James Altucher, who might be the world’s greatest blogger right now, wrote this week about “10 Regrets You Can Avoid.” Actually it was a list of HIS regrets, and he summed ’em up with one word — “don’t.” They’re so … Continue reading
Category Archives: Lessons Learned
I was just a punk a-hole when I first heard about Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew album. And I was told that if you didn’t dig “The Brew,” you just didn’t appreciate great music. It was unconventional. It was improvisational. It … Continue reading
On this Memorial Day weekend, I’ve been thinking a lot about my late father. He was a World War II vet who served in the Pacific. When I was a kid and would ask him about his wartime experiences, Dad … Continue reading
Deb and I finished watching the second season of the Netflix series “House of Cards” last week. Holy crap! Francis Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, is Richard II, Professor Moriarty, and Fu Manchu rolled into one. (And face it, his … Continue reading
No real spoilers ahead, but I’ve just gotta talk a sec about last night’s blockbuster episode of Game of Thrones. Just two weeks along in this fourth season, and the series delivered a colossal whack to the side of your … Continue reading
Last Saturday, my wife and I went to a party hosted by a local winery for its club members. You know, one’a them shindigs where the members pick up newly released wines at a discount. Anyway, it was a night … Continue reading
Paul Mort, whose blog and podcast are indispensible for fitness trainers, marketers, curmudgeons, rapscallions, and thought-criminals, recently posted his “138 Tips for Fitness Biz’niz Domination.” There’s plenty of useful meat in the post for everybody — not just fitness dudes. … Continue reading
Lesson for today: If you don’t place value on yourself, your time, and your skills, sure as shit no one else will. Case in point… A dozen years back, I created a direct mail campaign for a guy doing a … Continue reading
Our neighbor Pat was the first to notice an unexplained puddle of water on our street last Wednesday afternoon. By that evening, it had grown to the size of a small koi pond. Thursday, the water company dropped an orange … Continue reading
It was 50 years ago today that John, Paul, George and Ringo first appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and launched their blistering invasion of America. In all the anniversary media hoopla, though, someone’s gone largely ignored — whiz kid … Continue reading