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Vincent Marsland
- Mar 14, 2018
- 2 min
Stephen Hawking - Truly Worthy of Being on a Pedestal
While sipping my morning coffee I learned that Stephen Hawking passed away last night at the age of 76. This news has hit me surprisingly hard. It is not as if I knew Stephen Hawking personally or had any special connection with him. He was someone I found inspirational, who overcame adversity, and shared his love of physics and space in a way that was infectious. When I first read A Brief History of Time in high school it inspired me to be more inquisitive and to ask the
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Vincent Marsland
- Oct 20, 2016
- 2 min
Being More Like a Child
When I look down at my left hand while typing I can still see the scar on my pointer finger from when I was 8 years old and made a mistake while whittling. Oddly I’ve become fond of the scar. Not only does it represent a memory from my childhood, during a particularly happy time, but it is also a constant reminder to try something new. As we grow older we tend to become more risk adverse. Stop and think about it for a moment. When you were 8 years old every tree was a cl
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Vincent Marsland
- Aug 5, 2016
- 2 min
A Different Point of View
Recently I’ve found that my perspective has changed. Perhaps it is summer (finally) arriving here in the UK or maybe it is getting admitted into a great grad school for my MBA, whatever the cause I’m finding that I feel more optimistic than I have in a long time. I’m also finding that in conjunction with this wave of optimism I’m identifying opportunities and coming up with new ideas where recently I have struggled. This recent change has gotten me thinking about the impact
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