Homo Viator

Many of you may have already heard this speech by Steve Jobs, modern day's corporate hero. He gave it to the graduating class at Stanford University and it may offer some practical reminders and motivational tips to all of us. I admire Steve Jobs for how well he transformed Apple the second time he came to run it. Let me not hide the fact that this man made me some decent money as well. ;-) Last year I convinced my dad to invest in Apple, when the stock stood at 68USD and me and him opened a special, shared account for this transaction. Apple today stands at 152.77USD (124% growth in 1.5 years) and I am convinced that Apple will hit the 200USD and go even further. With a PC market share of less than 4% and a leader such as Steve Jobs, growth to me seems to be unbound.

This makes it to my "Great Speeches" section, not because of any impressive eloquence of Monsieur Sarkozy but rather because of the bizarreness of his public speaking style. This press conference was given right after his one-on-one meeting with Mr. Putin and being friends with a French (Olive) whose father in law is Russian, I know how difficult it is for the French to keep up with Russian drinking patterns, or German ones for that matter. Just take a French man to the Oktoberfest and you´ll know what I mean.

Don’t worry this blog shall not become a platform for lefty propaganda. I just think that the following speech, on the Military-Industrial-Complex, is worth listening to. After all, Dwight D. Eisenhower was a Republican president. And it comes from an ex-general and not just any. He was the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45. In 1949 he became the first supreme commander of NATO. Considering that this president had more military experience than any other president of the USA, his cautious speech remains a significant reflection on inter-military forces. I do not want to comment on it but think that this speech will only gain in importance in decades to come.