I tend to delay writing by doing more research - it's really the act of writing the piece that I have the hardest time with.

There does seem to be some evidence that as people get older, they procrastinate less, perhaps because they feel the pressure of time more.

The history of the Internet is, in part, a series of opportunities missed: the major record labels let Apple take over the digital-music business; Blockbuster refused to buy Netflix for a mere fifty million dollars; Excite turned down the chance to acquire Google for less than a million dollars.

If someone really wants my company's business, why shouldn't he be able to do everything he can - including paying me off - to get that business? Because bribery encourages people to make decisions based on the wrong criteria, which means in the business world that it distorts the efficient allocation of resources.

Wall Street has come a long way from the insider-dominated world that was blown apart by the Great Depression.

Traditionally, tours were a means of promoting a record. Today, the record promotes the tour.

Being unemployed is even more disastrous for individuals than you'd expect. Aside from the obvious harm - poverty, difficulty paying off debts - it seems to directly affect people's health, particularly that of older workers.