I failed again. This 30 part blog series was supposed to be was supposed to be written in 30 days. I’m only on blog #19. It’s been 85 days. That’s 4 times slower. My original plan failed. I’m still working on it. Slowly. Looking back, my life has been a series of failures over the…
I unplug. I move my body. I let loose. The road, the river, the setting sun, its reflection against the buildings. Running. One of my favorite rituals. The motor which is my mind, slows down. It turns off. It’s usually obsessing about future scenarios or second-guessing decisions I made int the past. The mp3 of…
In my best Tom Cruise, “Jerry Maguire” voice: “SHOW ME THE “MONNEEEYYYYYY!” This was my thinking in my 20’s about investments. I made some money. I also invested wrongly in real estate and lost thousands of dollars. I invested in start up that went public, and then failed, losing even more thousands. Lots of thousands.…
For years I was told: “Joe, you have such a positive attitude! You’re such a positive person!” Maybe. Someone at a café in New York City shared this with me again. I appreciated it. It’s good to know I don’t have a negative attitude towards others. That said, it got me thinking to earlier in…