The down escalator is faster than the up escalator. That’s the saying of a friend of mine. The first time I heard him say it, I was caught off guard. “What was that? The down escalator?” He was referring to the ability we have to accumulate debt versus our ability to accumulate savings. Compare your…
Category: leadership
Can you be cynically healthy?
I’ve been batting this one around in my own thoughts…is it okay to be cynical? Is there anything wrong with this? Can one be cynically healthy? I “googled” cynicism and got these quotes (and a few more): “Cynicism (Kυνισμός) was originally the philosophy of a group of ancient Greeks called the Cynics, founded by Antisthenes….
No regrets
Regret…I’ve been thinking about this lately. Not that I have many regrets, but I have some that’s for sure. In fact I suspect most of us do. If I was to make it list I suppose it might look like this: But most of my life, and the important decisions of my life carry no…
