Lessons Learned
Follow the money; find the bias …
I’ve got several books on the boil right now; reading different ideas about property investing and finding out there’s some wide varying advice. So, why all the variation? Why does one guy say “Do this!” and the next guy says “Don’t do it!”? What’s the underlying reason? Is it because one guy is more of […]
Vietnam War Life Lesson – part 2.
Continuation of the article “What can the Vietnam War teach us about life.” So, what was “the correct solution?” So, what was the solution to the quagmire known as the Vietnam War? The solution probably any sixth grader could have figured out? Yes, it was the simple solution; the obvious one. And, it’s the one […]
What can the Vietnam War teach us about life?
There’s a basic lesson we can take away from the Vietnam War. I’m not sure it’s a lesson that’s been learned. On second thought, I know it hasn’t been learned. At least not on a large scale foreign policy level. And, sometimes I miss it too; I forget the lesson. You see it’s a lesson […]
Why are you going to college?
That’s one question I dreaded many years ago when I first attended college (university). I dreaded the question because the truth was a bit embarrassing. You see, I had no idea why I was attending college. It wasn’t even my idea. It was my parents idea; my high school teachers’ idea; my friends’ idea. I […]
Should Failure be a good word?
Why does the word failure get such a bad rap? If failure is so bad, so negative, so damaging, then why is it that most successful people have used it to propel themselves to success? Could it be that failure is “part and parcel” with success? Could it be that without failure, there’s no success? […]