The Most Beautiful Villages in Greece
Greece is one of the most picturesque destinations in the world. Lori Zaino from The Points Guy lists some absolutely charming Greek villages set upon cliffs, unique small towns, and sleepy little fishing villages anchored along the sea: Assos, Kefalonia Oia, Santorini Fidakia, Central Greece Apiranthos, Naxos Makrinitsa, Eastern Greece Olympos, Karpathos Lindos, Rhodes Karytaina, […]
Spiritual Journey Koya San Japan
Author Pico Iyer suggests Koya San in Japan, where 52 of the fabulous temples offer conveniences and serve meals: The sacred mountain is known as Koyasan outside Osaka, which you ascend by cable car, and at the top, there’s nothing but 135 Buddhist temples, many groves of 800-year-old trees, and 250,000 graves. It’s a very […]
The Buddha: The Mula Dasavi
From American Theravada Buddhist monk Bhikkhu Bodhi’s keynote address on climate change emergency at the United Nations’first official Vesak celebration on 15 May 2000: The Buddha is often praised as a teacher of peace, tolerance, goodwill, and compassion. And while he certainly exemplifies and teaches these qualities, they in no way exhaust the full content […]
Better to Be Lucky Than Good in Silicon Valley
Early-stage Venture Capitalist Rachel Chalmers writes in Model View Culture, The pathology of Silicon Valley is that the winners have so much ego invested in pretending that it isn’t. It’s hard for people who pride themselves on their exceptional smartness to acknowledge the fact that they are much luckier than they are smart.
Bill Gates’s #1 Regret
Bill Gates speaking to the Wall Street Journal Magazine on what he might do differently if he could do college over again: WSJ: What is the one thing you might do over differently? Gates: I might not be quite as hard-edged about pushing others like I pushed myself. When I was young, I was a […]
Hummus and Jalapeño Sandwich
Scientist Sam Virtue from Hertfordshire, England, recommends a delightful and straightforward sandwich that takes just two minutes to put together: Take two slices of multi-seed bread and spread hummus on both. Chop pickled jalapeños and scatter them on one slice, then put lettuce on the other along with sliced cucumber (optional.) It’s incredibly simple; the […]
Warm and Comforting Veggie Medley
Healthcare consultant Shreena Chavda of Hertfordshire, England, recommends this lovely veggie medley that’s warm and comforting and needs minimal washing up: One of my favourite lockdown discoveries has been fennel. Chop it up into chunks, along with an aubergine, red onion and a red pepper, then halve 5-6 garlic cloves and toss everything together with […]
Collaborating Using Shared Documents
Harvard Business Review’s Elizabeth Grace Saunders on ensuring your team is effectively moving ahead in accomplishing group goals: Not every communication needs to happen in a meeting. When you can, use shared documents that can be updated and tracked by multiple people asynchronously, and set clear deadlines for the team to review. You can also […]
The Wisdom of a Minimum Viable Product
Agile software developers often rely on a concept called minimum viable product (MVP) to get a piece of working software in a customer’s hands as quickly as possible, so they can start to use it and provide feedback. Nic Brisbourne, the Managing Partner at London VC firm Forward Partners, writes, We spend far too long […]
2020 COVID and Technology Changed How We Travel
Matthew Kitchen of the Wall Street Journal on how 2020 has changed how we use technology forever: With international restrictions in place, those fueled by wanderlust took virtual walks atop the Great Wall of China, around Easter Island’s heads or through the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Some 2.2 million people have found inspiration or […]