I was just reading about how former New England Patriot’s tight end Rob Gronkowski, aka Gronk, managed to save all $54 million of his NFL earnings. His strategy was to live off the endorsements income and save the football money. Simple. Turns out lots of famous people have had similar[…] Read On
Monthly Archives: August 2019
Tim Cook’s Trump Tariff Strategy
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who behave like adults and those who look like adults and behave like spoiled brats. The latter refer to their clumsy attempts at the former as adulting. ICYMI, adulting is millennial speak for what some of us – fewer[…] Read On
Can Talk of Recession Bring on a Recession?
“The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.” With all the recession talk, lots of folks are wondering if political or media rhetoric can help bring on a recession. The short answer is yes, it can play a role in initiating or deepening a[…] Read On
Overstock’s Patrick Byrne: Deep State Whistleblower or Delusional Wacko?
I’ve heard plenty of conspiracy theories in my time but lately they’ve been coming nonstop. The 9-11 attack was an Israeli plot. Trump Russia collusion to discredit Clinton. Clinton Russia collusion to discredit Trump. Jeffrey Epstein was taken out because he knew too much about too many powerful people. And[…] Read On
The Persistence of Persistence
Our culture fetishizes innovation. Fanaticizes market disruption. But that’s not how the world really works. Right now I’m wearing torn blue jeans, a t-shirt, a hooded zip-up sweatshirt, white sweat socks and a pair of Converse All-Star sneakers. This might as well be a scene from half a century ago.[…] Read On
The Bad Boss Myth Lives On … and On, and On, …
Some myths won’t die. You can try to crush them, stomp on them, exterminate them, and just when you think you’ve finally seen the last of them, they’re right back again. Know what I call stubborn myths like that? Cockroach myths. The hands-down most stubborn cockroach myth in business is[…] Read On
Wish Everyone Would Quit Saying There’s No Inflation
Is it just me or has the cost of living skyrocketed over the last decade or so? Home prices, rent, education, health care and insurance, construction, groceries, appliances, services, clothing, sports and music events – you name it, it costs way more than it used to. Sure, some people are[…] Read On