I’ve always been interested in how to make money within the real estate market. I decided to read David Crook’s Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook. A very good read despite the age of the book. Here were some of the learnings: Real Estate investing…
I picked up this book up earlier this year with a glowing recommendation from Seth Godin. So, I decided if Seth Godin likes it… well, so should I. Here’s what we tooke away from the book: The more original idea, the less good…
Positive Intelligence: This was a book that we were supposed to read for work. It’s an interesting perspective, trying to remove unproductive judges from our perspective.PQ (Positive Intelligence) is the ability to understand our emotions and when we are using the ultimate saboteur…
A crucial conversation happens to us all through our life. It’s when: – Stakes are high – Emotions are strong – Opposing opinions exist There are tactics we can take to help build a dialog and get to a resolution. “Everyone argues about important…
Ha! I love the team name. It was named for OB. Sean volunteered to get deployed again, so Nagisa named the team after him. This was the first year it was going to affect the team. And the name unintentionally missed the Where’s Waldo…
Thankfulness. That’s the best word to describe 2014. Many things happened, and here’s the things I’m most thankful for: A survival story My dad had a massive heart attack during a jog while on vacation in San Diego. At the time, he thought…
At the end of each year, I like to look back at some major projects that we launched over the past 12 months. Here’s the tops that I had the opportunity to have a part in. Wikipedia Zero Wikipedia Zero’s goal is to…
I love Malcom Gladwell’s work. He’s such a thoughtful writer, and I was excited to read Blink. In fact, I read this book in about a month. Impressive for me these days with Nixon, work, and summer. But, it was another interesting read.…
Bridget bought me this book awhile back, so I decided to take it with me on our European tour. Basically the book talks about the benefits of being frugal.People who are wealthy don’t drive fancy cars, don’t live in giant mansions, and don’t…
Okay, that might not be the actual name of that post. But, it was “Where’s the Cancer Now, Doc? … Gone!” The name came after our fearless leader Ski, who end up beating cancer. Ski, an amazing Kiwi, is one of those people…