I used to think that daydreaming is the ultimate waste of time. During graduate school, I found that very few people think while they are sitting at their desks. I was one of these people who spent most of my time thinking and drifting away in different directions. For a while, I thought I might… Read More
What do you think? Is private college education worth it? Warren Buffett says: No! by Suf Alkhaldi
Is it worth going to a private college? Recently, when I was attending the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders’ meeting, one future college student asked Warren Buffett about the value of going to a private business school. The student indicated that private school tuition now (2015) is around 60K per year. Buffett quickly answered without any hesitation and… Read More
The discipline of finding a job by Suf Alkhaldi
Years ago, when I finished graduate school (three years for my Master’s and five years for my Ph.D.) and two postdoctoral studies, I was still trying to find a job. Every day when I went to bed, I felt defeated. I had this metaphor where I thought that life was a battlefield. I worked hard to fight… Read More
Critical thinking and the art of avoiding mistakes by Suf Alkhaldi
As my interest in critical thinking has grown through the years, I have accumulated lots of notes on avoiding thinking errors. I am now convinced that using critical thinking (or what can be called lessons learned) leads to many sound decisions. As I wrote in my last post, I try to avoid thinking biases or errors… Read More
How to avoid thinking biases? by Suf Alkhaldi
Thinking biases are a common way to make a lot of judgment mistakes. We need to pay attention to them in order to avoid them. I recently read a book about thinking called The Art of Thinking Clearly written by Rolf Dobelli [1]. Although the writing is a little bit ambiguous, the book is filled with… Read More
