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The power of 1%, Marginal Gains & A lost sheep Like many of you I was struck by the power which tiny incremental changes directed and improving what you are doing can achieve. In the ChooseFi episode with Alan Donegan ,   Alan alerted me to the philosophy of British Cycling coach - Sir Dave Brailsford. " When SirDave Brailsford became head of British Cycling in 2002, the team had almost no record of success: British cycling had only won a single gold medal in its76-year history. That quickly changed under Sir Dave’s leadership. At the 2008Beijing Olympics, his squad won seven out of 10 gold medals available in track cycling, and they matched the achievement at the London Olympics four years later. Sir Dave now leads Britain’s first ever professional cycling team, which has won three of the last four Tour de France events. " I quickly went onto YouTube and found many wonderful clips and interviews with Sir Brailsford . What jumped out at me was th...

Ancient Egypt, Food Supply and Savings Rates Since I so recently wrote about Joseph in Egypt, it seems almost redundant to be referencing this wise and brilliant statistician so soon. Following my last article one reader in a PM made what I thought was a dynamite observation. So here is my shout-out to fellow Fire-Walker, Pearse Frazier , in Atlanta GA. Pearse made the observation that the genius behind Joseph’s plan during the seven years of plenty, was gutsy and aggressive Savings-Rate. Right on Pearse! Now to be fair Joseph appears to have had some Divine Help on this one, but he knew that were would be seven years of profound prosperity followed by seven years of devastating drought and famine. He planned for the years of famine by building grain store houses and barns made healthy deposits into these food banks. With a carefully measured Safe-Withdrawal-Rate (SWR) Joseph was able to sustain Egypt and the surrounding countries during the time of crisis. [...

Aquatic Bovine, Silos and Retirement It started with this guy in prison, named Joe. Not only was Joe a dreamer himself, he also had a gift to understand and interpret dreams. Another part of this story involves a great King, Ramsey II - river god, and king of all Egypt. Turns out this pharaoh had a problem. He had a dream that no one could understand or  interpret. It came to pharaoh's attention that there was this prisoner Joe , being held in on trumped up charges of molestation and attempted rape.  Joe had the ability to interpret dreams. Perhaps this Joseph fellow might be able to help. So the Nile-river-god sent for Joseph. When Joe arrived at the royal court he was told about the king's dream. A most unusual dream indeed . In this dream seven robust aquatic bovine walked out of the Nile river.  The Karabaw are a domesticated water buffalo native to the Philippine Islands  After a time, seven pretty pathetic scrawny looking cows appeared and walked out o...