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About forty five years ago I was at my parents house playing basketball with friends. I came in limping. My dad saw me and said, “You know until you get to be about thirty you keep doing those things you did as a kid and you hurt yourself. After fifty things start hurting on theirContinue reading “Ice for the Soul”

When my daughters were little they went to lots of summer camps, music camp, cooking camp ect. One day they asked me if I ever went to camp. I said,”Yes, camp Francitas.” Our family ranch was on the outskirts of a small Texas ghost town, Francitas. I wasn’t interested in any camps. I was busyContinue reading “P Times 5”

I really like to eat. I was hungry for ten years when I became a teenager. I decided in my mid twenties to modify what I ate. I started cutting out empty calories, food with no nutritional value except calories. Eliminating all those foods would be too hard, so I focused on what I calledContinue reading “Empty Calories”

My dad grew up in the dust bowl during the great depression. It left a lasting impression on him. One of the main lessons he taught me was to save my money. I started when I was seven years old. I’ve heard several financial professionals speak in my adult years. Every one of them talkedContinue reading “Dust Bowl Wisdom”

I’m fortunate to live in a town that has a beautiful hike and bike trail along a river. It traverses most of the community. I can hop on it fairly close to my home and travel all the way to the recreation center. About fifteen years ago I started riding my bike there. I gotContinue reading “Unplug”

In owning an insurance agency for over thirty one years I learned the most important rule in business. Make it easy for people to give you money. I sold something people were required to have, either by the state and/or their mortgage company. It wasn’t a question of if they would buy it, just whoContinue reading “Easy Does It”

I have found a good way to know someone at a deeper level is to ask them about their grown children. They will start telling you about their kids’ jobs, where they live ect. Then I tell them “No, tell me what kind of people they are.” They usually pause, their facial expression will changeContinue reading “The Big Ask”

I coached girl’s basketball from age five to eighteen. The younger girls presented some special opportunities. It was an interesting experience to persuade little girls that they didn’t have to be polite on the basketball court. I’d say, “Was there ever a time when someone else had something and you just wanted to take itContinue reading “Grabbit Rabbit”

I learned a lot owning my own insurance agency. One of the most important lessons was to never guarantee anything over which I didn’t have direct control. We had high standards at my office and the company I represented provided quality service. However, once something was out of my hands things were less certain. IContinue reading “No Guarantees”

When I was coaching  basketball I kept track of two statistics, rebounds and turnovers. The one thing you have to have to score is possession of the ball. A turnover is when you relinquish possession of the ball without getting off a shot. The probability of scoring is 0.00% They are absolute poison to aContinue reading “Turnovers”