Year: 2007

The Black and White Mistake

by Chris Yeh

This week’s Economist has a great little piece on a recent report with the unwieldy title, “Civil Paths to Peace: Report of the Commonwealth Commission on Respect and Understanding.” The report, which is the work of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, along with Kwame Anthony Appiah, Adrienne Clarkson, and Lord John Alderdice, takes the common practice … Continue reading The Black and White Mistake

The Problem With Religion

by Chris Yeh

For years now, I have been promising to write about religion. While I have touched on the subject before, especially in the context of positive psychology, I have never dealt with it directly. Until now. The Economist’s recent special report on religion does a fantastic job of taking a balanced, reasoned look at the role … Continue reading The Problem With Religion

Pick Your Battle(field)s

by Chris Yeh

Entrepreneurial success is less about picking your battles than it is about picking your battlefields. Amateurs focus on tactics–working around the clock, hard-selling, flooding the world with business cards. The truth is that most battles are won or lost before the opposing forces take the field. During the Second Punic War, Hannibal beat the Roman … Continue reading Pick Your Battle(field)s

Your Hard is Another’s Easy

by Chris Yeh

Entrepreneurs are often very independent. You generally don’t choose the risks and pains of starting a company unless you’re pretty dead set against having a boss tell you what to do. But don’t let this independence blind you to other perspectives. I recently worked with a great team of young entrepreneurs. They had done a … Continue reading Your Hard is Another’s Easy