By Bill Gates | December 7, 2015 I turned 60 at the end of October. Like a lot of people who reach that milestone, I got to thinking about the “résumé virtues” (the traits that drive external success) and the “eulogy virtues” (the qualities that lead to deeper meaning)—and finding the right balance between the two.…
Month: July 2017
The One Shortcut That Exists in Life
All of us are looking for shortcuts in life. We want to be able to take a pill that will make us smarter or find some formula that will make it so we don’t have to go through 10,000 hours. Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts. But mentorship is the one and only shortcut that exists…
Your Brain and Money
Do you think money affects how you think? If you don’t, think again. Today, a new field of science called neuro-economics (research on how the brain is affected by money) has emerged. It’s rise to the limelight can be attributed to its potential ability to predict stock markets based on peoples behavior.…
What you need to know about The Open
Spieth’s fanatic finish It appeared it was happening again. He even admitted as much after the round. But, after a forgettable front nine and one of the worst drives you’ll ever see from a professional, Jordan Spieth not only righted the ship: he charged his vessel forward with a fervor only seen in fairy tales.…
Jordan Spieth proves he can putt and chew gum at the same time after an opening 65 at Birkdale
Jordan Spieth made it look easy. Easier than it ought to have been, at any rate, given the cloudy, windy conditions that greeting him at Royal Birkdale when he teed off just past 9:45 a.m. for his first round of the 2017 Open Championship. Roughly 4½ hours later, a bogey-free 65 on his score card…
Bryson DeChambeau’s scientific method draws interest
Bryson DeChambeau got down to putting practice on the green beside the art deco clubhouse on Tuesday evening with a spirit level, a metre-long steel ruler, a marker pen and a longish putter that has a grip the size of a small-pickaxe handle. DeChambeau, the man with a major in physics and a Ben Hogan-style…
British Open 2017: Nine interesting things about this year’s event at Royal Birkdale
The 146th Open Championship takes place this week at Royal Birkdale, and Dustin Johnson is an unconvincing favorite. The Open is the oldest, and often most intriguing of the four men’s major championships, and this week is no different. Birkdale has delivered some great history (and tremendous drama) over the years, and I expect much…
Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy have very different starts at the Scottish Open!
There was something eerily familiar about the opening rounds Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy played on the first day of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open at a breezy Dundonald Links. While the American nipped around the premises in a tidy five-under 67 that did not involve one dropped shot, the Irishman struggled to a…
Inside Dundonald Links
Dundonald Links makes its European Tour debut this week as the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open moves to the golfing heartland of the Ayrshire Coast. Located just five miles north of Open Championship venue Royal Troon, Dundonald Links will be the fourth venue to host the event since its return to links in 2011 and provides…
Cell phone recycling is extremely lucrative, but what’s it’s impact on the conservation of limited resources?
Picture this. Seventeen cars piled on top of each other. How heavy do you think this huge car pile is? Assuming the cars weigh at least a ton each, that’s 17 metric tons of steel, glass, plastic, and rubber. Now let’s change the picture a bit. Imagine another pile, also weighing 17 metric tons , made of…