Horeb International https://www.horebinternational.com Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:40:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 38744813 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 21 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-21/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-21/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 14:34:35 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2862 Contemplations Everything seen begins in a place that was first unseen. When a pilot cannot see the horizon because of low visibility, he or she doesn’t assume that the horizon has disappeared. Marianne Williamson There is a biblical story in the second Book of Kings of the Israelite prophet, Elisha, and his servant. The King […]

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]]> https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-21/feed/ 0 2862 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 20 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-20/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-20/#respond Sat, 29 Mar 2025 16:32:06 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2859 Contemplations In 1981, sixteen-year-old Michael Dell, the future founder of Dell Computers, got a summer job selling newspaper subscriptions for The Houston Post. He was given random phone numbers to cold-call, which felt inefficient. He realised that two groups almost always subscribed: newlyweds and new homeowners. This discovery led him to track down marriage license […]

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]]> https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-20/feed/ 0 2859 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 19 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-19/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-19/#comments Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:33:12 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2855 Contemplations Looking is a skill—a conscious decision. It requires willingness and ability, an intentional effort to see beyond the obvious. We fail to notice the familiar because we are conditioned to seek the foreign. But true discovery lies in seeing what others have seen yet overlooked and making connections that others have missed.  Rick Rubin, […]

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]]> https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-19/feed/ 1 2855 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 18 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-18/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-18/#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2025 07:24:35 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2852 Contemplations Sport is filled with stories of underdogs who briefly challenge the status quo and revolutionise the game. In the 90s, the Oakland A’s baseball team was struggling. They couldn’t compete financially against the top teams. These financial constraints forced them to get creative. They used data analysis to identify undervalued, talented players that other […]

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]]> https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-18/feed/ 0 2852 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 17 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-17/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-17/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2024 09:01:57 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2844 Contemplations A Tale of Two Decisions In the 2021 Tokyo Olympics high jump event, the two leading jumpers, Mutaz Barshim (Qatar) and Gianmarco Tamberi (Italy) were tied in the final round.  The judge offered them the opportunity to share the gold medal or go for a sudden death jump-off until someone eventually won the gold […]

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]]> https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-17/feed/ 0 2844 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 16 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-16/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-16/#respond Mon, 27 May 2024 16:44:42 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2821 Contemplations I discovered Jim Simons when I read his obituary in the New York Times earlier this month. I was fascinated by his story and decided to get his biographical book referenced in the obituary. Jim Simons was a brilliant mathematician who believed that financial market prediction was a maths problem. He hired a team […]

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]]> https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-16/feed/ 0 2821 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 15 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-15/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-15/#respond Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:03:41 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2817 Contemplations “It’s well-known that people are bad at predicting the future. But this misses an important nuance: We are very good at predicting the future, except for the surprises—which tend to be all that matter.” Morgan Hounsel Same as Ever: Timeless Lessons on Risk, Opportunity and Living a Good Life I mentioned in previous posts […]

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]]> https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-15/feed/ 0 2817 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 14 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-14/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-14/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:51:56 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2813 Contemplations I talked about Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady in my last post. I mentioned how NFL teams dismissed Brady based on appearances. He didn’t fit their perception of an ideal quarterback. I will talk about the Biblical story of David and Saul in this post which overlaps with the Bledsoe and Brady story.  The […]

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]]> https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-14/feed/ 1 2813 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 13 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-13/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-13/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:58:31 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2793 Contemplations I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favour to the learned, but time and chance happen to them all. The Book of Ecclesiastes‬ ‭9‬:‭11‬ ‭(NIVUK‬‬) I wrote […]

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]]> https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-13/feed/ 1 2793 Contemplations and Consumptions: Vol 12 https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-12/ https://www.horebinternational.com/contemplations-and-consumptions-vol-12/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2024 14:50:22 +0000 https://www.horebinternational.com/?p=2789 Contemplations This post focuses on luck’s role and its impact on career success.  I illustrate with a Hollywood story.  On September 30, 1955, James (Jimmy) Dean crashed his brand-new Porsche 550 Spyder and died. He was 24 and had just finished his third film (Giant). Two of his three films would be released after his […]

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