Sometimes, it’s worth paying for convenience. Transferring your old number to a new phone provider all your contacts don’t have to re-enter your new number might be a convenience worth paying for. And sometimes it’s not worth paying for convenience. Like 20k a year to network, in the form of beautifully packaged professional programs, when…

If someone were to ask you, would you rather the skills to become a millionaire or have a million dollars, which would you choose? Wisdom is found in watching what happens when people “choose” the latter through the lottery system. They become immensely rich and the majority of the time a few years later find…

Playing the long game isn’t always fun. Playing the long game isn’t always what’s going to be approved by the majority. Playing the long game isn’t always certain, as the future can and will change. But playing the long game can be fun, energizing, and pay off. It’s worth considering what that long game is…

A figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase, or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. A boiled egg is hard to beat. You can tune a piano, but you can’t tuna fish. A bus…

Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression. He experienced several election defeats, two bankruptcies, a nervous breakdown, and the death of his fiancée before becoming President of the United States. (Breakdown of successes and failures here.) He grew from his failures, a daunting list, and at the age of 51 summoned courage and strength to unify our…