Facebook notified you that it was my birthday and you took the time to write two words on my wall.
Looking back on my Wall Street career, I realize that what I liked most was winning new business for the firm, which of course requires a knack for selling.
And so I completed my poster, and I hung it on the wall of my home office just above my desk, so I could see it whenever I sat at my computer.
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Because of my experience on Wall Street and China, and the team of experienced Chinese professionals that we have assembled, we act as a lightning rod for Western and Chinese companies alike.
So that very first DNA fingerprint, which I can see in front of me right now on the wall of my office--I still have the original--a very murky, grubby bit of X-ray film.
My brief tenure on Wall Street, two summers, was probably the result of the paternalism.
On my last day, I revisit my favourite sections of wall, using the bus to hopscotch between them.
All of my close friends on Wall Street were safe, thankfully, but several friends of friends were not.
The conclusion of my solo ride in the darkness was a vision so bright that I can see MY PURPOSE written on the wall.
"This was about as difficult a quarter as I've seen in my 30 years on Wall Street, " Chief Executive JohnThainJohn Thain told analysts during a conference call.
"This was about as difficult a quarter as I've seen in my 30 years on Wall Street, " Chief Executive John Thain told analysts during a conference call.
If there is one thing that I have learned for sure in my 45 years on Wall Street it is this: When the crowd agrees, it is always wrong.
Those you who have the pleasure of owning a copy of Nerds on Wall Street, my amusing yet allegedly informative book on modern markets, know that it features a photo collection of critters on trading floors.
Because, still, like, I'll go in, and I'll download The Wall Street Journal and I'll read The Wall Street Journal on my iPad.
As I got out to the blocks, everything from that point on became a blur up until the point when I hit the wall and turned to see my face on the big screen.
There's something about the watch at my wrist, the calendar on the wall, that energizes me.
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Of course, I probably spent too much time worrying about four-legged bears while the two-legged variety back on Wall Street continue to steal my lunch.
"For hours, days, I fixated on the patch of sunlight cast against my wall through those barred and grated windows, " Bauer wrote of his time in Iran.
"I was telling my mom I might hang them on the wall, " she said.
On my walk down the corridor to board my plane home, I saw loose and chipped wall tiles.
We did our radio show from our farmhouse and my brothers and sisters would do the chores, milk the cows, come in and have breakfast and then my dad would crank the phone on the wall to let the engineer in Springfield, Missouri know that we were ready to do the show.
"My house started vibrating, and the pictures on the wall started shaking, and then I heard two sonic booms, " she said.
Computers account for 75 percent of the trades on Wall Street these days and by my accounting, 95 percent of the headaches.
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My writing on the nonprofit sector has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Affairs, Society Magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Public Interest.
The truth is that while I love museums and galleries (and I buy all of my art from great galleries in NYC and around the world and spot talents on the rise in museum shows), the whole concept of just seeing a piece of art hanging on a white wall seemed too out of touch from my reality.
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By comparison, Yelp has 543 reviews with star ratings for the El Castillito taqueria in San Francisco, while Facebook has 97 likes (none from my friends), and a few scattered wall posts on a sparse unofficial landing page.
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