Comments for Tomorrow By Design http://tomorrowbydesign.com "The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.5 Comment on No One Would Listen by Harry Markopolos by Linda Carnelle http://tomorrowbydesign.com/?p=123#comment-662 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 04:11:12 +0000 http://tomorrowbydesign.com/?p=123#comment-662 Excellent account of the efforts of Harry Markopolos and his team in uncovering Bernie Madoff’s fraud and then trying to expose him and get the government to act. The book is well written and documents the the abysmal failures of an SEC relying too heavily on lawyers and accountants who lack the sophistication to understand how the investment industry works and the investment solutions the industry markets to investors.

Harry’s account of when Noelle Frangipane, a member of the SEC’s Inspector General’s team investigating the SEC’s failings, broke down and cried was indeed a particularly human moment and an account I’m glad Harry put in the book. There are people at the SEC who care. The agency clearly lacks investment professionals and people with investment industry operational experience. Lawyers and accountants have their role, but they are not trained as investment professionals.

]]> Comment on Leadership board by Morgan http://tomorrowbydesign.com/?p=109#comment-116 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:53:38 +0000 http://tomorrowbydesign.com/?p=109#comment-116 “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

Oscar Wilde

]]> Comment on Barry Schwartz – The Paradox of Choice by Morgan http://tomorrowbydesign.com/?p=84#comment-45 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:02:56 +0000 http://tomorrowbydesign.com/?p=84#comment-45 I really like the idea that having too many choices is what could be making a person feel uneasy. It seems so… salient, and simple at the same time.

Somewhat related (in regards to decision making), but not entirely- look up cognitive dissonance theory. I think you’ll find it interesting, plus I can quiz you about it this weekend :)

]]> Comment on Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield by Kathy L. http://tomorrowbydesign.com/?p=80#comment-40 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:44:33 +0000 http://tomorrowbydesign.com/?p=80#comment-40 I am very interested in how one relaxes and pumps testosterone at the same time. Connor must be quite the multitasker.

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