This is one of those weeks where I don’t have anything pressing I feel I need to convey or work through to gain clarity so I thought I would share some random thoughts related to the coronavirus, surveying data, economic reports, and a health tip.
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Gary Carmell Posted in Economy, News, Personal, Travel, Trends, Uncategorized, Wealth 3 Comments ↓
Gary Carmell Posted in Economy, News, Personal, Travel, Trends, Uncategorized, Wealth 3 Comments ↓ And Kobe Lived
I want to start off by expressing my deepest condolences to the families of the nine victims of the devastating helicopter crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna.
I imagine that the death of Kobe will be one of those events in life that we will always remember where we were when we heard the news.
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2019 - A Year in Review
I make a concerted effort to avoid each day rolling into another without any distinction. I never want to look back on my life and have nothing stand out. I think this is one of the reasons I blog each week. It helps me reflect on my life and gives me the opportunity to bring forth those experiences,
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The Power of Public Commitments
Someone who shall remain nameless (because that person wants to remain nameless when it comes to my blog) brought up an issue with me regarding this person’s concern that I am too open on my blog about personal issues and that it would be better if I just kept a journal as there was no need for me to be revealing such information publicly.
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Living Versus Existing
Over the past year or so I have watched a number of video lectures from Rabbi Manis Friedman on YouTube. His clarity and insights have been very helpful for me in many different aspects of my life. Given that it was just Thanksgiving and it is a time to reflect on gratitude and giving I thought I would share one of his insights and how it has impacted my life and philanthropic endeavors.
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Forces of Fortitude and Fulfillment in the Face of Freakish Fatalistic Fury
Now that the one-year anniversary of Roneet’s passing has taken place I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on some of the strategies, tools, and approaches that I have taken to move forward in life in the absence of her physical absence.I do emphasize her physical absence because her spirit is still with me and so is her voice in my head,
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And Roneet Lived
Roneet passed one year ago today. I wrote the following for Roneet’s memorial service.
In the book of Genesis the chapter discussing the death of Sarah is called “The Life of Sarah” while the one dedicated to the death of Jacob is called “And Jacob Lived”.
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More Haikus
Please note that since the S.E.C. thinks some of my blogs crossover in terms of promoting CWS or making investment recommendations, they now need to be reviewed by our Chief Compliance Officer before being posted. As a result, after this week I anticipate that future blogs will be posted on Tuesday.
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Mind Your Legacy and a Pet Peeve
I was going to write about some interesting charts that caught my attention such as this one.
And while this divergence definitely caught my eye and makes me wonder if the recent rise in yields (nearly 0.25% over the last couple of weeks on the 10-Year Treasury) is foreshadowing economic improvement like this chart seems to suggest,
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Barcelona and the Beautiful People
Barcelona has been on my bucket list. I was heading to Europe for another reason but decided to tack on visiting the city to the beginning of my trip. I flew through Istanbul and since I’m a big fan of naps I thought I would take this picture to show my support for this activity (or inactivity).
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