Learning From The Black Bird
May 16, 2013 10 Comments
This is another excerpt from Alex’s blog.
I took a photograph yesterday of a male blackbird in full song. The blackbird sings to inform the world of its territorial claims, which will be the basis for attracting a mate and raising young. On the same day I saw male blackbirds fighting over territory. By way of singing the male blackbird is communicating to all other blackbirds its existence and territory, thus it avoids considerable conflict with other blackbirds that might enter its domain.
If you are unable to communicate your needs or boundaries to others you will be ignored, your boundaries invaded. Good communication avoids unnecessary conflict, misunderstandings and problems.
Be polite,be nice but assert yourself in important matters, fight if necessary.Its easier than being pushed around,harbouring resentments and being passive aggressive.
Insurance products as an asset class have always attracted me.This is because I am always on the lookout for investments where the downside risk is nil or minimum and the upside gain is disproportionally higher i.e a sensible asymmetric risk return scenario.I wrote about such investments in this post:
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