Living in the boonies affords us many benefits. Getting our mail on time is not one of them. With all the new changes in the postal system, we probably will be the last ones to benefit. Also, ever since moving to our new home, we’ve had a bear of a time trying to get businesses […]
Even risk-takers are risk averse
A facebook friend of mine posts a lot these days about the ‘Rona and how it’s taken over people’s lives. It sure has done a lot of damage. Some people died, but it affected something like 0.05% of the total U.S. population. Many more were sick, and recovered, which is a great thing. This won’t […]
Would you protect your business to the death?
My wife told me a story recently about her 5th great grandfather (which she got from the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio): James Gibson, father of Mrs. Nancy Morehead, was a captain in the English army prior to and during the American Revolution. His sympathies, however, were with the […]
Don’t let anyone should on you
Let’s rap about the “tyranny of the should”. “Should” is a word that haunts a lot of folks because it’s this moral ball and chain that hangs around your neck. It’s there, constantly telling you… what you *should* do. And, if you don’t do it… you’re somehow magically a bad person. Like… “you should save […]
Not the savings plan you want right now, but maybe the savings plan you deserve
More stories from the Internet! Recently read an inspiring story that started out with some dude who got screwed over by his boss: ***** “I went to work for a dude that promised an ownership after 5 years. I was in sales and in 3 years this guys income went fro 60g’s to 350g’s, I […]