Nov 27, 2021What Is Happiness Made OfWhile visiting Zürich in 2018, I stumbled upon an exhibit at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich by Stefan Sagmeister titled The Happy Show. Sagmeister, a world renown Austrian graphic designer and typographer, curated an interactive exhibition based on his personal research and exploration into the topic of happiness. The exhibit…Bible Study5 min readBible Study5 min read
Jun 29, 2021Why Compartmentalization and Generalization is NecessaryWhile taking a history course titled War, Hunger, & Surveillance: The Global Cold War taught by Monica Kim at New York University several years ago, I was introduced to historian Michael H. Hunt’s observation of the functionality of ideologies and -isims: “To move in a world of infinite complexity, individuals…Sociology4 min readSociology4 min read
Mar 16, 2021An Additional Layer on the Rich Young RulerIf you grew up in church or have any literary knowledge about the Bible, you may be familiar with a story involving Jesus, some random rich dude, and something about a camel going through the eye of a needle. A story in which a well-off young man comes up to…Bible Study6 min readBible Study6 min read
Feb 12, 2021Healthcare Innovation Investment WatchlistCathie Wood, ARK Investment’s prophetess extraordinaire, has reinvigorated the move toward future-oriented, innovation-based investment strategies. Her calls on Tesla, Square, Roku, and Crisper have captured the mind’s of many, including your’s truly. …Healthcare4 min readHealthcare4 min read
Jan 31, 2021What Makes a Decent ManagerThough relatively young in my professional journey, here are my observations from having worked with a handful of different managerial personalities in the academic, coffee, and tech industries. I have one basic learning as it relates to an individual’s role in relation to their manager’s role: Simply put, your job…Manager3 min readManager3 min read
Jan 5, 2021Re-Angling Works vs. Faith: A Discussion About Personal ControlNo matter who we are, what we’ve done, or where we are from; irrespective of age, race, height, gender, sexuality, social status, economic standing, etc., all of us human beings are subject to a universal reality: we have some things under our control, and some things outside of our control. …Christianity3 min readChristianity3 min read
Dec 30, 2020Dollar Cost Averaging Junior- The Short Term DCAIf you just started getting into investing in the stock market, you most likely have come across the concept of dollar cost averaging (DCA). DCA is an investment strategy most commonly used by long-term investors. It is the practice of consistently purchasing additional shares of a pre-existing position in one’s…Investing Tips3 min readInvesting Tips3 min read
Dec 21, 2020Bitcoin Is Not a StockIt is crucial to remember that Bitcoin always has been, is, and will be a currency; i.e. a medium to hold money. Can you make money from it? Sure, you can literally make thousands from investing in Bitcoin, but it should be treated as a currency rather than a stock. …Cryptocurrency2 min readCryptocurrency2 min read
Dec 20, 2020When Faced with UncertaintyWhen you are faced with the unknown, that is when you don’t know what to do with a novel situation, there is only one thing to do- explore. Why? Exploration is the solution that has been baked into our brain’s structure and formulation. Our brain consists, largely, of two hemispheres…Psychology2 min readPsychology2 min read
Dec 13, 2020Coffee Shops: Human Attachment to Physical SpacesWhile visiting London in the 1680s, French traveler François Maximilien Misson, a 17th century equivalent of a travel blogger, encountered a small subset of storefronts that he had not previously seen in his motherland across the English channel. These peculiar shops were not quite workshops nor were they restaurants, but…Coffee Shop4 min readCoffee Shop4 min read
