Becoming French?

Due to the number of hours worked per person collapsing at a much faster rate than real GDP, GDP per hour worked has actually been soaring....

A Modest Proposal to Fix Golf

[This post was first published in 2006.] I play golf. Badly. Sporadically. Reluctantly. Only to please others, but never myself. Golf is a r...

The Science of Stamina: 12 Take-Aways

Tony Schwartz is president and founder of the Energy Project in New York City. The theme of his article in this month’s HBR is that time ...

How to Live Longer: 12 Take-Aways

How great is this? I turn 50 and, bang, Men’s Best Life offers an article by David Hamilton entitled “How to Live a Longer—and Healthier—Li...

Technology On the Backside of the Ladder: Cycling Grows Up

When I was in high school I ran the two-mile in spring track. What I remember best about the track season was not the meets themselves, but...

Protecting Your Ears: 7 Take-Aways

I played the drums in elementary, junior high and high school, every single day. My parents parked my drum set in the attic where it would ...

The Emergence of Tailgating: 3 Take-Aways

Some years ago I was invited to a tailgating party at Foxboro Stadium before a NE Patriots game and was witness to an incredible spectacle: ...

Younger Next Year: 1 Take-Away

Younger Next Year , by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, is worth reading, cover-to-cover. (My June 07 review is here , and the book's w...