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Donald Sterling and Fatal Flaws: 5 Stages of Tragedy

Fatal Flaw

I felt a little foolish posting this late after the August 2014* announcement that Steve Ballmer was buying the Clippers for $2 billion since I first wrote this draft in the aftermath of the whole Donald Sterling racist diatribe people thought he would “only” get $500 million or so.

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Leaving a Powerful Legacy

Legacy Roneet Carmell Phil Lesh Robbie Robertson

The last couple of weeks have really brought forth the importance and power of one’s legacy and the impact it can have on others. They involved the passing and honoring of three people who have impacted my life.

Robbie Robertson

Two of them were musical influences whose lives were celebrated by concerts in their honor.

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CWS Capital Partners - Our Investors Are Our Partners

CWS Capital Partners is a real estate investment management firm that was founded in 1969. We own operate, manage and develop in excess of 20,000 apartment units throughout the country primarily in the Sunbelt, with a value, at the time of this writing , in excess of $7 billion dollars.

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There's No Debate: Perception Creates Reality

historic presidential debates

I am a firm believer that perception is reality for most people. It’s for this reason that I don’t like to wade into politics because, in the words of Paul Simon, “A man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest”. Another way of saying this is that people make up their minds first and then look for reasons to confirm their beliefs and ignore those that contradict them.

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Insurance and A Plug for Jacob on His Birthday

Jacob Carmell Bankers Life

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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My Son's Inquiry About Leadership

Since this is the week my book (March 2015) officially comes out in bookstores, I would be remiss not to acknowledge it. Writing a book has been on my bucket list for a while so I’m excited and proud to have completed such a monumental goal.

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The First Final (and Match) on The Eleven

Gary The Eleven February 10, 2024

In my last post, I unveiled The Eleven, my new tennis court and viewing space. A little less than a week later, Heather and I had our first social gathering to show some of our friends why we have been hermits for the last three years.

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Can Anyone Become a Philosophical Investor?

This week please find the third installment of my video series discussing important parts of my book The Philosophical Investor – Transforming Wisdom into Wealth. In this installment, I talk about whether anyone can be a philosophical investor. To find out my answer,

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Random Musings and Wonderful Memory Triggers

Memory Musing Spanish Flu

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 health tip. 

Coronavirus vs.

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True Wealth - How to Know if You Are Truly Wealthy?

This week I will return to one of the videos that I shot on true wealth to discuss various elements of my book that I think communicate the most important messages. Hopefully they will inspire one to read the book versus feeling like they have already read it!

Let’s start with a basic question –

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