“Apathy is a trait shared by people who can never figure out why their lives are always in the same stalled position.” Richard Ray Politics is not a fun topic. Trust me I get it. As someone that felt absolutely disenfranchised by the process, I understand not feeling as if there was anyone out there […]
By Richard Ray Anyone that knows me, is aware of my feelings regarding organized religion… I am not a big fan. Do not confuse this with me having any type of disdain for people’s beliefs in whatever god they worship or a diminishing in the importance that religion may have to various people and […]
Family: Can’t live with them… Can’t change your name, move and act like you don’t know them anymore… wait you can do that. I was speaking with a client recently and he was lamenting the state of dysfunction within his family. My oversimplified answer was love them and/or leave them, but do not let them make you […]
I owe nearly everything I have become as a man (at least the good parts) to two people: my mother and a man named John Hoffman. My mother did the best in raising me to be a good and productive person, but let’s be real… she kind of had to… John was no kin. In […]
So Mr. Positivity still gets tested on occasion. I am a steady, if not exhausting espouser of maintaining a positive state of mind under nearly all circumstances. Nearly suggests that there are of course exceptions, but short of those, positivity must be maintained. It is often suggested, “that is easy for you (me) to say […]
I am not Deepak Chopra, but over the years I have learned a few things about human nature, particularly as it relates to the cause and effect that is derived from both the positive and negative energy we emit. All too often people live in a perpetual state of “why” related to the negative in […]
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” I have been taking chances literally all my life. I would like to think most of it is innate, at least when it came to confidence in my physical abilities. That supreme confidence did not match my initial shyness and reluctance around people, particular of […]
I feel a mini-rant coming on… I hate ill-mannered people. Hate is a strong word, but its cause I lack the vocabulary to properly and articulately emanate my visceral contempt for those that lack manners. There is an expression that “good manners cost nothing,” so the usual broke people excuses hold no weight there. Manners […]
Recently I wrote an article titled “Plans Are Made To Be Broken.” If you did not see the piece, by all means go back and read it. The quick summary is essentially that life causes us to have to re-mix, amend and break even the best laid plans. The many circumstances outside of our control […]
As long as I can remember I have been a bit of a planner. There has never necessarily been any type of master plan, but as a serial entrepreneur, I have always tried to have some type of plan in place towards achieving goals. From long term plans that primarily get worked out in my […]
