Looking back on my career in the tech industry I can see that, while living the life was exhilarating, that period in my life lacked balance. Not work-life balance — work has always been and will always be an integral part of my life — I’m talking about yin-yang balance.[…] Read On
How long before the federal government has an arbiter of truth and justice with the power to cancel and erase anything and anyone? Think that future is too far-fetched? Too Orwellian to be plausible? Too dystopian to be real? Think again. Facebook now has independent “fact-checkers” reviewing posts for misinformation.[…] Read On
Now that we’re a year into this Covid isolation nightmare, I’m wondering if the pandemic and the lockdowns have changed your lives in the same ways they’ve changed mine. It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. Is it just me or … Does everyone eat like a starving[…] Read On
I wrote this about my experience as a consultant working from home seven years ago. Turns out it’s even more relevant during Covid. Enjoy your Flashback Friday! Having been at this for more than a decade now, I’ve pretty much mastered all the pitfalls of working from home. And that[…] Read On
“I’ll take human behavior for 50, Alex.” “The answer is, ‘Objective, disciplined and patient.’” “What is, ‘What we’re not?’” “Correctamundo.” Being successful in life isn’t rocket science. And yet, it eludes most of us. Successful investors are objective, disciplined and patient. Which is precisely why I leave my investments to[…] Read On
About a month ago, Republicans sounded the alarm over the coming fracture in the Democratic party between Joe Biden moderates and Bernie/AOC socialists. How’d that turn out? The President rewarded the extremists with countless executive orders implementing their uber-progressive green energy and immigration agendas and everyone was happy. No fracture.[…] Read On
The world doesn’t need another conforming commentator for the social media #echochamber du jour. On the contrary, even before Twitter and Facebook were a thing, I always gravitated toward stories that the media and the mob got wrong, at least in my view. Call it contrarian if you want; it’s[…] Read On