Chris Why do you hate Jeff Bezos? The answers are usually the same. Bezos has too much money There’s no arguing that the world’s wealth skew is absurd. No one NEEDS almost 200 billion USD. But two facts are true. One, when you create a business/system that brings value on a national scale, the money follows. … Read more
Today after my biannual teeth cleaning, I asked my dental hygienist Lyndsay what patient attributes makes her job easier or harder. Surprised by my question, her eyes lit up as she immediately responded, “sensitivity”. Elaborating, Lyndsay went on to explain that everyone has different levels of gum sensitivity and pain threshold. Some people can have … Read more
Whatever you may feel about Robert Kiyosaki, his Cash Flow Quadrant is an amazing tool to categorize the types of way we make money. Today, we’ll focus on the “E” Employee and the “S” Self-Employed quadrants. For the Employee, the benefits are a steady income. A general piece of mind and security provided that your … Read more
After watching 10 Things I Hate About You last week, I wanted more Heath Ledger. So today I put on The Dark Knight. What a great movie. During the interrogation scene, at the police station, the Joker tells Batman that he’s changed the rules of the game. The game had previously been cops versus criminals. … Read more
Today is day 12 that $SPY, the S&P500 index ETF has been on a green tear upwards. The Nasdaq index NDX is slowly creeping upwards while the Russell2000 index RUT is largely flat. With this kind of slow grind upwards, it is very scary to actively trade in the market. As the analogy goes, when … Read more
You know the smell from the oven. Minutes before you taste or even see them. There’s no mistake that it’s chocolate chip cookies. When they do come out of the oven, you see the ball of the dough has spread into a flat dome across the pan. Each visible chocolate chip is perfectly melted in … Read more
The well rounded person is a myth. And a fool’s quest. If you try to improve and cover all your weaknesses, you’ll just end up mediocre, at best. Instead, focus on what you’re strong in. What are you really good at? Make it your mission to get it even better. Excel. Blow others out of … Read more
One of the things Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple, is known for is creating a piece of art everyday for more than 14 years. It’s gotten to the point where it’s gotten to 11:50pm and he’s scrambling to get the content published. But he always gets the work done. It has become a part of him, … Read more
How many hours do you have each day? The correct answer is: same as everyone else. So why do you feel like you have less time than someone else? Well, it’s because you let your time get away from you. If you’ve never done a time study of your day, I’d strongly encourage it. Hopefully … Read more
The word of the day from this weekend was vacuous: emptied of or lacking content. And today I thought about how we as a society overindulge on vacuous entertainment. Perhaps we’re just too tired from our daily grind of the rat race. Maybe we just need a break from the work and obligations. So we … Read more