I’m going to visit the New York Stock Exchange today as a tourist. Last time I was there I felt like killing myself. Last time I was there was around 2010. I…
I’m going to visit the New York Stock Exchange today as a tourist. Last time I was there I felt like killing myself. Last time I was there was around 2010. I used to live on 15 Broad, right across the street from the Exchange. I moved there because before that I lived in The […]
I feel horrible when I’m bad at something. When I started my first business, I was bad at dealing with partners, employees, money, expenses, and negotiation. There’s no way to start a…
I feel horrible when I’m bad at something. When I started my first business, I was bad at dealing with partners, employees, money, expenses, and negotiation. There’s no way to start a business without being bad at those things. People who are good, are good because they spent ten years being bad. Note: You have […]
When I first wrote “Choose Yourself” I didn’t want to write another BS self-help book that nobody would read. I was telling a story about something bad that happened to me, about…
When I first wrote “Choose Yourself” I didn’t want to write another BS self-help book that nobody would read. I was telling a story about something bad that happened to me, about a time I wanted to kill myself because I thought my daughters would benefit more from my life insurance policy than from having […]
I was afraid I was going to lose my biggest client. And my job. So I let him yell at me repeatedly. I met a friend of mine. She said, “My grandma…
I was afraid I was going to lose my biggest client. And my job. So I let him yell at me repeatedly. I met a friend of mine. She said, “My grandma told me there are only two types of decisions: Decisions made out of fear and decisions made out of growth.” For instance, do […]
Weird Suits, Free Money and the True Story About How I Saved the Economy With Chocolate….oh and how I’m investing now. It happened. Again. After seven years of holding short-term interest rates…
Weird Suits, Free Money and the True Story About How I Saved the Economy With Chocolate….oh and how I’m investing now. It happened. Again. After seven years of holding short-term interest rates at roughly 0%, with no hikes for nearly a decade, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank last December officially begun to tighten up its […]
I was having breakfast with one of the biggest hedge fund managers. He was telling me his latest ideas. Then he stopped chewing and said, “you know what. You’re a remora.” I…
I was having breakfast with one of the biggest hedge fund managers. He was telling me his latest ideas. Then he stopped chewing and said, “you know what. You’re a remora.” I didn’t know what that was. The food was practically spitting in my face. “A remora is a fish that is a blood-sucking leech”. […]
I’m Really grateful LinkedIn included me on their “Top Voices” list for 2015. This year, both at the beginning and the end, such incredibly bad things happened to me that I thought…
I’m Really grateful LinkedIn included me on their “Top Voices” list for 2015. This year, both at the beginning and the end, such incredibly bad things happened to me that I thought I would get swallowed up forever. I didn’t. Every year of my life, really bad things have happened. That’s called “living on this […]
