21st Century Thoughts

In honor of one of the best majors starting, just a reminder that Nadal is 150-3 at Roland Garros over the past 20 years. 105-3. Absolutely incredible. Happy Monday and let's enjoy the week!

Leave. Find a new job. This concept applies to cell phones, cars, jobs, etc. The money is never going to go to those who are existing, only those who are potential customers. The money is in the draw-in rather than rewarding existing people. Replaceability goes both ways. Look at the market that is understaffed and needs members bad. Ask for a salary raise from them rather than your employer. Happy Friday and keep looking at what is available.

True innovation is taking something existing and making it better. Most new products are not "new" but rather improved. We spend hours saying "what if I made Facebook or Snapchat" but both are just glorified MySpace and photo messaging with a timer.  Change your mindset. Take a product that has success and make it better. Re-inventing the wheel never works and never will.  "All great artists steal."

Slowly pushing to Friday night... 1. Cubs are back?!? Just need them watchable please. 2. Massive election results last night. Mixed bag for both parties but you have to feel the environment will matter more. Republicans are energized and independents are voting red... good luck Dems... 3. Now is the time to monetize projects and hobbies to make some side income given economic factors.

Couple thoughts about passive income and consulting: 1. Passive income is never passive, it's just less active. Everything you do requires some oversight or work as nothing is truly hands off (except dividends if you are in VOO or QQQ and just sitting around).  2. Consulting has become my preferred route. Sit around and give basic advice and reap benefits. It is all the same: cut costs, cut bad employees, be positive, etc. Easy and done, collect paycheck.

1. By year end, I will have 2 books published. Both dive into the realities of work and business, along with a guide on personal finance. I am not trying to make money but rather call myself a 2x author for the resume on Linkedin. 2. Keep buying VOO, stable Crypto's like Chainlink, or MSFT and APPL. Make your money grow for you during these times and your future self will be happy as a clam. 3. 2 blowout game 7's in the NBA, one by the road team and one at home. Crazy day and engaging. 4. French Open in less than a week. Not to rehash, but I am convinced the world would be better off if we were all educated financially. The rich love the fact that we stay poor making dumb choices...

Was traveling for business so no blogs. Have 2 projects on my pipeline: 1. Finish my first book 2. Make second book Still debating on how I want to go about. These last weeks of market turbulence has taught me something simple: people are willing to listen. They just need a speaker to listen to.

Two notes that make you think about the past few years: 1. Crypto is the future for what we have become as a society: distrustful and skeptical. As "experts" continue to misguide and mislead (unintentionally and on purpose), we must increasingly turn to other means to avoid them. Crypto is the solution to avoid 9% inflation because it cuts out the government and experts, aka those ruining your life at the current moment. As we continue to become distrustful and skeptical, we will keep turning to solutions that avoid those who are harming us. And it is not just financially, look at those leaving public schools, media viewership significantly down, and military enrollment tanking. Why? People are deeming these entities a waste of time and unable to be trusted to fulfill their promises. Humans will always avoid those who are harming them or not performing up to standard. This moment is no different than before. 2. That brings up the next point: is it sustainable? Can a society t...

Officially spoke to my lawyer and have started my process. It seems to be about 2 years and I can officially become a citizen in Italy. Here we go! Markets also tanking again. Put your money in now and let it sit for 5-10 years and you will be rewarded. There is value in everything, especially COIN in my opinion. Buy in now and hold.

Week feels long already. Where is the hope? What is the motivating power? What is driving you? Weather dictating the feeling a little bit but let's make it a great day.

Losers play by the rules. Even the "winners" of the game. Playing by the rules means someone else determines the rules, then it becomes who is more skilled at those rules. That is not viable as there is always someone better. Then, there are "standouts" of the games. These people change the rules to fit their skills. The Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Hillary Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Sergey Brin, etc. change the rules. If you play by the rules, you are limited to your skill. Change the game and you stand for something while others follow. Change the rules for your benefit.