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Do what you love
Inspiration

6/20/23

My father could have been a great comedian, but he didn’t believe that it was possible for him and so he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an accountant and when I was 12 years old he was let go from that safe job, and our family had to do whatever we could to survive. I learned many great lessons from my father. Not the least of which was that: You can fail at what you don’t want. So you might as well take a chance on doing what you love. – Jim Carrey

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Inspiration

6/4/23

Guessing is how reason proceeds in the absence of fact. – Stanley Tucci as Jefferson Grieff

Income Inequality
Inspiration

5/11/23

Most large problems in society are not solved by the public, but instead by the private sector. So the question is how to motivate corporate America to take action on income inequality? Perhaps if the government incentivizes businesses to pay a living wage in a manner that directly correlates to the reduction of corporate taxes owed might get the ball rolling. – Dad

Kids Motivation
Inspiration

5/10/23

Birds don’t learn to fly by staying in the nest and neither do kids. Get out there and make mistakes. Have accidents. Scrape your knee. Get your feelings hurt. Face rejection. It’s these experiences that give context to your achievements and why when you win they feel so special.  – Dad

Avoid Mistakes
Inspiration

5/9/23

At the meeting, a 15-year-old boy asked Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger for advice on avoiding mistakes.

“You should write your obituary and figure out how to live up to it.” – Warren Buffett

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