Posted By damien on May 6th, 2009

http://www.bitesizeidea.com/bsi/portrait-of-a-millionaire

Just finished The Millionaire Next Door, an interesting book about a study done to find the “average” millionaire. The authors (Thomas Stanley and William Danko) set out to discover what the average millionaire really looks like, as opposed to the opulent playboys that the media tells us they are. Their findings reinforce the good, old-fashioned [...]

Posted By damien on April 28th, 2009

Here’s another Big Idea from Keith Ferrazzi’s book Never Eat Alone: It pays to be vulnerable when meeting new people. Lots of us wonder how to make small talk more meaningful. The conventional wisdom on small talk is that you should stay away from anything controversial, unpleasant, or personal. Unfortunately, this leaves us with conversation [...]

Posted By damien on April 20th, 2009

http://www.bitesizeidea.com/bsi/small-talk-make-meaningful-conversation

Welcome to my new blog. Now that the semester is over, I have more time to fill the interweb with banalities and fluff. Just kidding! I have decided to blog about meaningful things, you know, stuff that is worth reading. In fact, the theme I chose for this blog is “big ideas in bite-sized portions”. [...]

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