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You Can’t Go Back Somewhere You Ain’t Never Been!
Life is a Business - Chapter 13 A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future Every generation of parents make the same mistake – we ask the younger generation to conform to our set of values and lifestyle choices. “Baby Boomers” were told by our parents...
A Poor Boy’s Tale of Overcoming Life’s Obstacle and Realizing His Dreams
This is the first period in the history of mankind where capital formation is secondary to a good idea. Life is a Business - Introduction A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future At the age of 63, forty-five years after I hitchhiked out of Battle...
Measure Yourself
Life is a Business - Chapter 12 A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future When I started out as a 20 year old young married man, working his way through college, I decided that a simple goal was to end up in the top 2% of earners at 65. My father’s...
All Work and No Play Make Jack A Dull Boy
Life is a Business - Chapter 11 A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future Okay, let’s take a break to laugh and giggle! Normal brains are hard wired and chemically controlled to stop laughing or stop crying at some point, or we would go nuts. There...
You Don’t Have To Respect Your Elders But Really Need To Ask Their Advice
Life is a Business - Chapter 10 A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future Since my Father had great intellect, but no business savvy, I had to look outside the house for advice as a young man. My first blessing was hanging around Jan’s house and...
Plan a Trip, But Won’t Plan Your Life
Life is a Business - Chapter 9 A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future If you have decided where you want to go, where’s the map and driving plan? If we agreed to meet at the corner of Hollywood and Vine in LA at 12:00 noon in 7 days, what would...
What’s Your Mission Statement
Life is a Business - Chapter 8 A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future Most of the mission statements I have read over the years are tortured, plastic slogans, more for marketing than real meaning. They all tend to sound out the same general...
The Right To Succeed Must Be Earned
Life is a Business - Chapter 7 A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future In 2006, when I decided to create Metalworking Solutions, I knew that I could not do it alone with the resources Jan and I had worked 35 years to save. I knew how to be...
You Cannot Do It Alone
Life is a Business - Chapter 6 A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future Quit playing the martyr! You cannot do it alone. You were not born in a log cabin that you built yourself…you did not walk 10 miles to school in the snow (uphill both ways). If...
Ethics
Life is a Business - Chapter 5 A series of essays on the past, the present, and the future When I was in my early 20’s, I asked an older guy the definition of “business ethics”. He quickly told me: “They were what the old guys on top of the hill roll downward at us...