A life goal is to make money? If that’s the goal, and you accomplish it, what kind of a life to you have? Now you can relax and slow down? That’s not what billionaires do, so why would you?
TALKING DOWN TO SOMEONE? WHY
November 23, 2024 by
How can you tell when someone is talking down to you? It might be the clarification questions you ask that gets them annoyed to the point of explaining everything a few times, very slowly. Or it might their regular way of communicating. Which leads to more questions, like, “Why be a jerk?
WWII DOCUMENTARIES SHOW TOO MUCH DEATH
February 16, 2024 by
WWII documentaries and death usually go hand in hand. That’s what you get watching video about the deadliest war in human history. But the bigger story is for those who lived to tell. Or a blogging veteran, U.S. Army, ’74-’76.
AMERICAN STORY FROM THE LEFT COAST
July 24, 2020 by
Listen hard enough and the sound of progress is the American story. But coming from the wrong mouth to the wrong ears, the story gets twisted a different direction. Is progress defined as making new discoveries to help more people live better lives? I’m going with that until you, dear reader, come up with something […]
LEADERSHIP, LIFE: SAME OR DIFFERENT
February 12, 2019 by
“The winner in life depends on who dies with the most toys?” When was that a popular sentiment? And where? The first time I heard it was shop class making sand boards, the sort of woodworking project the region called for since we were surrounded by sandy beaches, sandy yards, and and endless realm of […]
PROPERTY OWNER FROM THE OTHER SIDE
June 22, 2018 by
What to expect from the property owner process that never ends, changes in the middle, and no light the end of the property owner tunnel to hell. From behind the seductive eyes of a city’s economic development officer: I see the likes of you come in here all day, every day. […]
