The pundits say Greg Smith who left Goldman Sax in a very public way will have trouble getting another job on Wall Street. If I were in a position to hire him for a Wall Street firm, I'd be offering him a job right now. Following is part of the op-ed appearing in the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html?_r=1&ref=business
"It might sound surprising to a skeptical public, but culture was always a vital part of Goldman Sachs’s success. It revolved around teamwork, integrity, a spirit of humility, and always doing right by our clients. The culture was the secret sauce that made this place great and allowed us to earn our clients’ trust for 143 years. It wasn’t just about making money; this alone will not sustain a firm for so long. It had something to do with pride and belief in the organization. I am sad to say that I look around today and see virtually no trace of the culture that made me love working for this firm for many years. I no longer have the pride, or the belief."
He is the kind of person Wall Street needs.
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Here I was dancing in the trail, spinning around, snapping pictures, finding the canyon, finding some new glory everywhere I looked, every smell, every sound, every feeling of the trail under my feet. I had never been so high.Gardening for Independence:
A garden should not be work. One person can easily tend a summer garden for four without ever feeling that it is work. More often than not the feeling that you are working comes from a feeling that the effort expended may be wasted effort; whereas if the row is only five feet long, you can easily take possible defeat in stride. What the hell, it'll only take a few minutes and the darn things just might grow. You take care of the five-by-five patch and it gives you a return. You feel good, ready to plant an acre next year. Don't do it. Expand by all means, but remember that every time you double the size, you double the area that needs attention. Can you afford to give it that much more time, or have you perfected your techniques enough to make your time more efficient?
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