I remember plenty of high school and college courses that emphasized goal setting. This was usually accompanied with the SMART acronym.  Specific Measurable Achievable Realistic Timely Goals needed to have these attributes. This sort of talk…

Mixed media forms based in the four virtues of courage, moderation, wisdom, and service. Why? Click here. Courage:  Steve Jobs: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward, only looking backwards….  you must trust the dots will…

Mixed media forms based in the four virtues of courage, moderation, wisdom, and service. Why? Click here. Courage: Living beyond the spreadsheet isn’t easy.  We like for our life to square up in Excel cells.  Striving…

below is from David Perrell’s ‘Monday Musings’… Harry Snyder opened the first In-N-Out Burger joint across the street from his home. He could see the drive-thru line from his living room window. At night, when the…

Mixed media forms based in the four virtues of courage, moderation, wisdom, and service. Why? Click here. Courage: This video always inspires me – add to it, we now know he passed away 1 month later,…

Underrated and less talked about skills for investors: Courage Patience Compassion Diligence Courage allows us to trust what doesn’t make sense. Patience gives us the wherewithal to let things unfold.  “This too shall pass.” Compassion keeps…

There’s an ancient idea that we need to live in balance with both awareness and innocence. A life of awareness can be credited to the serpent: experienced, in touch with all its surroundings, sensitive, and on…

We all know intellectually that things can’t be good forever. “All good things come to an end.” I think there’s a step beyond just tolerating this truth.  There’s also a perfection to necessary evil. Bear markets,…

I like to watch people anchor their boat.  It’s a calculated process: this spot would be perfect now, but things are going to change.  The tide is going to shift.  We’ll be on top of that…

Sometimes I hear investors, experienced and novice both, refer to stock market investing as ‘adult gambling’. While a bit strange and redundant considering you must be an adult to legally gamble, I understand the sentiment.  The…