The Attractiveness Scale

Posted on March 12th, 2008 in Random Stuff by Gary

 This chart clearly expresses the delicate balance between physical and mental attractiveness. QLC’ers can think of it as a guide to aid in their decisions.

Attractiveness Scale

Source: Long or Short Capital - Paying Dividends Since Q1′06

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Death-ground strategy - 33 Strategies of War

Posted on March 12th, 2008 in Quarter Life Crisis by Warren

Update on the 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene. To those of you who are not familiar with this book, check out the wiki. It’s essentially a “guide to the subtle social game of everyday life informed by the … military principles in war.” It’s been a fun read so far, especially the first section on “Self Directed Warfare”. Here’s one strategy that I’ve already begun implementing:

Create a Sense of Urgency and Desperation: The Death-Ground Strategy. When there are no other options, people fight harder. If the choice is life or death they have nothing to lose.

The idea is to take on more than you think you can handle and meet the challenge. If you always try to work within in your established comfort zone, you may never discover what you are really capable of. When people are pushed to the edge and are left with no options but to succeed, they are forced to attain a level of focus and creativity that does not exist without that type of pressure.

This is one way to get yourself out of your quarter life crisis: jump into unfamiliar territory and “depend on your wits and energy to see you through” instead of being insecure and indecisive about the future.

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Nice Quarter Life Crisis Inspired Audi Commercial

Posted on March 12th, 2008 in Quarter Life Crisis, Random Stuff by Warren

Wall St, Law or Medicine. They forgot Engineering.

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The debut of UCLA’s Financial Engineering Program

Posted on March 12th, 2008 in Career Development by Gary

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x17276.xml

Same exact setup as UC Berkeley’s MFE program. Only difference is that it runs from Jan-Dec, rather than UCB’s Mar-Mar.

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