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Marva Collins

Marva Collins, born August 31, 1936, to Henry and Bessie Knight, Jr. in Atmore, Alabama, is an educator who in 1975 started Westside Preparatory School in Garfield Park, an impoverished neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. She ran the school for more than 30 years until ...Read More

Occam’s razor

Occam’s razor (or Ockham’s razor), is the meta-theoretical principle that “entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity” (entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem). The term razor refers to the act of shaving away unnecessary assumptions to get to the simplest explanation.   The principle ...Read More

Taoist Story – Seh-Ong Ji Ma

“Seh-Ong Ji Ma”(Seh-Ong’s Wise Horse) There was a farmer named Seh-Ong that had a beautiful and strong horse. The neighbors complimented, “You are so lucky to have such a beautiful and strong horse.” The farmer replied, “We’ll see.” Days later, the horse ran away ...Read More

Common Investor Mistakes

Michael Mauboussin, the chief investment strategist of Legg Mason Capital Management and the author of Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition, about common investment mistakes, how to improve decision-making, and what investors can learn from the recent stock-market woes. ...Read More