The first Air Jordans to feature visible Nike Air—and undisputed classics—are back after a seven year hiatus.
The MVP of the 1988 NBA All-Star Game was
Michael Jordan. 30 years later, this fact seems obvious: he's MJ. Of
course he racked up an All-Star MVP. But it's easy to forget that at the
time, winning the award was one of MJ's top achievements (he wouldn't
win an NBA title until 1991). Still, Jordan's MVP win in front of a home
crowd in Chicago is still one of the coolest things he ever did, and to
sneakerheads, the shoes he was wearing during that game are one of the
all-time best Air Jordan sneakers. Next month, the Air Jordan 3 "Cement" makes its return after seven years in Nike's archives.
The
Air Jordan 3 didn't just help MJ on the court because they looked cool.
(As we all remember, "it's gotta be the shoes.") They were also a
massive step forward for the Jordan brand, as they were the first
Jordans to feature visible Nike Air technology. Debuting the year after
the original Air Max sneaker,
the Air Jordan 3 was also designed by Tinker Hatfield, who went on to
design every Air Jordan through the 15. But the Jordan 3 remains the
most beloved Air Jordan sneaker by many sneakerheads as the first to
truly represent "His Airness."
Never co-sign for a loan, contract or other financial commitment unless you’re prepared to pay the whole amount yourself.
Generally, if someone asks you to cosign for them it’s either because
1.) they can’t get approved on their own, or 2.) they’ve been approved
(but at a high interest rate) and a co-signer would get them a lower
rate.
Cosigning isn’t just “putting in a good word” for someone. It’s
asking you to cover their debt in case they don’t. Lenders generally
know how to assess risk, so when you co-sign, you’re taking a financial
risk that underwriting experts refused to. If the friend / family member
/ coworker you cosigned for falls behind (or just chooses not to pay
his bills and party instead), you’ll get the harassing calls demanding
payment. It’s a lose-lose situation: lose your friend/family member;
lose your money.
Family owned rum-maker Bacardi is buying the outstanding 70% stake it doesn’t own in the self-proclaimed ultra premium tequila brand, Patron. The deal values Patron at $5.1B. Mmm, tastes like Spring Break ’09. The high-end rum runners have been expanding their brand offering to be inclusive of all young party goers seeking bad decisions.
Bacardi has been on a mission to become a major player in the premium spirits space since new CEO, Mahesh Madhavan, took over in October. The Cuban based company now owns its own Bacardi Rum line, Grey Goose Vodka, Patron Tequila and Bombay Sapphire Gin. Seems like they are really trying to corner the Long Island Iced Tea market.
Get the salt and lime
Alcohol sales were down 1.3% in 2016 but the tequila market grew by 5.2%. Coincidentally Applebee’s served up $1 margs over the same period.
Bacardi needed to make a splash to stay relevant in the blue agave industry as Diageo recently made headlines by purchasing George Clooney’s tequila brand “Casamigos” for $1B. As if he needed the money.
The Biggest Wastes Of Time We Regret When We Get Older
Dwelling on Your Mistakes and Shortcomings
Learning from your mistakes is one thing. Dwelling on them wastes
your time, diminishes your confidence, and keeps you from getting on
with your life.
Dwelling also makes you more apt to repeat your mistakes. In a recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology,
researchers asked subjects to spend money during an imaginary trip to
the mall. Before "shopping", some subjects were asked to recall a past
financial mistake. They found those subjects were more likely to incur
debt. A press release for the study concluded:
Perhaps the most surprising, Haws said, is that searching through the
past can negatively affect behaviour, depending on the ease of recall,
even when past examples are positive...Instead of dwelling on the past,
Haws said, her research into behaviour suggests that setting goals for
the future can positively change present behaviour...In short, if we
want to have better self-control, "Look forward," Haws says. "Don't look
back."
When you think about your own experiences, it probably makes sense.
Dwelling makes you feel like a failure. When I feel like a failure, it's
easy to tell myself there's no point in trying, because I already suck.
(Hence, getting further into debt when you already feel like an
overspender.)
Of course, you don't want to skip over your mistakes and ignore them either. The goal is to glean something from them, then release the failure. I like Emilie Wapnick's process for doing this:
In order to let the past go, you must forgive yourself officially.
Feel the embarrassment or shame one final time. Really feel it
throughout your body. Next, tell yourself that everyone makes mistakes
and you know you that that outcome was not your intention. It was an
accident. Finally, make the decision to forgive yourself and do it. It
helps to even say it out loud.
From now on, it's OK. You are forgiven.
Every time the thought comes back, simply remind yourself that you
have already been forgiven, so there's no reason to feel bad anymore.
Then push the thought away.
One of my other big time regrets is not allowing myself to fail out of fear of my own shortcomings.
For years, I stayed in a comfortable place and didn't try to do
things I wanted to do. I wanted to travel after high school, but I went
to university close to home instead, because I was too shy to meet new
people, and I was afraid I couldn't make it in another city. After
university, I wanted to be a freelance writer, but I decided to find a
more stable, accessible job instead, because that was easier. There's
nothing wrong with wanting to live a stable, comfortable life, but I was
doing it for the wrong reasons: because I was afraid to fail.
Eventually, I got tired of this. I decided to find work I actually
enjoyed, travel more and live somewhere else. I made a ton of mistakes
along the way, and even when I did succeed, I felt like an imposter. Still, I think the bigger mistake was not trying sooner. Even if I failed, I would have learned from my mistakes much sooner.
Worrying Too Much About Other People
It's easy to waste time worrying about other people, too. Don't get
me wrong -- your friends and loved ones mean a lot to you, and you want
to spend time nurturing them. But we also spend a lot of time fretting
over problems that don't matter in the long run.
For example, I spent years getting annoyed with people who undermine me. I complained about them, tried to understand them, wondered what was wrong with me
that I inspired that kind of behaviour. Those habits always lead to a
dead end, because they didn't involve action. The older I got, the less
tolerant I became of this behaviour, and I learned to nip it in the bud.
I also indulged another time wasting emotion: jealousy.
I compared myself to everyone, wanted what they had, and felt
inadequate. Like most negative, destructive feelings, the first (and
biggest) step to overcoming it is understanding it.
I paid attention to my jealousy and what triggered it, then learned
that it was less about the other person and more about my own feelings
of inadequacy. In short, I embraced that jealousy.
Envy is a bit different, but it often comes from the same place, and
here's what writer Trent Hamm suggests in dealing with your envy:
The question is, why do you want it in your life? I like to use the
"five whys" when handling a question like this. Whenever I'm trying to
answer a "why" question, I repeat it five times, asking it of the answer
I come up with for each question. When you identify a particular strong
desire that you have, step back for a moment and break it down into
small pieces. Then, see if there isn't a way for you to address those
smaller pieces in your own life. Again, let's take that international
trip. What elements am I desiring when it comes to that trip? I want to
expose my children to different cultures…. The thing is, when I start
breaking that trip down into small pieces, I start seeing pieces that I
can easily incorporate into my own life.
Once you understand why you feel jealous or envious, you can take
action to take care of the problem, whether that means processing the
emotions or coming up with goals for yourself. Either way, that's a lot
more productive.
Most of us are probably guilty of all of these at some point, and
really, they're human nature. Regret is another big waste of time, so
there's no point in beating yourself up over these. The sooner you learn
from them, though, the sooner you can free up your time and energy to
live the life you want.
