Continued. Outtake from recent book interview. On Judgment, Mediocrity, Complacency, Animals, Dogma Answer: I don’t judge others I analyze society, people & markets for a living and it must result in tangible cognitions of humanity. It has also aided me in helping others with needed change. It’s mostly thanks to my up brining. […]
It was Sunday night August 9th when I sat down to reminisce about 1995 when Jerry Garcia died. He was only 53 but struggled with a cocaine and heroin addiction for years. Over medicating was an emblem of the Grateful Dead and their counter culture followers who played and danced their way across America. […]
On a Thanksgiving trip back east to my parents’ home a few years ago I listened to my father’s version of how our country’s social values have embarrassingly declined. “People today,” he said, “can’t create new wealth without the help of corrupt schemes.” I sensed sadness in his voice. The lessons he and […]
In a recent survey done by the SMA Institute we asked several men in three different cities who they had looked up to as boys. Who did they want to be most like as adults? All except two responded with a superstar figure form the sports or entertainment world, running the gamut from […]