Dark Days - Is self-imposed pressure dangerous?
Thursday, July 19
I had an experience with a startup company that I helped build from the ground up. At some point, my boss, the founder and CEO, stopped trusting my advice, despite my decades of experience in a field he knew virtually nothing about.He had potential investors and current clients telling him: "You...
Exploring Hard Money - from Eyes Wide Shut to Open!
Wednesday, July 18
Ever have that profound experience where some new level of knowledge or existence is opened to you and you can't believe you didn't know about it before? Perhaps your parents were just too mired in their jobs to help. Perhaps they didn't know any better themselves. Perhaps their own aversion t...
What happened today -- intense study
Saturday, July 14
It is July 14, 2018. Wow, I felt like an academic again today!When I was an undergraduate at the University of Kansas, my best year was my Junior year. Not only did I have intense upper-level science classes (including organic chemistry--the only class that ever made me cry), I was studying for...
The Plan - Practice, Repeat, Refine
Saturday, July 14
One thing about life that is so incredibly difficult for people--and I wish schools would focus on this "technique" more often--is practice. Repetition and refinement. Do it again. Focus. Over and over and over. Acquisition of knowledge is great, but without practice and refinement, it is near...
This Is Where It Begins - a tough look inward.
Friday, July 13
Sometimes, life conspires to make you rethink everything. Here I am at age 50, rethinking everything. I want to say up front however, that this is not easy for me. I’m generally a private person, a guy who has most often channeled his thoughts and feelings through his writing or music, spinnin...