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Life Lessons from an Hour of Yoga?

I singed up for a Yoga class a few weeks ago our of curiosity - certainly not a typical man hobby, but highly recommended for athletes and especially triathletes.  I showed up for a number of reasons:  stretching, breathing, and the adventure of trying something new and totally ‘out there’.  Little did I know I [...]

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Starting a Business? How About Now?

Need some optimism? Here are ten great companies started in rotten times:

General Electric (1892, one year prior to the panic of 1893)
Disney (recession of 1923–24)
Hewlett-Packard (1939)
Hyatt Corp. (1957–58 recession)
Intel (1968, a year of assassinations and political upheaval)
FedEx (founded in 1971 but launched in 1973, the same year as the Arab [...]