Gary Carmell
Billie Jean King famously said that “pressure is a privilege.” To feel pressure in sports means that you have put yourself in a position to compete, challenge yourself, test your resolve and resilience, and put your training into action. And while almost everyone competes to win,
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Gary Carmell
As I have gotten older my interest in Austrian psychologist Carl Jung and his associated theories have taken on more importance for me. The more I read him, or probably more accurately, others’ writings about him since his works are very challenging to absorb,
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Gary Carmell
Other than the occasional goldfish and tropical fish, I never had any pets growing up. My first real introduction to having one is when we got my son Jacob a dog in June 2017. Since then Harry has brought so much joy and I am so grateful to have had the experience of having a pet,
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Gary Carmell
My son Jacob just turned 31. He has a very big heart and has had a life that has tested his resiliency in so many ways. As I have written about before, but worth mentioning again, he experienced a devastating stroke at 25 months.
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Gary Carmell
Last week I had my annual cardiologist appointment which involves having an echocardiogram and EEG. I have been doing this for a number of years because I had mitral valve prolapse and a corresponding leaky valve which required annual monitoring. For many years the situation was stable until 2020 when the valve started leaking much more than it had been and was starting to enlarge the heart.
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Gary Carmell
The Grateful Dead have a song called The Eleven. In many ways the lyrics are unintelligible. It was written during their psychedelic phase so the lack of comprehension makes some sense as their senses were non-sensical.
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Gary Carmell
Last week was quite eventful. We held our 55th annual investor meeting for CWS with approximately 400 people in attendance. The night before Heather and I hosted our local employees and those who came in from out of town at our house for a few hours of socializing,
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Gary Carmell
On March 24th Heather and I tied the knot in a beautiful, intimate ceremony that took place at the beautiful setting and home of my sister and brother-in-law in the Palm Springs area. It was a very small gathering of 40 people.
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Gary Carmell
I have written a lot over the years about my daily smoothie routine, which I have been consistently making for the past 20 years or so. I would like to think that I have been better off for having done this consistently for so long but I’m not willing to do a controlled experiment which would require me to stop drinking my smoothie to truly make a comparison in terms of how I feel and if there’s any meaningful change in my blood work.
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Gary Carmell
Whenever I think about the financial equation of the tennis court and associated amenities I just had built and question my sanity, I then experience incredible non-financial benefits to lend credence to my decision to do what I did and invest what I have.
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