Nov 30, 2022Why Your Successful New Year Starts in DecemberSet yourself up for success in 2023 by stealing a month of preparation — As I write this, I sit here at my kitchen bar counter on a gloomy New Jersey Sunday morning after Thanksgiving, sipping a cup of Mudwater and listening to Apple Music Holiday Jazz on my iPad, typing away at a brand spanking new MacBook Air I purchased on Black Friday…5 min read5 min read
Apr 11, 2022Elon Musk: People Don’t Realize What’s Coming13.4K518Isaiah McCallUgh! You leveraged Elon Musk to spew this nonsense?Ugh! You leveraged Elon Musk to spew this nonsense? I hope you send him the 30 cents you make on this...1 min read1 min read
Feb 21, 2022Hope for Our Children, From Our ChildrenAn optimist’s surprising discovery I am not a parent. I am number six out of seven children, five years younger than number five. Always a godfather, but never a god (my favorite quip, courtesy of Gore Vidal). But I have been around children most of my adult life, being married to a dance teacher/choreographer…4 min read4 min read
Dec 26, 2021Why You Will Fail to Accomplish Your New Year’s ResolutionsI get it. It’s the morning after Christmas and who’s thinking about their New Year’s Resolutions right now? I am. Being blessed (or cursed) with having been born on December 31, it has always been a natural process to mark the transition to the new year as the trigger for…New Year Resolution6 min readNew Year Resolution6 min read
Sep 11, 2021Day of Days — a 9/11 DiaryTwenty years ago today I woke up to a beautiful, cool, sunny morning much like I am enjoying now. I don’t remember my morning routine of the time but it would have been different anyway because on that particular day I had a technical presentation to give in my office…9 11 Memorial6 min read9 11 Memorial6 min read
Jul 6, 2021My goal is to reduce stress, not buy a Lambo. That’s why my simple money rules enable creativity, freedom, and hanging out with interesting peopl…My Simple Rules for Making Money1.6K22Tim DenningThis is exactly why I joined Medium and am starting my own lifestyle blog.This is exactly why I joined Medium and am starting my own lifestyle blog.1 min read1 min read
Jul 2, 2021Five Kaizens That Will Elevate Your LifeBaby steps, people! Baby steps!!!! Getting to this article was an absolute struggle. I have been so blessed with great luck over the last three months with the projects that I have been nurturing that I literally had to write KAIZEN in large capital letters on my daily journal page…Jeromatherapy5 min readJeromatherapy5 min read
May 20, 2021How to Build a Mental Framework for Going Viral4923Stephan JoppichExcellent piece.Excellent piece. Very teachable for coaches... The objective, then, is to improve the mean so that the regressions are not as dramatic. Will be publishing an article soon on the principles of Kaizen; will be quoting your piece here! Well done...1 min read1 min read
Mar 7, 2021Life Is Working for You, Not Against You1.8K10Tim DenningMan, I must know you from someplace...Man, I must know you from someplace... I have worked at Trader Joes for almost eleven years whilst still trying to get startups/side hustles going... I have learned the same lessons that you so accurately describe here... Thanks for reaffirming my revelations...1 min read1 min read
Feb 1, 2021Overcoming OverwhelmHow a stress-free life begins with a just a few key clicks — Yes, indeedy, folks, the year 2020 was one for the books. For me it was a year of a few major adjustments and a hundred minor course-corrections. …Overwhelm4 min readOverwhelm4 min read