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Life Is a Mess and Then You Die (A Happy Song)

So at first I thought he had killed himself. Took his life, as they say, as if life is something to give and take at just a whim. But then we both…

So at first I thought he had killed himself. Took his life, as they say, as if life is something to give and take at just a whim. But then we both figured out that he was probably killed. We learned that someone he had trusted (as these things often go) had escaped with his […]

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The Secrets of Billions

Wall Street is crooked. This is not really a surprise to anyone. I lived on the street. And I worked on the street. Wall Street starts at Broadway and continues down to…

Wall Street is crooked. This is not really a surprise to anyone. I lived on the street. And I worked on the street. Wall Street starts at Broadway and continues down to Water Street. Along the way, it gets crooked. Right around Broad Street it starts to curve. If you are standing at one end […]

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How To Go From $0 to $1,000,000 in Two Years

A Couple of years ago I wrote a post about how it was the year you had to quit your job. I gave the reasons why. It wasn’t a gung-ho “you have to…

A Couple of years ago I wrote a post about how it was the year you had to quit your job. I gave the reasons why. It wasn’t a gung-ho “you have to be an entrepreneur” article. It was more: bad shit is happening in the corporate world and bit by bit you’re going to feel […]

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Daymond John Schools Me on "The Power of Broke"

I was starving all the time. I lived in one room, had one futon and had a three inch screen on the floor next to the futon. But the TV didn’t work…

I was starving all the time. I lived in one room, had one futon and had a three inch screen on the floor next to the futon. But the TV didn’t work because you needed cable and I couldn’t afford that. So I started a business. Many people think, “I have an idea” and then […]

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Financial Fridays: The Stock Market is Bullshit

It’s not Friday but who cares. The stock market is lying to you. This is the worst open of a year since 1932, the middle of the Great Depression, when there was…

It’s not Friday but who cares. The stock market is lying to you. This is the worst open of a year since 1932, the middle of the Great Depression, when there was 20%+ unemployment and it was only going to get worse. Banks were about to get all shut down. People were on soup lines. […]

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The Force Will Awaken in 2016

This has been the worst year of my life. So bad I thought I would die, over and over. But then wonderful things happened. Things that will change me forever.  And nobody really…

This has been the worst year of my life. So bad I thought I would die, over and over. But then wonderful things happened. Things that will change me forever.  And nobody really knew because I practiced my own daily practice throughout. I say this not because I want sympathy. I say it because I’m proud. […]

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