Good Airs, Good Reads

Because: It’s been a while since I’ve posted a go-get-‘em-inspired article rife with life advice, but my cousin sent this one along and it resonated. Now, go out and have a great week.

Women excel as private bankers managing money for the wealthy in Asia, where they outnumber men in the profession by 3 to 2

Because: A good friend of mine is currently churning out a dissertation about whether more were women involved in the US financial sector would have prevented the recent economic collapse. As someone who references Kristof and WuDunn’s Half the Sky regularly, I find studies/research/theories on the subject of women’s involvement in and consequential influence on certain industries and sectors, particularly finance and politics, fascinating.

Because: I think why I gravitate toward travel writing is because when it is done well (and I’m getting aspirational here) it touches on it all: culture, food, history, relationships, the micro and the macro. I think you can swap the words food and travel on either side of that and it holds true.

That is something Anthony Bourdain understands, and it is how he works.

Because: This is a beautifully written, raw love story, and one of my good guy friends is a key player. Other than feeling like an insider because I know the subject’s true identity, I love this because I think it so astutely depicts that high school to college relationship that never really starts, never really ends and is rife with “what if’s..?” We all have them.

Because: I would be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about one way returning to the city where I lived and studied in college and that, as cliche as it sounds, changed the path of my life—or at least the foreseeable future. 

Because: Soccer, engineering, global-mindedness and a little bit of Sting make for a fascinating philanthropic story.

Because:

1. This is incredible.

2. I am thrilled mainstream media is covering this, and it didn’t even take Nick Kristof for it to happen. I also like that Mashable covered this, because technology comes in many forms other than new apps.

(2a. There need to be more Nick Kristof-style journalists in the world, and I hope to one day do my part to even try to contribute to and better the world the way he does.)

3. I look forward to seeing what this boy does in the rest of the life.