Looking at the MR view on the screen the doctor was informing me about my condition, “Your slipped disc is most probably hereditary and reached its current stage through the years.“ Hereditary and it took years… My disc slipped slowly and I was not aware of it. In reality, some of my medical reports showed […]

A decade ago a small group of documentary filmmakers set out with a dream to create a film rooted in the music of the streets. Not only has that dream been realized, it has blossomed into a global sensation called Playing For Change, a project including musicians of every level of renown, that has touched […]

Wikipedia: Released as a single (by Rolling Stones) in August 1973, “Angie” […] topped the charts in many countries throughout the world. Popular belief has it that the song was about David Bowie’s first wife Angela or even about actress Angie Dickinson. The song was written almost entirely both lyrically and musically by Keith Richards […]

You are about to start a new business. You know much about this business, and that you will enjoy doing it. Your friends do support you. Everything looks great but you need to do something crucial before you start up: You need to make some calculations. “Will they find someone better than me?” is not […]

Innovation is one of the mostly used words of recent years. If you ask about its meaning, you get many pages of explanation, almost for sure with the word “new” mentiond a couple of times. No, I will not tell you that I’ve found a way to explain its meaning with only one sentence. Whatever […]

Years ago I received a lot of praise as I was deferentially seen to the door after each of my meetings concerning a new product. I enjoyed the flattering. However, I was not successful in marketing that product. Suppose that you think that you have a good idea and you decide to bring this idea […]

Wikipedia: One of them played the keyboard and eventually started writing original songs for his band, many of which became local hits at the second half of the 60s. The other one started writing English-language songs for his group, and even had a brief solo career alongside. In June 1966 they decided to write a […]

Just recently as I was going over some essays that I had stored away to be read later, I came across one which I had stashed at the end of 2012. Shaun So, a writer at forbes.com, has an advice: “Five new years resolutions for entrepreneurs”. 1- Fire someone 2- Get an advisor 3- Apply […]

“How did I think up my drawings? Well I’d come home to my Paris studio at night, I’d go to bed, and sometimes I hadn’t any supper. I saw things, and I jotted them down in a notebook. I saw shapes on the ceiling…” […] ”Poetry and painting are done in the same way you […]

When I last checked, the official video in YouTube of the song Gangnam Style had been viewed more than 1 billion 800 million times. In the video the singer positions his hands like he is holding the reins of a horse, opens his legs a little and jumps up and down. What made this dance […]