I have been thinking about the important choices we make in life, and being an analytical chap, I have whittled down the following five things that I believe are the most important choices you will make in your life. I carefully use the word ‘choices’ because I believe these are cognitive choices you can make […]
If your vision of this is starting a fire, you missed the point! This law is about pouring gasoline on an already existing ember. “Do what you love, and you never work a day in your life.” Every successful entrepreneur and every single book on the topic of “what” to start your business in will […]
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This may be an eye-catching headline, but it’s not what you think. While I may try and avoid the local/state Constable on Patrol, avoiding the “COPs” is really about not becoming a Cranky Old Person! As I head into my 60s, my wife and I have referenced trying not to become a constantly (we all […]
As a typical child and even adult growing up and experiencing life, my dad always tried to impart some wisdom to me. His wisdom came in the form of short snippets and maybe an example and was never long-and-winded. It turns out I was not always good at receiving it — for whatever reason — […]
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For the record, I am 61 years old. When I hit 60, like most of us who do, I began thinking about the finite nature of our time on this wonderful blue marble and the degree of health and happiness that was still left on the horizon. We’ve all probably read about or seen documentaries […]
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I am a very proud New Jersey’ian – period, full-stop! In fairness to the 175-mile-long and ~50-mile-wide stretch of land, I should probably be more specific by saying North Jersey and the northern Jersey shore (Exit 98 on the Parkway – haha). Lately, I have been thinking about and observing just how much of my […]
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It’s funny how you find motivation and wisdom in places you sometimes least expect. As a business person, it can be easy to build your circle of friends and advisors with just business folks who have just business experiences. That’s not ideal, and here is a reminder of what happened to me last summer. My […]
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It was a few years ago that my wife and I were talking about our next trip/adventure and we began sort of listing places we “could” go. As we blurted out some far-flung places, we found ourselves saying things like “I don’t need to go there” or “No interest in that place.” That small experience […]
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At my stage in life/career, I am often asked: “What does it take to be successful”? I would often stumble with an answer and/or shrug my shoulders and say “hard work”. So, I decided to put together a better “answer”—knowing it really is not an answer—but more my advice. So, here it goes; Learn, Lead, and […]
I continue to stray from pure ‘entrepreneurial’ blogs in the past to address some things that I, as a business owner and investor, am seeing, hearing or grappling with now-a-days in the workplace. In this blog I am addressing the concept of working full time, remotely, from home, when you could be, or in fact […]
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