The Wealth Consigliere

 Some people don’t go to the town square. The square is helpful to understand what others are thinking. I’m surprised by the number of people that don’t use social media. The exercise can help you understand what others believe. It might be different but understanding will hopefully benefit you. Stay in the square.  Education and good teachers taught me habits that insure  and help me as an adult. They are to read looks and to increase my vocabulary. Several of my friends and classmates practice the same. Allowing us to show off with our improved vocabulary and books.  Don’t make decisions using customer surveys. The customer has an agenda that might not help. Our decisions should be based on conversations over meals. This gives us time to reach better decisions.  We can learn from the town square.  Some people in the square will be hucksters.  The more time will allow us to identify the people who just want to sell us something and some who have an ed...

 I just finished listening to the audio book about Bill Gross, the self appointed Bond King . Our founding fathers protected us from the king, unfortunately we weren’t protected from “ The Bond King” . Our forefathers started the US to get away from the king. We need to follow their lead and not create a king. The king doesn’t work for us or our forefathers. We want to be our own boss.  In business and war we need to understand when to surrender. We need to know when it is a good time to surrender. Our instincts are often too early. It is difficult to stay with a project. It is easier to quit.  Social media gives me confidence   Social media facilitates comparing ourselves to others who do the same job.  Unfortunately we are not Elon. He is a unique character and as our parents told us we shouldn’t compare ourselves to others. We are unique.  Our industry gives a lot of awards. I have been fortunate to win one. The award had a short shelf life.It was a pyrr...

  We fight and often dislike change. We all need to open our mind and try like Mike.  Driverless cars are here!  What impact will they have on our lives? It will be a slow adoption. Like many new technologies we will grow to love the driverless car. We were slow to adopt the internet and the iPhone too.  We and our law enforcement need tattletales.  As a child we disliked this, but our parents and teachers appreciated the information. NYC likes them as well even if we tell on ourself   Why do people follow us?  The easiest reason is our charisma. Our success starts with the definition of our position. We can be the boss or a parent. Our kids will eventually push back and claim “you are not the boss of me”. Our world is changing.  We need to accept this and go back to the office if we can.

The slap of Chris Rock confirmed to me that podcasts can deliver a message without violence. My monthly favorites are: Ukraine cast  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bqztzm Border City https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/bordercity Winning Time https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/the-official-winning-time-podcast-86159 I haven’t been hit in the face since 4th Grade. I will never forget it though. 

Regardless of advances in technology, communication remains important. It is a two way street and both people have to be committed to getting their point across. Neither person can communicate if they don’t trust each other. If you are afraid. You can’t effectively communicate either.  We are allways looking for short cuts. Unfortunately most short cuts don’t work. Recently SPACs seemed like a shortcut for an IPO. The average SPAC is down in value.  The shortcut didn’t work and the regulators are examining how we can improve.  Many good inventions like the booster shot are good but with the good comes side effects. My body aches but thankfully I won’t catch COVID. The trade off seems worth it. I will take the difficult side effects to remain healthy.   My nurse told me to expect side effects from my booster shot. I didn’t believe her and I was in bed for a day. Communication was lacking on my side.