Personal Development
There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere
A Lesson in Extreme Optimism The last few months have been nothing short of a little nuts for most people with “a little” being long forgotten. Some have lost jobs, careers, and have had to push themselves to redefine who they are, and what they stand for. I am also in that boat. I fought…
Read MoreIt Has Been a Year and a Half…
I’m back. It has been a year and half since my last post on this site. So, what have I been working on since April 16, 2014, when I wrote my last blog post on this site? Was I in the hospital? No. Did I get my power turned off for a long time? No.…
Read MoreSetting New Year’s Resolutions for 2013?
I have a confession to make: I have never been very good at making New Year’s resolutions. At least not intentionally. A few years ago, I got into the habit of setting goals, following through and achieving those goals that I decided for myself. So, why should anyone declare to a bunch of people after…
Read MoreLearning and More Learning
If there is one thing I have been doing a lot of lately, it’s learning new things. You may have seen this picture as part of the header of another blog site I am working on. I didn’t download this photo from a photo stock source, like Getty Images. I took it with my camera. …
Read MoreWhy I’m Doing Better Than I Was Three Years Ago
This is a note to all the politicians and the people that think that government will help you out. First, the question that is a campaign tool for many politicians is “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” I am a fiscally conservative single heterosexual man who is doing better than…
Read MoreMy Identity Crisis Continues…
If you’ve ever read that I blog for my own benefit and not yours, this is one of those posts. So who the hell am I and why should you read this (another great question posed by Carol Roth)? She didn’t ask me personally, but I’m going to try to answer this question for my…
Read MoreMy Turn to Face Reality Part Two
I haven’t done a blog and I haven’t done much of anything with my business over the last couple of months. I have ordered a few new books on some topics of interest, trading some esoteric markets, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” and some Buddhist teachings. Here I am on a hot summer…
Read MoreMy Turn to Face Reality Part One
Again, here’s the book that made me start thinking this. It’s the first time that I ever looked at business ownership and entrepreneurship from the perspective of an investment banker/venture capitalist. I mentioned in Facing Reality that this book “forced me to look at my business career and my life in an entirely new manner.”…
Read MoreEveryone Needs a Partner…
Many years ago, I was wondering where I could find the answers to the difficult questions in life. I was wondering why some of my friends were doing well and I was not living the life I wanted to live. I needed skills I didn’t have, I didn’t even know how to type and from…
Read MoreWhere Personal Development Comes From
Over the past few years, I have assembled a decent library. I finally got around to reading a fantastic book called “The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle” by a great man named Jim Rohn. I highly recommend this book. My copy is an eBook on my hard drive, courtesy of my enrolling in…
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