“If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its entire life believing that it is stupid.”  – Albert Einstein As social animals we’re heavily invested in the sustainability of certain narratives, even if perpetuating them raises significant risks.  In this note I’m going to openly challenge one of the[…] Read More

Have you ever experienced a heightened sense of awareness due to the sudden presence of silence? We tend to think of startling noises as the attention getters in our lives, but have you ever been startled by silence?  I don’t know about you, but there is an internal clock inside of me that always awakens[…] Read More

in a centrally managed play or can we control our own strings? Consider for a second that even the most detached members of society still vote.  They might not appear at the polls, but they participate in a perpetual election that is of far greater relevance then the ones we dramatically follow on TV. The[…] Read More

I’ve spent the past 17 years giving financial advice to investors across the country grow and protect their hard earned wealth. Such an enormous responsibility is challenging enough in normal economic times. Today it often feels like an impossible task. Markets have become increasingly more volatile, economies more fragile, and governmental intervention in both have become more[…] Read More