Freedomizing

After having a conversation with a client we determined as is not difficult to determine that America is heading in the wrong direction, statistics show that the majority of American's agree. Funny because the other aspect of that is politics in which the majority of American's can't agree. A country divided. Thus, the entitlements came up, the idea that no responsibility is taken for actions, and I reversed that logic. That says no reward is given for success either. Neither is recognized. My client said physically cringed when I used the word "team" in explaining the lack of credit in today's corporate world, you always thank your "team." "I couldn't do it without my team." etc. My client called it the "T" word, I laughed, and agreed. Our fearless leader is quoted saying "you can't do it on your own" we all "need" our "team."  Well, I'm here to tell you "teams" are toxic, te...

Cars represent an external scorecard, at least, that is the way it sure seems! Why should I care what anyone thinks about what I look like driving down the road? Did I make it to my appointment on time? Did I get from A to B just as well as the dude parked next to me in the Mercedes? The answer is yes to all of these concepts, however, and this is one big HOWEVER, first impressions are said to be the most important, and also said to warp your relationship forever. I'll confess, I'm the first person to judge a 20 something in a Bently and say "Thanks, Daddy!" judging, profiling, I don't care how un-PC it is we all do it and guess what, lots of times profiling is pretty accurate! Because my idea changes dramatically when I see a 40 something in a Bently, it's at that point a matter of, "Wow, what did she do so well? What business does she own? I bet I could learn a thing or two from her!" Now I just took two extremes for example, and, therefore, I wa...

MIT Research is showing positive signs in Fusion, call me crazy but I’ve been a nut about this now for over a year now! On December 14 th , I commented to my friends on Facebook that MIT turned the table and is now investing in fusion.  I have constantly, (to no avail) searched the internet for more information. The below is the most recent, what seems to be a credible article I have found. Everyone that I talk to rolls their eyes, and hey, more power to them. And, I suppose, statistically, they are correct, as I am sure I could find in micro-fiches (those younger millennials have no idea what I am talking about) similar articles to the articles I reference. But I don’t care, it takes me a lot, and I mean a lot before I have conviction in something. And I have conviction in this idea. The funny part, I looked up the budget for the US. Renewable energy in 2013 was at a whopping 15 BILLION! Yes, that has a B. Guess how many dollars went to fusion?  … Wait for it …. Wait for it...

It's been a while since I have posted anything worth a darn, so I thought I'd give it a try. Something I stumbled on, it may or may not work, but the concept I feel is somewhat solid. I took a real estate class a while ago, (like two decades ago!) that class taught me a lot. One of the biggest things that it taught me is that you can get out of a real estate contract (if written properly) very easily during the first few days, even weeks. Therefore, throw bids out there like spaghetti on a wall and see what sticks! I did this approach in 2007, 8 and 9 and it worked incredibly well! The reason it worked so well is that it was a buyers market. People were unloading homes like it was going out of style, so some were taking outrageous bids just to get rid of the property. My poor real estate agent I bet was writing three bids a month! I hardly won a thing, but when I did it was a steal! You miss every shot you don't take! Don't get me wrong I'm no Real Estate Mogul t...

My first Ironman, to say I slept well would be a misstatement, if I were to guess, I slept about 5 hours of restless sleep. Woke up about 4:30 AM to head out the door, I stayed at my sister-in-law's house and, therefore, didn't want to wake anyone, so I slipped out without making a noise. I got into the car and started driving to Boulder, Colorado. On my way in I was wishing I had left my home where I would have prepared a "bullet coffee" butter and coconut oil blended in a cup of joe. But I drove on, heading to parking that was described as sparse at best. I'd swing into a McDonald's order a coffee ask for some butter, and get a sausage sandwich and get rid of the bread that was the plan. Miles went by, no McDonald's ok, any place ... even a gas station. Distracted I took a call from a friend and continued to drive, next thing I know I'm at the parking garage, having eaten, or drank nothing. Oh well, they will have coffee and "energy" bars...

I came out of a 90-minute hot yoga class the other day. Drying off and cleaning my mat a gentleman stopped me and said, "I don't know how you do it." My response was that of some surprise, but I responded politely "Well I've done one Ironman and never was there a straight 90 minutes as hard as that class just was."  A lady piped in and said, "I did that class once and came out limping, after a chiropractor visit, I was told that Hot Yoga is terrible for you and you can over stretch, pretty much just plain torture!" I promptly agreed and discussed the failure study of athletes using saunas*, and compared the Hot Yoga to it. The lady was disturbed that I would want to put myself through self-torture, and the gentleman was simply impressed. It was an interesting conversation, I had to reflect afterwards on my Ironman to think about whether or not I was exaggerating, and the more I think about it, it was far from an exaggeration. While of course the ...

It took wilderness and a beautiful fire to stir up the discussion. But it happened, and it is going to either make me or cost me $100! The concept is the same as in the Matrix's "Bowl full of snot" everything the body needs in one consistent meal. Our friend Jim was way into the concept based on backpacking and not having to eat "mountain men" and I was interested mainly because of time and nutrition simplicity. I have always thought how nice it would be if you were running late for a meeting; knew your day was going to be long or just simply didn't feel like making an adequately prepared balanced meal that you could just grab something off the shelf and scarf it down good enough for whatever meal, or amount of time depending on how much you eat. Mr Nutrition piped into the conversation, explaining based on an excel document he has created what is now famously called "Steveakin" effectively the necessary macro nutrient bland bread-like subst...