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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
- 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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Vince Marsland
- Aug 2, 2015
- 3 min
4 Life Lessons I've Learned from the Gym
In an effort to get myself into some semblance of shape and to have wedding photos (I’m getting married in September) where I don’t look like a young Jabba the Hut I started going to the gym back in March. So far it has been a success in that in conjunction with some diet changes I can honestly say that I’ve lost 8 kg (roughly 18 lbs) in five months. Not too shabby. As my mind tends to wander onto more important things while peddling the stationary bike or walking the stair
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Vince Marsland
- Aug 1, 2015
- 2 min
Never too late...
"It's never to late too be what you might have been." - George Eliot The quote above is my way of saying that while I am (ridiculously) late to the game of beginning my own blog that in many ways it is never too late. I fully recognize that in many ways the blog craze has passed and that in the current busy world where everyone is attempting to maximize the return on where their time is spent that short form (I.E. short social posts & videos) communication has captured t
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