bummed about having lost my job. The doctor listened to my story and prescribed me a drug called Lamictal. He explained that Lamictal is an anticonvulsant that carries only a slight risk of causing permanent hearing loss. I didn’t fill…
I just finished a book called The Curse of High IQ. The premise is that, because of the way standard deviations work, having an IQ of just 130 means that the daily activities and decisions of almost everyone around you are incomprehensible. Let me give you an example. The gym in my condo building is…