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  • Active Listening

    Active Listening

    What’s the most underrated life skill?

    There will be a quiz at the end of this trite little essay. So stick with me.

    It seems like the most obvious answer in the world, but I believe one of the most underrated skills is the ability to listen. The ability to listen as a skill set or you’re not formulating an answer, but you’re actively listening to what is being said to you.

     I had a friend named Michael who passed away recently and he was a special friend. He had the ability to be present in every conversation you had with him. He listened without judgment. You knew he had your attention because he stared you right in the eyes.

    And there’s a fine art skill of carrying that over to relationship. Relationships are filled with nuances, and multiple motivations that are not apparent to each other.

    So listen to a partner it’s best to drop the resentment and not listen to respond, but actively listen. The rest comes a little easier.

  • This Is No Dress Rehearsal

    This Is No Dress Rehearsal

    What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by?

    This is our life.

    No dress rehearsal, this is our life” is a famous lyric from the 1996 song “Ahead by a Century” by the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, off their album Trouble at the Henhouse.

    I believe this is the only life we have that we have to make the best of it. Try anything twice see as much as you can. Life is not fair, but my objective is to make it a little more fair for those in need.

  • Brussel Sprouts for Breakfast

    Brussel Sprouts for Breakfast

    The genie grants you a wish. What is it?

    Talk About Privilege

    There are people who walk this earth who think the world works like this. Naturally, it simply does not .

    I would ask the genie to make himself known and have him walk around with me for a day and we can solve a problem like homelessness in the United States.

    Misplaced Metaphor

    I once dated this girl and her strategy for long-term growth was to hit the lottery. I don’t see anything different about her approach and the belief that there is a genie in my bottle of frozen almond sauce.

  • Watch The Greenbacks Tumble

    Watch The Greenbacks Tumble

    What are your favorite side-hustle ideas?

    I personally dislike the term side hustle. In the good old United States where the rich get richer, it is embarrassing that people even need a side hustle.

    An unstated goal in life is to spend as much time at home without going to work. The mantra work to live not live to work is one I live by.

    I am fortunate I never had to have a side hustle.

    Boy Math

    We moved from Portland to north of Seattle about four months ago. Unfortunately, we can’t go to the Portland Thorns or Portland Timber soccer games all the time. So for now we get a study stream of income from selling those tickets.

    Christine Sinclair

    Yes, rocket scientist I realize I paid for them.

    Beer

    I am a regular beer drinker but not to excess. but lately, I simply stopped drinking beer at home. I bet I’m saving $200 a month.

    Watch the Greenbacks Tumble

    If you think about it doing the Wall Street shuffle is a side hustle filled with privilege. Her investments grow without us doing a damn thing.

    Wall Street Shuffle ((10cc)

    Oh, Howard Hughes
    Did your money make you better?
    Are you waiting for the hour
    When you can screw me?
    ‘Cause you’re big enough 

    To do the Wall Street Shuffle
    Let your money hustle
    Bet you’d sell your mother
    You can buy another