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October 30, 2026
Sometimes the words you don’t say can be just as hurtful as the words you do say. I remember being about age 23. My grandparents asked me to dinner. Just the three of us. We met at the restaurant and, after ordering, spoke about my career and how I felt about my life at that time. My grandmother, with whom I always had a good relationship, asked me why I pushed so hard and why I worked so hard. I remember looking up at them from the table and into my grandfather’s eyes and saying, “To make you proud of […]
October 23, 2026
In business and as an entrepreneur, it’s very easy to applaud yourself for all the great things you do and the successes that you’ve had. At the same time, it’s also incredibly easy to be overly critical of yourself, of the things that you’ve done or not done. The same goes for those around you that you perceive to have been more successful (or even those around you who you perceive to have been less successful because they just haven’t chosen the same path as you). Success is a very interesting word, and it means so many different things to […]
October 9, 2026
“Anything other than focusing on how to improve yourself is a waste of time. Focus and spend time on improving yourself, and don’t worry about what other people are doing or saying around you.” – Marcus Aurelius. For the last three weeks, I’ve been in the gym every morning at 6 am, up between 5 and 5:30, and then in the gym by 6. I came out of my study group with a new drive and focus, not just on improving my business, but on my mental self as well as my physical self. Now, I’ve always been big on […]
October 4, 2026
Over the last year, I’ve written a lot about noise, whether it be noise between the ears, noise in the markets, or noise in the news media. I think it’s very easy for people to get distracted from what the real facts are. Now, there’s no arguing that inflation is real and that things are more expensive. I think what’s also lost in all of this is the conversation about how well things have done (and how well things have done for a long period of time). Just for fun, I decided to do a little digging and look at […]
September 2026 Market & Economic Recap