My decision to begin reading Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain was inspired, at least in part, by my late father. I have a distinct childhood memory of him reading this enormous book and, perhaps even more vividly, of the satisfaction he took in having finished it.
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After finishing listening to Sound Man on Audible, which is a book I highly recommend for music lovers, it cycles through snippets of other books the algorithm thinks I might like. One of those books was The Uncool by Cameron Crowe.
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With the baby boomers starting to descend down the other side of the hill with millions soon following, retirement planning has understandably become not only very important but big business as well. Most of what future retirees and financial advisors focus on are how to prepare financially so that not only can people have the choice to retire but once they do they don’t outlive their money.
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While watching the Australian Open, a commercial featuring Roger Federer flashed across the screen. In it, he said something that stopped me mid‑scroll:
“Be free in your head, be free in your shots, go for it.
The brave will be rewarded here.”
It was classic Federer — elegant,
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“Freedom is just another word for nothin’ left to lose.”
– Kris Kristofferson “Me and Bobby McGee”
I hope you had a wonderful end of 2025 and start to 2026.
Like most people,
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In 2018 I was on a cruise that took us to eastern Africa, two stops in India, as well as Myanmar, Malaysia, and Singapore. The cruise departed from Cape Town, South Africa. Upon arriving there we were immediately struck by how dire the water situation was.
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Last week was pretty busy and included two days of travel. This required me to tap into some content I had prepared over the summer to meet my weekly blog commitment. I mentioned during the summer that I had an incident happen that was pretty impactful such that I was contemplating sharing about it if I got the nerve to do so and the timing was right.
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I recently read a summary of an interesting piece of research that is somewhat counterintuitive at first glance but upon deeper reflection makes more sense and it’s the cornerstone for one of life’s great metaphors, you’ll see what I mean.
Little Bets -What We Can Afford to Lose vs.…
Free will can be quite challenging. We have so many choices and endless options. And like so many things, it can be a double edged sword. We can make choices which improve our lives and those of others or we can make choices that can negatively impact our health and well being as well as others.
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I’m still mesmerized by the nearly five and a half hour final at Roland Garros between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Sinner was up two sets and only needed one more to win the tournament, but Alcaraz never gave up and fought back with incredible ferocity.
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