There’s an interesting quote in the novella Animal Farm that is appropriate for today’s essay. If you’re not familiar with Animal Farm, it is a satirical novella (which can also be understood as a modern fable or allegory) by George Orwell, ostensibly about a group of animals who oust the humans from the farm on […]
The Smart Car. Surely, you’ve seen that tiny little pod-shaped car developed by Mercedes Benz on the roads. It’s a micro car that gets its name from cooperation with Swatch and Mercedes. Question: What’s your first impression of it? Is it safety concerns, given its tiny size? I don’t think you would be alone in that opinion. […]
Remember the company Toys “R” Us? After 70 years in business, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2017, and its British operations entered administration in February 2018. In March 2018, the company announced that it would close all of its U.S. and British stores. The British locations closed in April and the […]
Grace Kelly famously said that “getting angry never solved anything”. I couldn’t disagree more. While an obnoxious temper is never good, there are some things that should disgust us – racism and child abuse come to mind. William Blake had a better quote than Kelly’s – “Those who control their passions do so because their […]
Houston has two airports, one on the north side and one on the south side. Like most major cities, Houston’s airports are not located in the best areas of town. Going to either one will provide you with a front row seat to view pothole-lined streets, crime ridden neighborhoods, payday loan businesses and that ever […]
Our country was founded on revolution. We adopted the creed of freedom and then fought bitterly to gain it. Our forefathers did this for a specific reason – to bring an end to a world where wealth and power were restricted to a chosen few. And boy how they succeeded. From independence day on, this […]
The brain is such a wonderfully efficient machine. It learns what we like and then proceeds to send repeated signals to get more of just that. Pizza, nachos and cake? The brain signals “Full steam ahead!” The brain seems to be following Mae West’s adage of “more of a good thing is a good thing”. […]
Have you ever noticed that the people who seek advice the most, are also the same people who do this… reject advice the most? It’s almost surreal to watch. I’ve had friends, and friends of friends, reach out for advice. They’re obviously very troubled by something financially. They contact me, arrange to meet me and […]
There’s a lot of junk “science” out there regarding wealth building. Many want to believe that it takes superior intelligence to get rich. Unfortunately for them, the cold hard facts prove them dead wrong. There are literally droves of so-called geniuses, savants and the like, that are flat broke. Struggling with money. At, or near, […]
