Now, right now, everyone is talking about EV’s. The range of topics within the category are all impactful to what’s happening right now and what will happen in the future. The majority of the conversations are around the vehicles themselves. “Which Tesla are you thinking about buying and why? Yeah but did you see the price of the new Hyundai? Even Volkswagen? You can almost buy two of them instead of one Tesla." Some of the topics are about the battery themselves – where will the raw … [Read more...]
Do You Invest?
Let’s keep the lawyers satisfied –this article is not promoting or advising for investment in financial markets or personal funds in hedge funds or real estate or oil wells or rocket ships or or cars that are powered by salt water or similar. Therefore before making any financial decisions seek advice from a financial professional. All opinions in this article are for your information and knowledge. Do you invest? Why? Do you know others who invest? Why do they do that? If you don’t invest … [Read more...]
Who Do You Look Up To?
Who do you look up to? You respect them. You honestly appreciate them for the work they do or for the people they are – maybe even both! Take a couple of minutes and write down or text yourself a name or two that come to mind first. Don’t over think it. Maybe they’ve written a book or two and you’ve read their books too! When you were younger this was an easy assignment. The person was known in some sport circle of excellence. Or possibly they were from a musical group popular … [Read more...]
How Determined Are You?
When you have a specific project to complete – do you dive right in and figure out what is needed and start the process – or do you check the deadline first and that drives your answer of when to start? Or, in your own business, you know you need to make some personnel changes, hiring some new people and letting some others go. Do you take action as soon as these decisions are clear or do you wait hoping something will change? These are for example purposes, however, the question about … [Read more...]
Where Were You When…?
You just can’t forget where you were when it happened. Have you ever shared personal stories about your experiences in life? A loss in your family of a loved one for example. You remember where you were when you learned the news. A revelation or a lesson learned the hard way. You remember where you were and exactly what took place at that time. Your first pet - the day they came home with you. Other moments are shared moments for many people. People who were alive then speak about … [Read more...]
Do You Enjoy The Fruits Of Your Efforts?
For years working aboard deep sea going supertankers, especially when in my role as the Chief Mate, there were certain times where there were periods of no or little sleep and high stress. For those who may not be aware a supertanker typically carries over 2 million barrels of crude oil. A single US Barrel of oil is equivalent to 42 gallons. So if you buy a gallon of milk in the store, it’s two million of those without the plastic container! As the Chief Mate, I was in charge of the loading … [Read more...]
