An article that explores the less well known concept of diseconomies of scale, and its implication for economic investments.
Tagged as: big and small, economy, gdp, Life
by The Crazy Colombian on November 10, 2008
in Life, Opinion
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Life goes in cycles: Day and night, menstruation, economic and even political cycles govern a lot of our daily lives. And in much the same way, creativity has a life of its own. So occasionally the writer within goes into hibernation. For most professional writers, […]
Tagged as: cycles, Writing
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With the introduction of Napster some years ago, peer-to-peer quickly became a buzzword that challenged the typical distribution model for music first, and for movies & TV shows later. Nowadays, talk about torrent downloads and online music services is an accepted part of our digital landscape. Some visionaries have even started […]
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One of my constant sources of inspiration is best-selling author Dan Millman. I am starting to notice a pattern here: two of my spiritual guides (Jack Lalanne and Dan Millman) were former athletes, and shared their perspectives on life with others in a rather public way. If you know of more characters […]
Tagged as: Essays, Life, Philosophy, Reflections, Religion, Reply to other blog post, Sustainability, Thoughts
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About a week ago I created a ‘fun quizz’ to assess your level of environmental literacy. Today we will focus on a few things you can do to contribute in the reduction of carbon emissions. Before we get started, let’s see why this is a worthwhile goal.
The cause for reducing carbon emissions: Climate […]
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by The Crazy Colombian on December 20, 2007
in Life, Opinion
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On Dan Millman’s blog, there was a recent entry that generated some interesting commentary (click here to see the entry and comments)
This is what was said that grabbed my attention: “I feel the aspect of achievement and success and making-something-of-oneself plays less of a role here in Europe. These are, after all, […]
Tagged as: Dan Millman, Essays, Life skills, performance, Philosophy, Reflections, Reply to other blog post, Work
by The Crazy Colombian on December 18, 2007
in Life, Opinion
No, I am not going to refer you to the page where I have made a list of gifts I want this Christmas. Instead, I am going to ask you a very simple question: What do you plan to give your loved ones this Christmas?
You may want to consider giving them a gift that makes […]
Tagged as: Change the world, Charity, Christmas, donation, Generosity, Gift, Life, Love, Pass it forward
by The Crazy Colombian on November 23, 2007
in Life, Opinion
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When I started this blog, I wrote for myself. The blog started as a collection of random thoughts I was having, primarily during boring business meetings (What? I thought this was about love!” You’re right, dear reader. Hang on there and we’ll get to it in a second)
However, […]
Tagged as: Essays, Life, Love, Philosophy, Reflections, Religion, Reply to other blog post