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The Holy Grail of Travel

Published on January 26, 2011 By Nick Taylor

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he comes to see.” ~ Doug Lansky Not everyone is fated to seek it, chase after it or pine for it with reckless abandon. It may seem patently ridiculous to some. And it is far from “practical”, i.e. what Grandma would approve of. But for some of [...]

The Four Virtues

Published on May 12, 2009 By Nick Taylor

In business, as in life, certain qualities deemed ‘virtues’ are constant, timeless, ancient and yet so often painfully ignored. We should always remember that we ignore the lessons of history at our own peril. The four Cardinal Virtues have their roots in Plato’s philosophy and are sometimes synthesized in human form, as in the beautiful [...]

Why ”The Two Halves”?

Published on February 9, 2009 By Nick Taylor

Duality is an immutable law of the universe… good and evil, yin and yang, love and hate. So it is with me, a product of two continents, two political ideologies, two languages, two worldviews, two childhoods and two egos, in the Freudian sense of the word. Of course, it should come as no surprise that [...]