Publications

Here are some samples of things I have written.

• Don’t come to Wall Street for the money even if you plan on giving it away
• How to save Wall Street: Start with better parenting and more Canadians
• How to hire good people instead of nice people
• To get a job, write your story instead of a resume.
• How to find a calling instead of a career
  
• The secret to a higher salary is to ask for nothing at all
• Brooke’s advice only works for men (rebuttal by Lauren Bacon)
• How women can use my approach with men (inspired by Lauren’s rebuttal)
• Ask yourself if your office needs more MBAs—or grownups.
• Why you should fear dishonor but not shame 
• The self-evident and life-changing truth about working for free 
• Hedge funds won’t restore your faith in humanity but couchsurfing might
• How to manage your inbox so you don’t miss a life-changing opportunity
• Three steps to getting what you want
• Want a job? Stop complaining and start solving someone else’s problems
• Want to be an entrepreneur? First ask yourself these five questions
• Can you be greedy without being selfish?
• The orphan saved by the power of games
• Will others benefit from your new year’s resolution — or will it only be you?
• Why business schools charge so much and pay their teachers so little
• What I want to say to the richest kids in the world
• If you manage your time terribly, you’ll get more done
• Why I forced my staff to attend Startup Weekend instead of watching the Super Bowl

• Finding Opportunities in a Dysfunctional Job Market
• Hiring in a Dysfunctional Job Market
• What Not to Do With Your Physics Education
• Keep Working (Even If You Don’t Get Paid)

• Ethics Needs to Come Out of Hiding
• Is it Fair to Expect Fairness
• What Need for Speed
• Take the Securities Industry Objective Quiz
• Are the Problems in the Securities Industry Caused by Bad Parenting?
• Stealing Other People’s Property

Advanced Trading has since become Wall Street and Technology. Find all of Brooke’s stories here.

• Everyone Knows Father Moran
• How to Complain to the Government
• When Pigs Fly
• How to Land a Job on the First Interview
• The Right Woman
• Mowing the Lawn
• How I Learned to Wiggle My Ears
• Shortness of Breath – Shortness of Time
• Tricky Economics
• Holiday Remembrances
• Sublimations
• Imagine a Future
• Environmentalist, Get Thee to an Editor
• College Thinking
• The Magical Power of Imagination
• Advice for Grandchildren
• Past Love & Science Takes a Look at Love
• Mr. Rieur
• Mourning a Best Friend
• Party Time
• Arisugawa Park
• Mother Love
• My Good Name
• What to Think About How to Think
• Great Grandfather – Great Grandmother – Great Depression
• Three Phase Theory
• Money
• Why?
• Sincerity
• Trade or Profession?
• Education
• Can You Afford It?
• TV Fatality
• Borders
• Best Interest

Find all of Brooke’s articles at IFM here.

• The Problem with Talking about Intellectual Virtues
• Is Cheating by Colleges Just Another Clever Marketing Ploy?
• You do not need permission to do the right thing. No one can give you permission to do the wrong thing.

• Should Caring Be Part of Every Job description?
• Game Design as Life Design
• How America Can Level-Up Skills and Land Good Jobs
• How to Gain Experience by Working for Free – And Stay Within the Law