I had the pleasure of attending Renaissance Week-End (www.renaissanceweekend.org) over President’s Day Week-End. Renaissance Week-End is a gathering … Continue reading “Renaissance Week-End is phenomenal!”

Somehow all my Princeton friends started taking personality tests a week ago to see if they had changed … Continue reading “Fun with personality types”

The mother of an OLX employee called 911 in Argentina to report a robbery in progress across her … Continue reading “Be grateful you live in the US!”

I have always been a huge fan of Maria Sharapova – not only because she is drop dead … Continue reading “Go Masha!”

Challenges is a French business magazine similar to Forbes and Fortune in the US. They just had a … Continue reading “My article in Challenges on the American entrepreneurial spirit”

While 2006 was a year of transition with the break after Zingy and the creation of OLX, 2007 … Continue reading “Looking back at 2007, looking forward to 2008”

They are so incredibly cute 🙂

I just watched the two seasons of HBO’s Rome on DVD and absolutely adored it. I am biased … Continue reading “Watch Rome!”

Historically, I would have said being in love is the single most wonderful and important thing. It’s an … Continue reading ““Loving” versus “Being in Love””

Over the past year, I blogged a few time about the importance of deliberate practice in achieving high … Continue reading “Gladwell on Genius”

A few weeks ago I had the great pleasure of attending a small salon on ethics, spirituality and … Continue reading “Ethics, spirituality and religion: a debate on torture”

In a recent article I wrote how most successful entrepreneurs were not innate geniuses but got their success … Continue reading “What Kind of Genius are You?”

It all started with an innocent question. The conversation had a reached a point where it was perfectly … Continue reading “Passion and love at the end of the age of innocence”

There is ever more evidence that we humans are extremely primitive. Psychologists are demonstrating time and time again … Continue reading “Who’s Minding the Mind?”

Friends keep wanting to invite us to showers, bachelor parties, rehearsal dinners, weddings. Where does this sense of … Continue reading “The Theory of Social Obligation”