I recently read Eric Cohen’s profile of Sam “The Banana Man” Zemurray cleverly titled: The Fish That Ate the Whale [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008674FJG/]. The sales hustler, “fruit jobber” turned banana titan went from rags to riches in one generation. He overthrew governments, employed the world’s…
Ten years ago today, I thought my last few seconds in life arrived. Where Arlington Road dead ends into Briarcliff Place, just outside my rented condo at the time, me and two friends were making our way towards Highlands Avenue around 10:00 p.m. I remember it being a…
> “Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” – Mark Twain Looking back on 2020, I keep saying to myself “if this isn’t the year I get X done, I’ll never get it done.” If this isn’t the year I get in…
I’m a believer in how small decisions lead to significant change. Every day we change a small degree one way or another in a myriad of ways: we get healthier because we didn’t eat the bun on the burger, we became more progressive (or conservative) due to the…
Growing up, I had family members that would watch game shows religiously with Jeopardy being the standard. The regularity was almost a ritual. Today, the on-demand, record-anything-to-watch-anytime experience is liberating no doubt. The flexibility to watch a show, any show, at the push of a button makes disciplined time management…
I recently listened to a great podcast with Matt Clifford [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/invest-like-the-best/id1154105909?i=1000462456930] , Co-founder of Entrepreneur’s First [https://www.joinef.com/], describing the flow of ambitious people in particular cities. The home page of EF’s website declares an appealing statement: “it…
A profound exchange on a new, favorite podcast moved me to write this post. SongCraft [https://www.songcraftshow.com/] is a podcast around the stories of the greatest songs in modern day history. Their tagline: “You probably know their names, and you definitely know their songs. We bring you their…
Over the weekend I spent several hours pressure washing. The process is meditative. After the first few minutes I realized two aspects quickly: one, everyone becomes detailed oriented once a pressure washer gets put in their hands. Two, the process takes much longer than I remembered. So, I put in…
