System grad Nick LaCava’s bid for an Olympic medal ended today.
There were two semifinal races and had Nick’s boat been in the second race, they would have qualified for the final. Instead, they were matched in the first race …
Author Archive | Ken McCarthy
What success really is and where it comes from
I took a trip down to Princeton, NJ last week with my good friend Bettina Mueller to visit with System grad Nick LaCava.
Nick, the co-founder of a business called Chocomize, attended System 2010. He’s also Bettina’s nephew and someone …
More from the Instagram guys
– Ken McCarthy
P.S. For over 25 years I’ve been sharing the simple but powerful things that matter in business with my clients.
If you’d like direction for your business that will work today, tomorrow and twenty years from now, …
Deflation: What it is, why it’s coming and what to do about it
There’s a world of difference between positive thinking and delusion.
Healthy positive thinking says: “Let’s put our energy into productive activity and let’s meet setbacks with equanimity, learn from them, and work to turn them around.”
Delusion says: “I won’t …
A libertarian look at war
This talk a came from a conference – The Cost of War – sponsored by the Mises Institute held in 2004 in Auburn, Alabama.
The speaker is Paul Fussell, a veteran from World War II who sustained serious injuries in …
Social media reality check – again
(Originally posted to my SystemVideoBlog.com April 22, 2010)
Social media is hot.
It’s also one of the hottest refuges for scammers and BS artists.
I recently made the mistake of doing some pro bono work for a good cause run …