Principles
Clear Your Desk Faster than the Competition
Continuously sell ways to clear your desk faster. Establish policies and rules of thumb for quick situational evaluation. Use them to distribute…
Our Most Valued Assets
Knowledge and proven ability are assets with compounding returns. Treat these like your retirement fund and make frequent contributions. Take stretch projects…
Strive to be User Friendly
Save your Excel file the way you want the end user to see it when they open it. *** Reduce email clutter…
It’s All About Identity
Addiction is a solution, not the problem. Dan Sullivan, renowned business coach, made that assertion in one of his recent audiobooks with…
How Regulations and Market Shifts Are Squeezing Value from Public Stocks and Widening the Wealth Gap
The U.S. stock market has shrunk in a lasting way compared to the overall economy – it’s not just a temporary dip….
Life is Precious and Fragile
My mother passed in 2020 at 64 years old, and my father passed in 2024, a few months before his 72nd birthday….
You Don’t Want to Win ‘em All
Across my exploration of residual income streams, I superficially examined various automated trading strategies. The goal was to figure out a way…
You Can’t Eat IRR
Throughout my career, I was raised in the private equity model. Buy underperforming assets, improve them as affordably and quickly as possible,…
Most People Do Social Media Wrong; Here’s What Works
Building a social media brand is a total waste of time – until it isn’t. As with many activities, there’s a threshold…
Why I Don’t Hoard Ideas Anymore
I used to think ideas were everything. I thought a good idea could make me a fortune. I believed that someone would…