The Wealth Consigliere

What do we do to solve our summer doldrums.  As a child we went to summer camp. As an adult we read books. Use your free time. It only comes once a year. Our monthly summary of good podcasts can help.  My favorites are: Emotionally Healthy.  https://emotionallyh.wpengine.com/podcast/ Who Killed Daphne.  https://www.google.com/search?q=who+killed+daphne+podcast&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS990US990&oq=who+killed+daph&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i131i433i512j0i433i512j0i512l3.24517j1j4&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=uH9x2DRaNEzIsM%253A Legacy of Speed.   https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/legacy-of-speed Escape the Heat. 

  The most knowledgeable and powerful person in our office is my assistant. The January 6 testimony has proven this reality. Another important role we need to adjust the compensation and our interactions.  Our favorite podcasts can be listened to on a long commute back to the office. Our favorites are: Starting Five https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lead-starting-five/id1624552759 The Legacy of Speed https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/legacy-of-speed Persona https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/88a60f37-6c5d-44ae-8adb-02c6834a0fc1/persona-the-french-deception

Choosing a good partner is the most important decision we make in business and personally. We need to evaluate how this choice can make us better. The marriage choice in the US isn’t working. Credibility is important. How we develop and loose credibility is something we need tto understand. The way we calmly speak and our temper can have an impact.  One bad experience I had when building a company was not trademarking our brand name. Our name was unique and powerful. Unfortunately another firm agreed.  Happy 4th!!!

We suffer in the Information Age. Our problem is analysis paralysis. Data and computers can not replace human interaction. Our brain and heart still win.  We need our system of public service. Unfortunately we underpay most of the professionals who provide this important task.  We have unreasonable expectations not to accept laws. Nothing is perfect but we need to accept this reality. Life is not perfect.  We believe that we can do things better. The advertisements on TV and social media encourage us to try. 

 I need two types of people in my life. They are opposites.  One is a expert that will disagree. The other is as Barton Biggs defined them, a hedgehog who agrees with everything, but is consistently wrong.  Nothing good happens after midnight. We need to go home and go to sleep. The night time hours are when people make bad decisions. Go home.  We need to avoid rewarding the squeaky wheel. This phenomenon is true in numerous areas of our lives. We should encourage all to speak and not interrupt.  Unfortunately we make decisions based on the opinions of others. We need to use our own opinions.  

    We need an expert to disagree. Podcasts do that for me.  My monthly favorites delivered a no answer! My favorites are:                       The Lead- Starting 5 https://open.spotify.com/show/3y1VbeSonv072mTjX2DsJM                         Not Lost https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/not-lost Ukraine Cast https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0bqztzm I always have been told I need either a no-man or a person whose opinion is consistently wrong.  

  I was born and raised in Texas. I don’t hunt and I’m embarrassed by the state’s politics. We need change and I think we should change our state slogan to mess with guns. I’m frustrated and angry with our old gun laws. We should continue to evolve and improve. Unfortunately several of our laws do not. We need to update the laws so we don’t continue to kill each other. We eventually become angry with the current solutions. This stage will hopefully encourage us to change and improve. This doesn’t happen everyday. When we reach a certain level of frustration we realize we need to change.  I think our new slogan should be let’s do it for our kids! And stop picking on Texas.