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Some finance-related books on tap for P&I readers this summer, but still lots of escapist fare to peruse
Norman Bendell
Biographies, history and escapist fare ranging from popular fiction to travel guides top the summer reading lists of readers of
Pensions & Investments.
Ashbel C. Ash Williams Jr., executive director and chief investment officer of the $245.8 billion Florida State Board of Administration, Tallahassee, will be reading Hank and Jan Taft and Curtis Rindlaub s book A Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast this summer.
The book is for background research for an August trip on Downeast Charter Boat Tours based in Maine, Mr. Williams said in an email.
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June 3, 2021 at 1:23 PM
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We have all encountered the situation where colleagues are hired in or promoted, more money, more title, whatever, and there’s dismay about the hire or promotion, given that those promoted seem to lack the necessary skills to justify it. The reaction is often, “Wait, what? Why him and not me or someone else equally qualified?”
The “escalation of commitment” theory explains that people cling to ideas, things, even people, that didn’t work in the past, and yet, they refuse to let go. Ever been in a situation like that? I thought so.
Why are people so reluctant to admit that a choice was not the right one? Having worked in a corporate environment for many years, I think that management didn’t want to admit that the choice was wrong from the get-go; it was akin to throwing good money after bad. It was the “sunk costs fallacy,” that by spending more money, it’ll all work out. Not.