Remembering Who You Are
Reflections on Mick Jagger, Norman Lear, Tennis, and the Hidden Importance of Memory
The other night we hosted a live ball session at The TenniSphere with a group that included a lot of younger players. At one point I put on some Rolling Stones music and found myself doing a little arithmetic in my head.
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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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I have been listening to Carl Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections, and it reinforces for me the power of the subconscious in driving human behavior as well as the importance of myths to guide societies, cultures, and individuals. Joseph Campbell wrote The Power of Myth,
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The third-ranked men’s tennis player is Alexander Zverev. He is a very consistent player who often goes deep into major tournaments but has yet to win one. He has been criticized for getting very tight under pressure and not having what it takes to win one of the four majors (the Australian Open,
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If I were to describe myself, I would say that I’m spiritual, strongly connected to my Jewish roots, very tolerant of people’s religiosity, and also a believer that there are vast mysteries our intellects are not capable of fully understanding and processing.
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One of my favorite podcasts is Founders. The creator of the podcast has come up with a number of maxims from all of the books that he has read and summarized to draw inferences that apply across the lives of many Founders.
One of them is belief occurs before ability.
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And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
-Oasis “Wonderwall”
I am periodically asked to give career advice and it is something that honestly I’m not so comfortable doing.
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Michael Gershon was President George W. Bush’s speechwriter for the first 6.5 years of his administration. One of the most famous lines he wrote was “the soft bigotry of low expectations.” Some people thought that it was a bit harsh in that President Bush was saying that in some ways we’re putting more emphasis on compensating disadvantaged minorities by focusing on what obstacles they are up against rather than raising them up with higher expectations.
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“A lot of other people are trying to be brilliant and we are just trying to stay rational. And it’s a big advantage.”
~ Charlie Munger
The Roadmap to Concentration
Continuing with some important takeaways from Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving,
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Gary Carmell
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One of the beneficial things about writing a blog each week is that it helps me prepare for presentations that I have to do periodically. Last week we had our national meeting in Austin for many of our CWS employees, and this week we have our annual investor meeting.
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