I have been reading about the mortgage deals Obama is proposing for folks whose home values are less than their mortgage balances. As I understand it, he wants to get lower rate financing for these folks that are current on their mortgages and would like a lower payment on their loans. I don’t understand how […]
Remember “Field of Dreams”? Kevin Costner heard a voice telling him to build a ball park in his field to attract ball players. He believed the voice and eventually the old ballplayers came out of the cornfield to play ball! Great story but life doesn’t seem to work that way for most of us. Even Apple had […]
Now, this is may be an unpopular idea but I am going to test the theory by posting my thoughts here. My purpose is to get people thinking, not create a debate, or offend anyone. The driver for my thoughts comes from watching the Occupy Wall Street protests. I will not claim that they are […]
Work your way up! Yesterday a friend of mine asked his 23 year old college graduate son about the occupy Wall Street raucous. His son said, “why don’t they just get jobs and work their way up?” Last night on a news clip on Wall Street an older guy suggested that to a young […]
In today’s world, we have the entitlement mentality, which is based on the belief in redistribution of wealth, or “pooling of wealth” for the common good. This is not a new concept. The early apostles did the same when they started spreading the word about Jesus. They sold their assets, and pooled their money, which […]
Following is an excerpt from my book “Connecting Peace, Purpose & Prosperity”. I dedicated it to my family and told stories of how I learned various things that they would relate to. The subject is becoming more and more timely all the time. I would bet that many parents, grandparents or others have stories to share […]
Several years ago my daughter called me from her first year in college with a question: “Dad, they want me to declare a major, what should I do?” I asked her what she was interested in and she replied that she didn’t know! I guess that is understandable looking back, even though I was a […]
I worked with a woman many years ago who really loved her children. One day we were talking about a recent death and I recalled an old adage: “live each day like it your last”. She quickly responded that it was impossible to do that because if she knew her last day was here she […]
