Understanding both the power of compound interest and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things.

Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it's you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.

As I talk about strengths and weaknesses in academic economics, one interesting fact you are entitled to know is that I never took a course in economics. And with this striking lack of credentials, you may wonder why I have the chutzpah to be up here giving this talk. The answer is I have a black belt in chutzpah. I was born with it.

Forgetting your mistakes is a terrible error if you are trying to improve your cognition.

As I continued through Cicero's pages, I found much more material celebrating my way of life.

Choose clients as you would friends.

The quality of the medical care delivered, including the pharmaceutical industry, has improved a lot. I don't think it's crazy for a rich country like the USto spend 15% of GDP on healthcare, and if it rose to 16-17%, it's not a big worry.