Talent and Genius

Serendipity: two seemingly unrelated sources collided to shape this reflection. In Billions, a well-written drama series I binge-watched through season 2, Axe and his wife Lara are on the verge of divorce. When she hires a rival hedge-fund manager to audit her husband’s fortune, his lieutenant Wags resists showing her the trading history. Axe interjects:Continue reading “Talent and Genius”

Elite Competition

Sing, Goddess, Achilles’ rage,Black and murderous, that cost the GreeksIncalculable pain, pitched countless soulsOf heroes into Hades’ dark,And left their bodies to rot as feastsFor dogs and birds, as Zeus’ will was done.    Begin with the clash between Agamemnon–The Greek warlord–and godlike Achilles. So opens the Illiad. Homer focuses our attention on the combatants: this isContinue reading “Elite Competition”

ISOLATION AND WHY TRAIN

Update 4/9/2020 I am closing this post to add individual posts on “How to” rather than “Why” train in isolation. Update 4/3/2020 I hate running! I haven’t really run since high school track and cross country. The weather hasn’t been particularly favorable but work-at-home affords the opportunity to take more breaks with the confined kids.Continue reading “ISOLATION AND WHY TRAIN”